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That time we nuked Mississippi

Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:43 am
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
4373 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:43 am
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Scientists didn't know if underground tests could reliably be detected by seismographs, so they did the only thing they could to find out: they detonated two nuclear devices deep underground in Mississippi.


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Horace Burge, who lived about two miles away from the test site, came home to a kitchen that looked as if it had been "ransacked," according to a report in the Hattiesburg American newspaper.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171955 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:44 am to
Nice try, but you can't blame decades of inbreeding on nuclear fallout.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
43256 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:45 am to
If it was on the LA border that might explain Slidell.
Posted by Landmass
Premium Member
Member since Jun 2013
25062 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:50 am to
Humans are so extremely stupid.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
79521 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:52 am to
quote:

If it was on the LA border that might explain Slidell.


It was 20 miles southwest of Hattiesburg.
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
60540 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:54 am to
Dammit!
Mis-read the title...

Thought it was time to nuke Mississippi.
Posted by LSUfreak1459
Member since Feb 2008
955 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:55 am to
It seems like the Nevada desert would have been a better area if it had to be done.
Posted by LewDawg
Member since May 2009
77376 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:55 am to
Subtle Corn Flakes ad, Chicken

Posted by doublecutter
Member since Oct 2003
7036 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:56 am to
My grandmother had some kitchen chairs just like that.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103578 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:56 am to
Knocked their name off all the maps, now it's just known as that land mass between Louisiana and Alabama.
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43031 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 7:57 am to
OG shiplap

Looks like ol Horace was a bachelor. He's only got one bowl and an old frozen pizza in his cabinet. Living the dream
Posted by pjab
Member since Mar 2016
5748 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 8:02 am to
quote:

Horace Burge, who lived about two miles away from the test site, came home to a kitchen that looked normal," according to a report in the Hattiesburg American newspaper.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53509 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 8:07 am to
quote:

Scientists didn't know if underground tests could reliably be detected by seismographs, so they did the only thing they could to find out: they detonated two nuclear devices deep underground in Mississippi.


Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
26154 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 8:47 am to
quote:

Looks like ol Horace was a bachelor. He's only got one bowl and an old frozen pizza in his cabinet. Living the dream

Well someone took the picture.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103578 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 8:49 am to
quote:

quote:

Looks like ol Horace was a bachelor. He's only got one bowl and an old frozen pizza in his cabinet. Living the dream


Well someone took the picture.


Yeah, a photographer.
Posted by m2pro
Member since Nov 2008
29738 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 8:50 am to
Product placement!
Posted by Tigeralum2008
Yankees Fan
Member since Apr 2012
17651 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 8:53 am to
Can we set one off just north of Florida Blvd?
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 8:55 am to
quote:

Can we set one off just north of Florida Blvd?


No need to put it underground either.
Posted by Open Dore Policy
The Commodore State
Member since Oct 2012
5451 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 9:01 am to
Dammit Horace. You're one of them bastards that leaves one paper towel on the roll.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
70193 posts
Posted on 5/25/18 at 9:02 am to
quote:

My grandmother HAS some kitchen chairs just like that.





well, until about 3 years ago
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