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Brown Sugar (Wellington) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/6/2022
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE PUBLISHED CO-ORDINATES

 

I recently read about a historical event and decided it was interesting enough to justify being the subject of a puzzle cache.

 

 

South 41° 09.XXX, where XXX = A + B + C + D + E

A = Number of times that tank had been filled to capacity

B = Age of fatality whose occupation was listed as firefighter

C = Increase in temperature over the previous day (in Fahrenheit)

D = Last two digits of year that events occurred

E = Diameter of tank (in feet)

 

East 175° 01.YYY, where YYY = F + G + H + I + J

F = Street number where tank was located (C……… St)

G = Day in January when flood occurred

H = Age of the two children who died

I = Height of tank (in feet)

J = Number of letters in name of state where flood occurred

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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