John Stang

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John Stang is a reporter for the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Montana. He has worked in newspapers for 23 years, including 13 years at the Tri-City Herald in southeastern Washington, where he covered the Hanford nuclear reservation for 11 years.


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  • I Saw the Sign

    How to tell future generations about nuclear waste 40

    Posted 3 years, 3 months ago

    Think of a mummy movie -- any mummy movie.

    Treasure hunters enter a pyramid. The explorers either ignore or can't read the hieroglyphics warning of the curse that awaits those who open the 3,000-year-old sarcophagus before them. The mummy awakens and kills most of the cast.

    Rough translation: Seriously dude,
    do not open this door.

    Photo: iStockphoto

    If only those ancient Egyptians had done a better job warning future treasure-hunters not to mess with their sarcophagi.

    Today, the U.S. government faces a similar task: figuring out how to warn descendants… Read More

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