Jordan's Question

Hey Guys,

After finishing "White Light, Black Rain" today, Jordan had a great question:

How many people actually survived the atmoic bomb?

Well, when you search the Internet, it seems that no one is completly sure about how many people died in Hiroshima. However, here is what I found.

• Many people believe there were about 300,000 people living in Hiroshima when the bomb exploded
• About 70,000 died in the initial blast
• By the end of 1945, about 100,000 people had died from other effects of the bomb
• After 5 years, a total of 200,000 had died from lasting effects of the bomb

So Jordan, I'm thinking that there were about 100,000 survivors or Hiroshima.

Did anyone find anything different? Post a comment with your findings.

http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm