Tuesday, May 02, 2006
The S.S. Grandcamp explosion.
A seismologist in Denver, Colorado, initially interpreted the shock waves as an atomic bomb explosion in Texas. The explosion was so large that Strategic Air Command briefly raised the United States defense level (Defcon) in fear of a nuclear attack. The 3,000 pound (1,400 kg) anchor of Grandcamp was hurled 2 miles (3 km) and was found in a 10-foot (3 m) crater.
A seismologist in Denver, Colorado, initially interpreted the shock waves as an atomic bomb explosion in Texas. The explosion was so large that Strategic Air Command briefly raised the United States defense level (Defcon) in fear of a nuclear attack. The 3,000 pound (1,400 kg) anchor of Grandcamp was hurled 2 miles (3 km) and was found in a 10-foot (3 m) crater.
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