Hiroshima Day, Parishioners (教区民), comes ’round again the first
use of nuclear power in the destruction and the Parishioners
therein. The radius of total destruction was about one mile (1.6
km), with resulting fires across 4.4 square miles (11 km2).
Americans estimated that 4.7 square miles (12 km2) of the city
were destroyed. Japanese officials determined that 69% of
Hiroshima’s buildings were destroyed and another 6–7% damaged.
70,000 – 80,000 people, or some 30% of the population of
Hiroshima were killed immediately, and another 70,000 injured. A
*lengthy* and revealing article and some video (c/Boing Boing)
THIS site has some *beautiful* photos! When the first atomic
bomb was dropped over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the city
became known worldwide for this unenviable distinction. The
destructive power of the bomb was tremendous and obliterated
nearly everything within a 2 km radius. One of the few buildings
that remained standing afterwards has been preserved; known
today as the A-Bomb Dome, it is a monu