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      “The Tornado Was Not the A-Bomb’s Child”: The Politics of Extreme Weather in the Age of Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing. Translated title: Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History, Autumn 2019, no. 40: “The Tornado Was Not the A-Bomb’s Child”: The Politics of Extreme Weather in the Age of Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing.

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          On June 9, 1953 the Worcester tornado obliterated its namesake town. The death toll was staggering, capping one of the most lethal tornado seasons to date. For many people across the country, the disaster confirmed their suspicions that the weather had gone haywire—and atomic bomb testing was to blame. In the 1950s, an international controversy raged concerning the possibility that nuclear explosions were triggering extreme weather like droughts, frosts, and tornadoes. The Worcester tornado became the most notorious example of “atom weather,” a disaster that seemed neither natural nor human, but one in which the two had become indistinguishable.

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          Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History
          Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany
          2019
          07 November 2019
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          10.5282/RCC/8814
          0468525b-8dd9-4668-98d5-174380fd8f1a

          CC BY 4.0 2019 Justin McBrien

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          Literary studies,Philosophy of science,Environmental change,Environmental studies,Contemporary history,Cultural studies
          tornadoes,nuclear fallout,climate change,weather,storms,droughts,disasters,climate,environmental politics,nuclear tests,anthropocene

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