How long did the atomic bomb in hiroshima after effects last?
At 8:15 on August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb “Little Boy” was dropped over the center of Hiroshima City. With energy reportedly equivalent to 16 kilotons of TNT, its heat rays and blast burned and completely or partially destroyed 90% of the roughly 76,000 houses in the city. From burnt bodies, homes, and places of work, the people of Hiroshima made a new start in an utterly burnt-out plain of rubble. Lacking materials or assistance, that new beginning was filled with suffering. Living in the ruins After the fierce fires subsided, the people looked out over a burnt plain extending in every direction. The surviving articles of dayly life lay burned and smashed where they had fallen. Unrecognizable bodies lay everywhere. The survivors hauled away debris, mourned over the bodies, and began eking out a life in the rubble. They hid from the elements in damaged air-raid shelters, huts of burnt tin sheeting, or emergency barracks built by soldier rescue teams. For ten days starting immediately
