Mysteries of the Internet and Uranium.

[candycorn]

Heard this on my loooooong drive to Texas the other day.

Liked it quite a bit:

Episodes - SYSK

In this episode, they tackle 3 mysteries of the Internet. I thought I had heard them all; I had heard of none of these although I heard something about the first one--the cicada 3100 (sp?).

I listened to this one (admittedly because my queue was empty)

Boom Town: A Uranium Story — Alec Cowan

For 50 years, Uravan, Colorado, was a uranium hub of America. But then, residents started getting sick. As nuclear energy revives a dormant uranium industry today, will the scars of towns past influence the future? Or are some things best left underground? This 6-part podcast documentary series seek

www.aleccowan.com

Its about the western slope town called Uravan that had to be buried due to being contaminated by uranium.

 

[ReinyDays]

Sure was sweet of the government to bury the toxic problem ...

The tumbleweeds that grow on Hanford take up radionuclides ... and then tumble all the way to Nevada spewing radioactivity ... alas, it's too dangerous to bury, we have to remediate the hazards first ... it'll be expensive, but think of all the plutonium in Portland, Oregon's water supply ... just breaks the heart ...