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From: jnp@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP (John Pantone)
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Subject: Re: Lives saved by nuking Japan?!? (was Re: The Presidents...)
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Date: Mon, 16-Jun-86 20:03:37 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 16 20:03:37 1986
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In article <2088@orca.UUCP>, alanj@orca.UUCP (Alan Jeddeloh) writes:
> In article <457@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> davidra@batcomputer.UUCP (Penguin (Rabson)) writes:
> >I've heard a rumor that Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as bad as they were, made
> >everyone forget about Dresden, where more people died equally awful deaths.
> >
> >Is this true?
> 
> Yep.  The fire storm was intense enough to melt china dinner plates.  The
...

The winds near the center of Dresden were in the 2-400 MPH range for several
hours.  Iron beams were BURNING, and the resulting area was frequently
glazed due to melting sand and dirt.

The atomics at Hiroshima and Nagasaki were quite tame by comparison.


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