RHF wrote:

On Jul 8, 5:04 pm, Dave wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:11:21 -0400, dxAce wrote:

- - I prefer to scan the skys waiting to see the burst
- - and the mushroom cloud!
- - If I'm gonna go, I want to see the fireworks.

- If you see the flash, you'll be blind and will miss the cloud.

From a 'distance' DX Ace could possibly see the Flash
over Chicago or Milwaukee and the Mushroom Cloud.
The Air Blast and Tsunami might get him though . . . ~ RHF
http://www.3ammagazine.com/magazine/...b_effects.html

Not certain if there is enough water in Lake Michigan to cause a tsunami or not,
but, if I were to go to the lakeshore on a clear night, the lights, or at least
the light up in the sky from Chicago and Milwaukee is clearly visible.

And at times, or so I've heard, there can be a kind of 'mirage' where Chicago
itself is 'visible' in the sky.