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Page 6 SCRIMSHAW Friday, April 15, 1977 Part I Bomb Danger Frighteningly Real Imagine a beautiful Saturday enormous shock wave is felt In this particular scenario, the 20 falling buildings and flying objects, begun. In the next few weeks, the afternoon in April. Everywhere destroying virtually everything. megaton bomb would probably be Others who were at a great true destructiveness of the bomb people are enjoying the sunshine. The area outside of Baltimore detonated at an altitude of ap- distance from the detonation site manifest itself, leaving many Students at. Western Maryland which is not destroyed is engulfed proximately II,'.! miles. The ef- will have been blinded by the survivors with the desire that they, College can be found scattered in a raging fire which cannot be fectiveness of the blast would be intense flash of light. Those who too, had been killed immediately about the campus participating in quenched, Bodies can be seen maximized at this altitude. It can escape physical injury will suffer after explosion. The scars left by various outdoor activities. everywhere. Some were killed by be spread over a greater area with mental anguish of having seen the bomb will probably take However, this is just a the blast, while others were killed rather than be concentrated over a friends and loved ones being killed. generations to heal. foreshadowing of the omninous by the raging inferno. It is small area. Under optimum However, the suffering has just Next week: The Aftermath events to come. In the next few sickening sight rendering even the conditions, a 20 megaton bomb would cause minutes more horror and death most experienced. .rescue per- within a radius of 10 mjles from the New theater Festival severe blast damage will occur than the world has ever scnnel queezy. Survivors can be known in such a short period of seen running about searching for central blast area. Everything From June 11-19, Baltimore, the Performance Group will be time. ~ shelter. However, their cause is within this radius (an area of 319 America will once again be the offered to actors, directors, writers In Westminster, outside activity hopeless for they too will become square miles) would be completely scene for The New Theatre and those curious about new has reached its peak when sud- victims of this holocaust. Already destroyed, That which had not Festival. For those training in the theatre. Seminars on the economic denly a blinding flash of light some can be seen gasping for air as been destroyed by the blast would theatre, or merely interested, the survival of new theatre companies, shoots across the southeastern the inferno slowly consumes the be quickly consumed by fire. As festiva1 provides an unprecedented as well as seminars on criticism, portion of the sky. The brilliance of oxygen, These people will die the the fires increase, the rising heat opportunity to see and work with playwriting and new trends this light is comparable to that of a horrible, 'torturous death of sur- causes winds of incredible some of the most prominent artists performance will be held, and In supernova, blinding many. Im- focation. velocities to move toward the working in theatre today. Over 25 special events such as new music mediately following this flash of This disaster is the result of a 20 center of the city, fanning the companies and "individual per- and dance concerts, films; parties light, an incredible explosion is megaton nuclear warhead being flames and causing the fires to formers wiil give 140 performances and much more, will charge the heard, Minutes later, intense heat dropped over Baltimore, The spread even more quickly. The at the University of Maryland atmosphere of this working spreads over the area. The in- warhead is not an atomic bomb-as result is what is known as a Baltimore County and in the city of festival. tensity of this heat t\uses many of were those which were dropped on firestorm. Those who sought the Baltimore. An intensive workshop the buildings to erupt into flames. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, This safety of shelters would suffocate program involving such artists as On Sunday, April 17, at The Simultaneously in Baltimore, a bomb is 1000 times more powerful as the firestorm slowly consumed Kristin Linklater and the Working Baltimore Theatre Project, there sheet of brilliant light is seen, than its famous predecessors. This all of the oxygen within the area. A Theater and Richard Schechner of will be a meeting-party for those immediately followed by intense is a hydrogen bomb. The result of 20 megaton bomb could destroy interested in participating. We heat causing the entire city to burst this explosion: almost in- by firestorm practic'ally everyone are looking now for a staff of into flames. Within seconds an stantaneous destruction of and everything within a. radius of Jr. Follies volunteers who want to' become was is within 28 once will Goodb3le'or everything and that