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Jerryt's avatar

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...

Tim Clark's avatar

Updated. Thanks for catching that.

Mary's avatar

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.

Rob's avatar

Great story, so true the message.