Oddly, no one appears to have had a radiation monitor on them in that neck of the woods. The blast occured last Wed nite/Thurs morn, they say.

Colin says he isn't quite sure what it was, but it definitely WAS NOT A NUKE.

Condi said maybe it was a forest fire (for reals, see the Reuters article at the 'funny looking cloud' link in my opening post).

Don't you feel better now that you know that Condi thinks it might have just been a forest fire, and no one is using the r/m words (that stands for radiation monitors, folks)?