The rains this weekend swelled the rivers to flood stage in south-western New Hampshire. As much as half of Keene is said to be under water. Further north, the small and historic downtown of Alstead has been washed away.
This picture comes from the Portsmouth Herald, and reports in the Washington Post from Keene and Alstead [...]

Posted October 10, 2005 by Casey
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In what was to be the final act of World War II in the Pacific, the United States made the first and only use of nuclear power as a weapon in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th (US dates), 1945.
George Weller of the Chicago Daily News snuck in to Nagasaki [...]

Posted August 7, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Politics & Controversy. Tags: 60th anniversary, atomic, atomic bombing, bomb, bombing, bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki, bombing of japan, destruction, hiroshima, hiroshima and nagasaki, hiroshima bombing, japan, nagasaki, nagasaki bombing, nuclear, nuclear bomb, nuclear power, nuke, pacific war, second world war, united states, war, world war II. 2 Comments.