"Forest Fire" responsible for a 2.5mi mushroom cloud?

Tue Sep 14 06:27:32 PDT 2004

>From: "Major Variola (ret)" <mv at cdc.gov>
>Sent: Sep 13, 2004 3:50 PM
>To: "cypherpunks at al-qaeda.net" <cypherpunks at al-qaeda.net>
>Subject: Re: "Forest Fire" responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

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>AN is extremely deliquescent; perhaps the sulphate was for that?
>Removing chunks with dynamite is trying rather hard for a Darwin award.

As far as I can tell from what's reported in the new, a great deal of North Korea's daily operation fits that category.  

--John