its sour rounding 28 miles. Westminster Thus the area' part of the festival. The party of the Baltimore miles of Baltimore. be held after a performance would be for an evening destruction of laughs Ready Summer area. The effects of any nuclear bomb of of complete must miles, realize that the and a not so serious look at T.V.? United Mime Workers, which 2500 square begins at 8 p.m. If unable to attend three-fold. means The If so, you won't want to miss the One are Adults who look longingly at lists destruction are blast, firestorm, destruction is not only limited to 1977 Junior Follies, to be presented the show, come to the meeting, at 45 West Preston Street, at 9: 30 p.m. of summer camps for kids can now and radiation (the former two the 'areas stated here. The values April 14-17, at Western Maryland and bring" your friends. Let us plan their own wilderness back- being immediate results and the given are only the areas of College in room 100 of Baker know you are coming by calling packing excursion during 10 weeks latter one being a delayed result). tremendous destruction within Memorial Chapel. 455-3193. of Killington Adventure at The blast effect is the major cause which virtually nothing will The show, entitled, "Don't.Touch Killington Resort in central Ver- of destruction. During a nuclear remain, Outside of the 10 mile blast That Dial" or "Everything You Montessori mont. explosion, an incredible amount of radius, the blast will incur limited Always Wanted to Know About Trips begin July 9 and continue energy is released. Most of this damage upon buildings. The College But Were Afraid to Ask," is A new Montessori teacher through Oct. 1. Cost of each week- energy is released in the form of a seriousness of the damage will an original production. The Follies training program is now available long session is $170. shock wave. This will destroy decrease as the radius increases. are an annual tradition with the to recent graduates of Western The itinerary includes trips to everything within a certain radius, The Iirestorm, too, is not limited to junior class of the college. Directed Maryland College Approved by the the Green Mountains of Vermont, depending upon the destructive the 28 mile radius. Various sub- by Tom Maskell, this television Maryland State Board for Higher the Adirondacks of New York, and power of the bomb. The remaining stances will ignite at distances spoof features many famous Education, the National Center for the White Mountains of New energy is released in the form of which are several miles outside of personages from television and Montessori Education will train Hampshire. intense heat. This combined with this radius. from the college campus. graduates of Western Maryland The program introduces the several other factors, creates a Those who survive suffer from Tickets are $2 and may be College through an "independent beginning or novice hiker to the firestorm of a radius which is disorders directly cuased by the purchased in advance at the study" program consisting of a mountains in a manner which determined by both the destruc- explosion. Many of those who College Activities Office in Win- combination of home study, equips him with experience and ttveness of the bomb and the en- reside outside the radius of intense slow Student Center (848-7000, ext. summer workshop and Montessori tools needed to continue the sport vironmental conditions of the destruction suffer from burns over 385). Performances will be given classroom - experience. The on his own. surrounding area, Radioactive their entire body. A majority of Thursday, April 14 at 8 p.m. training program will enable in- The program includes two days fallout is a very important result of these burns will be serious third Saturday, April 16 at 7:45 p.m., and dividuals upon completion to be of training at a remote base camp the explosion and is dependent on degree burns, which penetrate into Sunday, April 17 at 8 p.m. certified Montessori teachers for on Killington Mountain followed by the type of bomb used. This result th.e tissue beneath the skin. Many children ages 3·6. For further in- a five-day guided expedition into a shall be discussed more will suffer from broken limbs and Writer's Union formation, write or call: National selected mountain area. thoroughly in a later article internal injuries as a result of Center for Montessori Education, Tuition covers guide fees, all Do you ever express your 2510 Enterprise Rd., Mitchellville. meals, transportation including Tennis Instruetor's creativity through writing a poem Md. 20716; (301) 262·3930. pick-up and drop-off in nearby or short story? If you are into Rutland, a final banquet at the writing and want to meet other Killington Peak Restaurant and a Course Offered people who write, come to a Coming Soon night's lodging at Killington meeting next Thursday, April 21, Village. A special school for aspiring School costs $125 and will be at 7:30 in the publications office. 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