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Anonymous wrote:One of my college professors was a Hiroshima survivor who then became a US citizen. He started each day telling us how precious life is to which we all rolled our eyes during the first few weeks. But after a few weeks went by, we began to see how genuinely he cared for every single one of us. After a few more weeks, he told us the story of going into Hiroshima after the bombing, what it looked like, who he lost. Not much I remember about my college classes from 35 years ago, but boy do I remember him and his words. I used to tell my kids about him and some of the things he used to say as a demonstration that college is not all about the classes you take but the other things you learn there that you carry forward in life.

He died a couple of years ago and his obituary ran in several newspapers and I was so sad when I saw it but so heartened to see read the obits and learn how he impacted so many lives other than my own.

I know, this really doesn't fit this thread, but once again I am thinking of him.

He sounds so thoughtful. What was his name? Thank you for sharing this.

Sachio Ashida
Associate Professor Psychology
WWII
Japanese Imperial Army Air Force Kamikaze Pilot
From a memorial written by Cichorei Kano, a judo associate of Dr. Ashida:
In the war, when he was about 20 years old, Ashida-sensei was in the Japanese Air Force as a suicide pilot fighting the Americans. He was on a mission to fly
over Hiroshima about 16 hours after the bomb had been dropped. In one of the most tragic and chilling accounts, Ashida told that he landed his plane, found a bicycle and pedaled amidst the burning remnants of the city. He mentioned that he came across a woman carrying a bucket on her arm; in the bucket was the head of her daughter whose body had been blasted apart. It was an image he never was able to ban from his mind.
After the war, when he was 29, in 1953, he decided to come to the US and wanted to study for a PhD in Psychology & Mathematics at the University of Nebraska. At that time he held the rank of godan. He struggled with English, of which his knowledge was insufficient to pass the entrance exam. In consequence he was assigned an English tutor by the name of Margaret. The two later married.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know anything about nuclear missiles, so please keep it as dumbed-down as possible. I live in Shaw, and I realize that’s probably too close to the WH and Capitol. We have a car and can leave on short notice, and we’re thinking about making preps to do that now.

How far away from DC would be safe from a nuclear bomb? Are we taking like a few miles, like silver spring, or dozens of miles, like Gaithersburg or somewhere in Virginia. Would like to stay in MD if possible.

I think the issue is that it's hard to know where targets other than the U.S. Capitol are.

Even if you go out to the middle of Virginia, how do you know you aren't heading toward some kind of military training camp, or a missile silo?

Anonymous wrote:Not a great time to have just finished the Ken Follett book “Never.” In the intro, Follett says that, while researching WWI for a different book, he was struck by the fact that it was a war nobody wanted. Governments made decisions in response to individual events, and all of those decisions, taken together, pushed us down the road to war. “Never” imagines a similar process in a nuclear world, and it’s disturbingly plausible.

I read that recently and was thinking the same today... Lollipop Land...

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know anything about nuclear missiles, so please keep it as dumbed-down as possible. I live in Shaw, and I realize that’s probably too close to the WH and Capitol. We have a car and can leave on short notice, and we’re thinking about making preps to do that now.

How far away from DC would be safe from a nuclear bomb? Are we taking like a few miles, like silver spring, or dozens of miles, like Gaithersburg or somewhere in Virginia. Would like to stay in MD if possible.

There's not going to be a nuclear war, idiot

OK. So you work for Putin, and you know he'll use biological warfare instead?

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Anonymous wrote:Dang, when the pandemic is over, this sh&t happens.
We live next to the nation's capital so we are a prime target.

Pandemic over? We had a record number of deaths yesterday. We just decided to ignore it.

Yes, it's over. Time to move onto the next thing to obsess over.

Lol! Ok…

Aww, such a nice picture of you.

I thought inside the beltway was basically the crater.

Not a great time to have just finished the Ken Follett book “Never.” In the intro, Follett says that, while researching WWI for a different book, he was struck by the fact that it was a war nobody wanted. Governments made decisions in response to individual events, and all of those decisions, taken together, pushed us down the road to war. “Never” imagines a similar process in a nuclear world, and it’s disturbingly plausible.

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Anonymous wrote:Dang, when the pandemic is over, this sh&t happens.
We live next to the nation's capital so we are a prime target.

Pandemic over? We had a record number of deaths yesterday. We just decided to ignore it.

Yes, it's over. Time to move onto the next thing to obsess over.

Lol! Ok…

Lol! You just made that up, so I guess you’re the one with your ass hanging out looking like an idiot.

We did not have a record number of deaths yesterday.

You want to find a fallout shelter. There are more fallout shelters in DC than anywhere else in the US. If you aren't able to you want to go into a cave or a mine. FYI you also want to buy potassium iodine pills to protect your thyroid from cancer. Stay there for 14 days.

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Anonymous wrote:What. Press. Conference. People?

+1

Biden had a press conference. Do you all not get breaking news alerts?

Nope

+1, I don't see any internet until my workday is done. Can somebody link to what they're talking about, instead of mocking?

They say, while posting on the internet.

Right?

Anonymous wrote:Um…I don’t think Chernobyl is like an active nuclear site.

I think Putin is referring to using cyberattacks and ransom attacks to cripple our infrastructure. But I’m just spitballing here.

Dirty bomb / fallout.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd rather live at the epicenter at this point.

+1

We'll just be left with the insane MAGA preppers. Kill me now.

Agree and appreciate this post for a moment of levity.

Exactly the kind of people who would be left are not people with whom I’d enjoy living. Also didn’t any of you watch The Walking Dead? Ugh the whole survival thing is just more angst and hassle that I’m willing to tolerate.

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:Dang, when the pandemic is over, this sh&t happens.
We live next to the nation's capital so we are a prime target.

Pandemic over? We had a record number of deaths yesterday. We just decided to ignore it.

Yes, it's over. Time to move onto the next thing to obsess over.

Lol! Ok…

Anonymous wrote:Um…I don’t think Chernobyl is like an active nuclear site.

I think Putin is referring to using cyberattacks and ransom attacks to cripple our infrastructure. But I’m just spitballing here.

Probably true cyber attacks is what they excel at

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Anonymous wrote:Dang, when the pandemic is over, this sh&t happens.
We live next to the nation's capital so we are a prime target.

Pandemic over? We had a record number of deaths yesterday. We just decided to ignore it.

Yes, it's over. Time to move onto the next thing to obsess over.