St. George, UT. Interesting history...

[TDean]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conqueror_(film)

[pjb45]

That is pretty interesting Tom. I worked for the KAFB Weapons Lab with a bunch of old timers who witnessed the atomic tests. They all had cancer of some type.

St. George is a very nice place with wonderful down to earth people but i would be afraid to live there not knowing the residual effects of all the tests.

[TDean]

For sure Paul. Amazing stories...

"..Southern Utahns were told the clouds passing overhead were harmless, so families would take their vehicles out to vantage points in Snow Canyon, into the west desert, or onto ridges along Cedar Mountain to watch the flash from the blast and the ensuing clouds. As they drove home from their outing to watch the blast and passing clouds, they were often stopped by government researchers clad in HAZMAT suits who would run Geiger Counters over their vehicles, recording the amounts of fallout..."

"..Frank Butrico was an AEC monitor stationed at St, George. He reported receiving high readings of radiation. He was ordered to recheck his equipment and get another reading, which he did and reported the same readings. He was ordered to check his equipment again and get a third set of readings. By the time he reported getting the same readings for a third time a full fifteen minutes had passed. He was ordered to advise the residents to go in doors. Unfortunately there was no plan on how to do this. Butrico was unaware if St. George even had a radio station, let alone where it was located. His only idea was to go to the mayor's office. Luckily the mayor was there. He called the nearest radio station, KSUB, which was 50 miles north of St. George. The announcement to go in doors and remain there was made at 10:15, a full hour after the radiation had been detected..."

toxipedia.org/display/wanmec/Radioactive+Fallout+to+St.+George%2C+UT