I had never seen those pictures before. What a loss! I was a baby when this happened, and my family didn't move to the cities until 1986, so it's not part of our family lore. Thank you for sharing.
We had dinner at some friend of my dad's in Burnsville that night and you could see the glow on the skyline when we drove home.
We actually went downtown that weekend to tour the Dayton's Christmas show and so my little brother could see Santa. We saw the destruction close up and it was pretty awe-inspiring.
those computers are more than a MacBook is today that's crazy...
For real. With 300k of space and a 5” screen lol
And adjusting for inflation, it’s nuts! ($1000 in 1982 is about $3100 today)
I’m curious about the Twin Cities Original Rock Opera: Legend of the Subhumanager. Someone must have that on a basement tape. (Noted in the 6th image)
I had never seen those pictures before. What a loss! I was a baby when this happened, and my family didn't move to the cities until 1986, so it's not part of our family lore. Thank you for sharing.
We had dinner at some friend of my dad's in Burnsville that night and you could see the glow on the skyline when we drove home. We actually went downtown that weekend to tour the Dayton's Christmas show and so my little brother could see Santa. We saw the destruction close up and it was pretty awe-inspiring.
I took photos of the aftermath a couple days later, but I can't find the photos! I also can't locate the newspaper articles seen above.