During the anniversary week of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings Map Monday featured two different nuclear targeting scenarios for the US. It was not only the most popular Map Monday post, but also the most viewed post in the history of this blog. A writer with a bigger ego… Read more“Map Monday, Where are the world’s nuclear power plants?”
Category: History
Map Monday, Most popular street name by state
Having recently covered popular baby names I thought it would be interesting to write a post about popular street names. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking – after a dozen posts he’s already run out of ideas. Seriously, a Map Monday post about street names? How many brain cells can… Read more“Map Monday, Most popular street name by state”
Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US
This Thursday marks the 70th anniversary of the first wartime use of a nuclear bomb. On Monday 6 August at 8:15 am the Enola Gay, a B-29 commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, dropped ‘Little Boy’ on Hiroshima Japan. Only about two pounds of the 141 pounds of U-235 (Enriched Uranium)… Read more“Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US”