tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post622210344752320392..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Nuke 'em 'til they glow and then wander around in the dark: TMI 1979FDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-16871520845922674142017-03-29T13:11:19.195-07:002017-03-29T13:11:19.195-07:00March 1979: I wasn't even out of the clutches ...March 1979: I wasn't even out of the clutches of awful high school yet.<br />I will be visiting Harrisburg and Carlisle in the near future though - they still sell joke 3MI postcards at the airport!<br /><br />Brian Trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679901195609623306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-30406944811144182182017-03-28T11:04:05.288-07:002017-03-28T11:04:05.288-07:00October 4. 60th anniversary of the launch of Sput...October 4. 60th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik I.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-31122641408346960592017-03-28T10:26:57.648-07:002017-03-28T10:26:57.648-07:00I have to admit, the first thing that zipped throu...I have to admit, the first thing that zipped through my head when I saw your post title, TMI, Too Much Information.<br /><br />But then, I was struggling through my early career, safely ensconced in the Middle of Nowhere, and far from Nuclear Terror. Until Wolf Creek a couple hours away popped up a few years later.<br /><br />Safe from earthquakes, by the way, until the fracking started up.<br /><br />>>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's estimate of the risk each year of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at Wolf Creek was 0.0018%, or 1 in 55,556, according to an NRC study published in August 2010.<<<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_Generating_Station<br /><br />A couple years younger than you in your piece here, I was in the midst of the Vietnam thing, going to university and getting a weekly beer buzz, sometimes even grateful for #331. In my experience with Homo Saps at any age, it's rare to find anyone whose head is where it should be.<br /><br />So, you're turning 60 this year, done that already or still to come?<br /><br />bbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com