{"id":898,"date":"2007-04-18T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-18T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=898"},"modified":"2007-04-18T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-18T19:39:00","slug":"its-the-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/18\/its-the-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"it&#8217;s the bomb&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The chilling beauty of these &#8216;mushroom cloud&#8217; images might be an appropriate accompaniment to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindonfire.com\/?p=624\">John&#8217;s Wednesday challenge<\/a>.  As I saw the homes leveled by the winds and thought of the untold devastation of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Nevada tests, I found myself in awe of the power of humanity at the same time I was horrified that such weapons were ever developed, much less used on humans (enemy or otherwise).<\/p>\n<p>I have often wondered if Utah&#8217;s nuclear legacy is a reason for my own bout of osteosarcoma.  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