But that doesn't explain how Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been rebuilt and became prospering cities.........
“I’ve always thought that a nuclear bomb would render an area inhospitable for a hundred years or more.”
I suspect that the biggest surprise that people will experience if we ever get into a nuclear war is that nuclear devices do not have unlimited power, and that with rudimentary preparations, it is very survivable, and much will be left unscathed, even if in need of decontamination