[Nyckname]

Originally Posted by LadyCPlum ↗

They say that in some places where the people were just vaporized in an instant, they left shadows on nearby buildings. I'd love to see pictures of that!

. "The [left] photograph shows the stone steps of the main entrandce of Sumitomo Bank which is only 250 meters from the hypocenter. It is believed that a person sat down on the steps facing the direction of the hypocenter, possibly waiting for the bank to open. By a flash of the heat rays with temperatures well over a 1,000 degrees or possibly 2,000 degrees centigrade, that person was incineratied on the stone steps."

[lkduke3]

Originally Posted by Metal Mike ↗

How do you figure? We nuked them because if we had invaded, even the women and children would've fought like men. Then there's the human wave charges, the kamikaze tactics...that all seems pretty manly to me.

No. Don't think so. The Japanese civilians were about starved to death due to rationing. Kamikazi tactics are manly? No. Don't think so. The women were worked to death in factories for the war effort. Cowardly.

The Japs didn't attack the mainland south of Alaska because they said that behind every blade of grass an American would be waiting with their guns.

That's one of the reasons American's were afforded the right to bear arms. In case of attack, behind every blade of grass is an American ready to take out the enemy.

[Shakey]

[LadyCPlum]

Originally Posted by Nyckname ↗

. "The [left] photograph shows the stone steps of the main entrandce of Sumitomo Bank which is only 250 meters from the hypocenter. It is believed that a person sat down on the steps facing the direction of the hypocenter, possibly waiting for the bank to open. By a flash of the heat rays with temperatures well over a 1,000 degrees or possibly 2,000 degrees centigrade, that person was incineratied on the stone steps."

Cool find!

[Nyckname]

Google Image search results for "Hiroshima nuclear shadows".

(Posting from a phone, and that's just easier.)

[Kelseecat65]

I was in 8th grade and we watched a documentary on the victims and I was so freaked out by images. I had nightmares and I jumped over every loud noise - I was a mess...never would have thought 30 some years later I would be fascinated with this stuff!

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

That's probably the main reason why you're fascinated by it now.

Read "Hiroshima" by John Hershey (I think that's the authors name, but I could be wrong). It's pretty short and to the point, but a good book overall. The way the Japanese treated the survivors was pretty sad. They called them hibakusha (blast-affected people), considered their radiation poisoning to be contagious, and pretty much collectively shunned them for quite a while after the bombings.

[Nyckname]

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.". ~ J. Robert Oppenheimer quoting the Bhagavad Gita, after the Trinity test.

[rilvulan671]

Originally Posted by jamoney ↗

The power of a bombs... Why can't we just fight like men, not pussies.

Yea, guys. We pussied up and dropped a bomb. The japanese were noble fighters. The worst thing they ever did was use chinese civillians as bayonet practice.

Oh, wait.

[Spiffyfable]

Neato!