Hiroshim Long-Lasting Effects Of The Atomic Bomb

The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was way more destructive than what the citizens could have imagined or feared. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was extremely deadly and destructive. The atomic bomb killed thousands and injured many more. It also leveled the city of Hiroshima and left long-lasting effects on the grounds where it stood. The citizens of Hiroshima had no idea what the atomic bomb was, how devastating it was, or that it was being dropped. The fear of attack in the citizens of Hiroshima never even compared to how horrific and devastating the atomic bomb actually was, from the amount who died to the amount of destruction the atomic bomb caused, and the long-lasting effects it left.

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There were many things from the atomic bomb that left long-lasting effects on the city. One of the major long-lasting effects left on the city was radiation. “Radiation sickness among the survivors. Soon the death rate actually began to climb again as patients who had appeared to be recovering began suffering from this strange new illness. Deaths from radiation sickness did not peak until three to four weeks after the attacks and did not taper off until seven to eight weeks after the attack,” (Energy.gov). Radiation sickness was a major killer for the first few weeks after the atomic bomb. The radiation sickness would cause someone to look like they were getting better and then die; this terrified many of the survivors not knowing who was going to die. Another long last effect of the atomic bomb’s radiation was cancer.” The British Mission has estimated that people in the open had a 50% chance of surviving the effects of radiation,” (Hersey 95). Many of the survivors that were exposed to the radiation and survived got cancer later in their life. The fear in the survivors of the atomic bomb was caused by many things but no one could have predicted the amount of fear and terror the bomb brought. Also when the atomic bomb exploded no one in the city expected it or knew what happened or what caused it so none of them knew of the radiation effects. “This terror, resulting in immediate hysterical activity and flight from the cities, had one especially pronounced effect: persons who had become accustomed to mass air raids had grown to pay little heed to single planes or small groups of planes, but after the atomic bombings the appearance of a single plane caused more terror and disruption of normal life than the appearance of many hundreds of planes had ever been able to cause before. The effect of this terrible fear of the potential danger from even a single enemy plane on the