They Blew Up a Dead Whale. It Didn't Go as Expected

Robert59

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Now I live in Tennesee. Did live in Michigan.
For the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds'

Oregon is celebrating a special anniversary on Thursday: the 50-year commemoration of when highway workers there blew up a dead whale. Per the Willamette Week, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed up on the shores of Florence in late 1970, and on Nov. 12, the state's highway division decided to dispose of the rotting, stinky carcass in what it believed would be the most efficient way: by detonating 20 cases (a half-ton) of dynamite around it.
https://www.newser.com/story/298672/its-been-50-years-since-highway-workers-blew-up-a-whale.html

 

Boy, I'll bet there was big doo-doo to pay account all of the damage to people's property.
 

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I remember visiting the sand dunes of Florence, Oregon. It looked like the Sahara.
 
I was in Oregon when this happened. It was quite a big deal at the time.
Sunny said:
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I remember visiting the sand dunes of Florence, Oregon. It looked like the Sahara.
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There are dunes in various places along the Oregon Coast. While there is a lot of sand, as you can see from the picture there are trees and such all around it. It's a lovely place, like a lot of places are along the coastline.
 
I loved the town of Yachats, OR when I lived in WA state. We used to visit there every chance we got. Right on the edge of that rocky coastline with the crashing surf. It was a fascinating place; you didn't need anything to do other than staring at the surf all day!
 
Sunny said:
I loved the town of Yachats, OR when I lived in WA state. We used to visit there every chance we got. Right on the edge of that rocky coastline with the crashing surf. It was a fascinating place; you didn't need anything to do other than staring at the surf all day!
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The Oregon Coast has a number of really cool places where you can watch crashing surf. Shore Acres State Park out from Coos Bay is one of them. I grew up near there. Many a time I healed my soul by watching these huge waves. Here's a video of it, some of the waves are 270 feet high.
There are other videos of the same place next to this one.
 
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