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1984: Soaking Pea Pods
Humor is a very good psychological defense against Bad Stuff. This Pea Pod made me giggle.
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1959: Hail Destroys Crops Near Slayton
In 1959, a hailstorm swept through the area, pummelling the John DeJong farm in the Valhalla-Lake Sarah area. This is why it makes me feel a little ill whenever I hear a storm may be carrying hail....
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1986: Blurry Soviet Image of Chernobyl’s Results
1986: Blurry Soviet Image of Chernobyl's Results Back in 1986, it was more possible to cover up something like a nuclear meltdown explosion and disaster–but still not completely possible. Contrast...
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1986: Bone Marrow Specialist Helps After Chernobyl
1986: Bone Marrow Specialist to Help Soviets They were allowing an American specialist in to help after the Chernobyl reactor disaster in 1986.
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1986: A Primer on Radiation, Post-Chernobyl
1986: A Primer on Radiation, Post-Chernobyl Here’s a brief primer on radiation in the wake of the Chernobyl explosion and meltdown in 1986. People really freaked out, and I can’t blame them.
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1986: U.S. Is Exaggerating Chernobyl Accident?
1986: U.S. Is Exaggerating Accident It’s still difficult to say exactly what Chernobyl’s death toll was. 31 deaths were directly attributable to the accident, apparently.
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1986: Local Tornadoes Cost $1.5 million
1986: Local Tornado Cost $1.5 million One set of tornadoes cost $1.5 in Nobles County in 1986, and also injured a person, and killed a 4-year-old Rock Rapids girl.
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1986: Yeltsin, Communist Party Chief
1986: Water Contaminated Near Chernobyl Plant It’s a little strange to see Boris Yeltsin referenced as a Communist Party Chief in the wake of the Chernobyl tragedy in 1986..
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1986: Mortal Peril, Chernobyl and the Soviets
1986: Mortal Peril and the Soviets The Chernobyl disaster actually occurred on April 26, 1986.
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