Get Under Your Desk

Get Under Your Desk

I was one of the Baby Boomers who lived through periodic catastrophe drills where the alarm bell ricocheted through a cinder block schoolhouse, and a deep, authoritarian voice boomed through a loudspeaker.  “This is an attack.  I repeat, this is an...
Nevada’s Hidden Ocean of Radiation

Nevada’s Hidden Ocean of Radiation

On November 13, 2009, Ralph Vartabedian, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times wrote an article about the poisoning of the aquifer below the test site. “A sea of ancient water tainted by the Cold War is creeping deep under the volcanic peaks, dry lake beds and...