@wellerstein Is this from the US Strategic Bombing Survey?
Comparison of atomic vs. firebombing in World War II. Atomic bombs about 3-4X more deadly per square mile.pic.twitter.com/qEKDTTrqsc
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@GWilliamThomas Table source listed as: Horatio Bond, _Fire and the Air War_, Nat'l Fire Protection Assoc., 1946. I haven't seen it. -
@wellerstein Wow, interesting - wouldn't have guessed that.
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@wellerstein Casualty rate / sq mile has most to do with population density difference between the city. Your assumption is false. -
@EonShiKeno You can adjust by pop density, but it gets conceptually woolly —e.g. Hiroshima 9.75X more "dangerous" than Tokyo, Nagasaki 7.3X. -
@wellerstein What happens when you use the Dresden firebombings as a comparison instead of Tokyo?
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@wellerstein I am definitely saving this for future teaching!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein I just favorited this post which given its subject matter makes me feel slightly queasyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein@rmathematicus do those figures include the thousands who died subsequently from delayed effects of radiation?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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