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Happy Hiroshima Day
Well boys and girls today is Hiroshima Day. The anniversary of the first time atomic weapons were used on a population. Being from Richland WA I am no stranger to the history of the Manhattan project. So here are some images and quotes to think about today.
If the radiance of a thousand suns
Were to burst at once into the sky,
That would be like the splendor of the Mighty One.
I am become Death,
The shatterer of Worlds.
The Bhagavad-Gita
The bomb will not start a chain-reaction in the water converting it all to gas and letting the ships on all the oceans drop down to the bottom.
It will not blow out the bottom of the sea and let all the water run down the hole.
It will not destroy gravity.
I am not an atomic playboy, as one of my critics labeled me, exploding these bombs to satisfy my personal whim.
Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy, Commander Joint Task Force One, Operation Crossroads
Jake at August 7, 2002 
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BOOM! You know, I had a dream a while back that I was in an outdoor plaza and I saw a nuclear bomb go off nearby. I was wondering what I should do in the few seconds before the explosion reached where I was, like that really matters. Also I was still able to see, even after looking directly at the explosion. Perhaps I need more experience with nuclear detonations. People should watch where they drop those things, it's a good way to create giant fire-breathing monsters.
Posted by: BBQ at August 7, 2002 1:56 PM
I used to have reoccuring bad dream about atomic war when I was a kid. that is what happens when you teach kids about nukes in the 2nd grade
Posted by: Jake at August 8, 2002 10:33 AM
... and when you grow up in spitting distance of Hanford, too! (isn't the Umatilla depot near there, too? some super-creepy stuff there, as well.)
Posted by: alan at August 8, 2002 12:50 PM
that is too the south but there is nuke stuff all over Washington state even here in Kitsap country with these naval bases. I am not afraid of the material but atomic war used to scare me as a kid
Posted by: Jake at August 8, 2002 12:53 PM
hi tell me about the booming of hiroshima
Posted by: brandon at February 14, 2006 7:01 PM
