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perpetuallunchtoday at 6:12 PM1 replyview on HN

Sure.

70,000 dying in a flash certainly puts an end to their suffering.


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wbltoday at 6:39 PM

They did not get vaporized in the fireball. We have survivors at the hypocenter. Intense burns and radiation poisoning killed most plus conventional blast damage mechanisms. Half the acute deaths happened after the first day.

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