Es raro que Netanyahu haga declaraciones un sábado, el día de descanso judío, lo que subraya la urgencia con la que ve el asunto.
Friedrichs, 81, isn’t a detective. He’s a historian and a retired scientist who got his start during the atomic age, a complicated moment in American history when the line was blurred between fear and fascination with nuclear power.Between 1951 and 1992, hundreds of nuclear tests were performed, mostly
, in the desert outside Las Vegas. But it was the massive mushroom clouds from the above-ground nuclear blasts that captured the public’s imagination throughout the 1950s and early 1960s.Las Vegas sought to capitalize on that craze, and in 1957 sent a photographer out on assignment to shoot a promotional ad for nuclear tourism. He got an idea to capture the lead dancer at the Sands Hotel in a swimsuit in the shape of a fluffy mushroom cloud. In the photo, the high-heeled showgirl is smiling with arms outstretched as the desert unfolds behind her like a stage.The image played a key role in shaping
’ identity as a city of fantasy and spectacle. Yet little was known about the star of the photo — until now.Miss Atomic Bomb, the woman, the mystery and the man who solved it. AP correspondent Julie Walker reports.
Friedrichs first set out to find Miss Atomic Bomb around 2000. The Atomic Museum was set to open in Las Vegas in a few years and as a founding member, he was “hoping against hope” that she was still alive and could attend the grand opening.
What started as a simple question — Who was she? — became an obsession for Friedrichs that outlasted careers and outlived friends.In Austin, forecasters warned that the early heat wave could break a century-old record for May of 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).
“Definitely more like August this week than May,” said Cameron Self, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s office in the Houston and Galveston area.It is not unusual to have temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) in May in Houston and other parts of Texas.
“But getting long stretches of temperatures well in the 90s that usually holds off till June,” Self said.This week’s extreme heat was predicted to have some Texas cities experiencing the longest string of triple-digit days they have ever had before in June, said John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas state climatologist.