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What a Hiroshima Resident Saw the Day the Bomb Dropped

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On Aug. 6, 1941, P. Siomes, a German priest, was sitting in his room when the sunny, summer day outside was suddenly lit by an even brighter light that blinded him just before an explosion of sound and heat slammed into the building he was in.

The next month, he gave a full recounting of the hours and days following the bombing in a statement to the U.S. Army.
 
DEFCON Warning System said:
I thought I had read an account of a German Priest in the book Hiroshima. I may be mistaken.
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You are right according to the article. What I found interesting was the report of the radioactive black rain after the explosion. Wasn't it an airburst that wouldn't throw up allot of fallout? It was initially a clear day.
 
william said:
What I found interesting was the report of the radioactive black rain after the explosion. Wasn't it an airburst that wouldn't throw up allot of fallout? It was initially a clear day.
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The bomb was exploded 2000 feet above the surface, which is pretty low.
 
DEFCON Warning System said:
The bomb was exploded 2000 feet above the surface, which is pretty low.
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I can see a certain amount of localized fallout because of the extreme heat plume but actual rain. Where did that come from? I don't recall any of the bomb tests causing that. I could be mistaken though.
 
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