UnknwnSoldier
UnknwnSoldier t1_iyepvgh wrote
Reply to comment by MonkeyTesticleJuice in People over 30 years old have been alive before every dog in the world by SanduanChief
Getting old ain't for sissies.
UnknwnSoldier t1_iuts8j5 wrote
Reply to comment by Drew-CarryOnCarignan in When it comes to Cuba's military victory at the Bay of Pigs, does Che Guevara deserve any credit or should it be assigned exclusively to Castro's leadership? by Anglicanpolitics123
That was a very interesting read. Thanks for the link.
UnknwnSoldier t1_j93n6mf wrote
Reply to comment by scorpion_tail in Nuclear shadow, Nagasaki by allez05
Unfortunately the reality is worse. Human vaporization isn't really a thing. You can get blown apart by the shockwave, but even with the gamma radiation causing thermal waves of 10,000 F it still won't instantly incinerate a human. They just get flash cooked.
The shadows are caused by the person absorbing the intense light and thermal radiation emitted by the blast, which peels material off the building surface.
If they were close enough to the blast to be instantly killed by force or heat, it would most likely have been a strong enough force to also knock down the wooden building the shadow was etched into, or set it alight so it burned down.
It's unlikely many people caught like this lived long, but sadly it's not a given that they all died instantly or painlessly.
https://www.livescience.com/nuclear-bomb-wwii-shadows.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Shadow_Etched_in_Stone