What took over a year to build was destroyed in six seconds as the explosives weakened the 499 foot (why couldn't they have added just one stinking foot to make it 500?) structure causing it to implode and collapse upon itself. Allegedly this is one of the promotional photos when the Trojan nuclear plant was built in the early 1970's (I'm the one seated behind the desk):
OK, just kidding. But you have to ask - did those styles precede connection to the grid, or were they the RESULT of the radiation?!?! Well, the plant was always marred by controversy culminating with a mere 16 years of service (you can read about it here).
What I really like is this slow motion video of the explosion/implosion. Why can I watch this over and over? Look carefully. It's about the bird. That's really the reason for this whole post. Here he is, a beautiful Sunday morning after a hard week. He might have slept in, wandered north to the Kelso Starbucks to pick up a few blueberry scone crumbs, snagged a fat earthworm for the kids on the way back to his home on the tower. He's getting drowsy, maybe time for a nap when KABOOM! Surely, it's the end of the world - no tower, no nest. Well, it appears that the instinct to flight save his little bird butt, but I have to wonder if he suffered any hearing problems.
