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03/15/2024

HIROSHIMA BOMBING: A PREVIEW OF ARMAGGEDON!

The size and layout of the City of Hiroshima and the presence of military and munitions facilities made it an ideal test site as an unproven experiment if the first atomic bomb would work! Unfortunately, it was not a dud that the 140,000 who were killed by the first weapon of mass destruction (WMD) forced the Japanese Emperor to surrender, mercifully ending World War II!

At 8:15 a.m., August 6. 1945, an American B29 bomber carried out the first atomic bombing. The bomb exploded approximately 600 meters above and 160 meters southeast of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (Please see photos attached before and after the massive blast), ripping through and igniting the building instantly killing everyone in it.

Because the blast struck from almost directly above, some of the center walls remained standing leaving enough of the building and iron frame recognizable as a dome.

Here's hoping the use of these weapons of mass destruction (WMD's) in Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be the last!

03/13/2024

Osaka Castle

Although built as an impregnable fortress by Hideyoshi Toyotomi, known as the Napoleon of Japan, the Osaka Castle has been burned down and rebuilt several times. The current castle was rebuilt in 1931.
Portuguese and Spanish explorers who wanted to do business with Japan had to get the blessing from the tenant of the castle.
Today, the castle is one of Japan's top tourist draws.

01/04/2024

I CANNOT LOOK FORWARD TO 2024 WITHOUT LOOKING BACK AT MY SISTER'S (ANTONIA LARIOSA REY'S) PASSING!

This videoclip, A “SAINTLY” TEACHER & CAREGIVER, is about the funeral services for ANTONIA LARIOSA REY, a retired public school teacher in the Philippines, b...

12/17/2023

GOODBYE, LONDON; HELLO PARIS!

From London, UK, we travelled to Paris, France, on board carbon-neutral Eurostar Train, Europe’s answer to Japan’s bullet trains!
The Eurostar usually takes just 2 hours and 15 minutes to cover the 486 km (302 miles) from London’s St Pancras to Paris Nord Stations. This is an average speed of 216 km/h (134 miles/h).
But it goes thru “Channel Tunnel,” the only connection between Great Britain and European mainland thru underground tunnel stretching 50.5 km (31.4-mil) tunnel, 100 meters below sea level but with a reduced speed of 160 km/h (100 mph) for safety reasons.
It’s travel time is faster than the airline travel between Paris and London, making it a preferred route by thousands of daily passengers between the two mega cities.