http://www.metafilter.com/tags/PEPCON Posts tagged with 'PEPCON' at MetaFilter. Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:16:39 -0800 Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:16:39 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/49729/The%2DDay%2DVegas%2DShook <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq2DL7NXM38&amp;search=pepcon">The Day Las Vegas Shook</a> What were <i>you</i> doing at 11:45am on May 4, 1988? If you were a resident of southern Nevada, you'd remember. That was the day rocket fuel factory <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster">PEPCON was wiped off the map</a> in a series of 7 explosions, two of which measured 3.0 and 3.5 on the Richter scale. <a href="http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1998/May-03-Sun-1998/news/7426849.html">The explosions sent shockwaves across the valley,</a> taking with it marshmellow cream from the marshmellow factory next door, denting garage doors miles away, and shattering damn near every window in Henderson. As the valley's 500,000 residents stood outside wondering what caused the explosion and the <a href="http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pepcon/pephoto1.jpg">massive plume of smoke,</a> many speculated the Russians had inexplicably attacked Henderson. Miraculously, only two people died. PEPCON never operated another day in Nevada and moved to Utah. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49729 Sat, 04 Mar 2006 03:16:39 -0800 boom explosion Henderson Las PEPCON Vegas b_thinky