Originally published at: The anniversary of Oregon exploding a whale
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Such a classic. I wonder how many people/how much time was put into writing the KATU news piece.
…the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds.
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Remember remember the 12th of November…
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It must have been a puzzling day in the insurance office when a claim came in for a Caddie destroyed by being hit by a whale.
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I remember heading to the video from a Dave Barry article.
Classic old fun stuff.
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If you’re gonna blow up a whale, go large!
Half a ton of dynamite 
Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.
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Love how the community came to embrace the fiasco as a celebrated local legend. They now have an “Exploding Whale Memorial Park” and their baseball team temporarily renamed themselves “The Exploding Whales” last Spring.
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