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In the Spring of 1953 public attention was focused on the
unusual number of tornadoes.
Many people attributed this weather
anomaly to the Nevada test series.
On the other hand, study of
these tornadoes has shown that there were relatively fewer tornadoes in ths regions in which the atomic cloud was located or in
which radioactive dust had fallen than in the rest of the country.
It is not claimed that the atomic cloud actually inhibited the
tornadoes, but certainly a strong case can be made against any
causal relationship.
This Spring, the Atomic Energy Commisaion conducted a test
series at the Pacific Proving Ground -- over 5,000 miles from the
shores of the United States.
As occurs every year, there have
again been weather anomalies and accusing fingers pointed at the
dust produced by tne explosion.
This time, some areas of the
United States and certain foreign countries camplained about drought
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conditions while others felt that the atomic teats might have pro-
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duced unusually heavy rainfall.
The latest teste in the Pacific
differ from the previous Nevada tests in several ways:
First,
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more powerful bombs were fired; second, the bombs were dstonated
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over types of terrain different from that of Nevada; and third, the
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test location was thousands of miles from large land masses rather
than within the United States.
In the light of these differences,
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