The Exploding Whale of Florence: Oregon’s Most Explosive Blunder of 1970
— March 16, 2026On a chilly November morning in 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore…
In the far southern reaches of the Andes mountain range lies an area that extends into the ocean. It’s proximity to Antarctica subjects the area to ferocious winds and violent storms that sometimes last for weeks. The weather in that area of the world is so extreme, no attempt to build a weather station there has ever been attempted.
On a chilly November morning in 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore…
In the rolling hills of Bath County, Kentucky, an ordinary spring day in 1876…
On the morning of June 30, 1908, at approximately 7:17 a.m. local time, a…
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