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FYI - the blast yield of Little Boy was 15 kilotons, not 15,000 kilotons (15 megatons). The blast yield of Fat Man, the other atomic bomb dropped on Japan, was 21 kilotons. While this does not change the message of the story, I mention it to perhaps save some head scratching...

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Updated. Thanks for catching that.

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Dear Sir, what a wonderful story. My publication would like to reprint it, with your byline. Please email me (email address is now on your subscriber list, with the ending ".....weekly.com." Thank you so much.

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Great story, so true the message.

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