All these bomb blasts in the Pacific has also left most of the seafood with levels of cesium still detectable decades later. This came to light again after Fukushima when officials started trying to split hair about what fish contamination was due to Fuku and what was remaining from the Pacific atomic tests. 

This should all be no surprise since during the same period of time the US was nuking their own people on a repeated basis via the above ground nuclear bomb tests in Nevada. Those were only stopped after a group collected children’s teeth to prove they were contaminated with strontium 90 in their bones and took the results to Congress. There are maps online showing the highest fallout zones that were far beyond Nevada. 

All this crap doesn’t just go away or stay right where it was detonated.

Three Gorges Dam should money go to the people who were resettled? What about World War II, should I give money to Holocaust survivors? How about Katrina, should I give money to people in the ninth ward?

Just a question, dude.    CTFD

God, I can’t wait until the winter blues are over for people and summer kicks in, boingboing is full of nitpicky, hypersensitive, cantankerous-feelin’ people lately…  sheesh.

http://www.bikiniatoll.com/divetour4.html

So yes, some of that money does go to the victims and their families.

The film makers had nothing to do with the US Government’s decision to resettle the residents. Perhaps the issue will be addressed in the documentary, but likely not. However, by creating the documentary it’s more likely that people will learn about the plight of residents of Bikini as they read and learn about the test. That’s a service right there.
Also, if you’re that convicted of this issue, you can back the project for $1 and post the question directly to the film makers.

I think they could have come up with a pretty good guess…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads#Bikini_after_Crossroads

Tidal waves are those caused by tides.

Some are and some aren’t.

I wish he was here to tell me more about it, but he died from cancer 12 years ago. 

They were rounded up and deported at gunpoint – excuse me, “relocated” – so that we could blow it up, and then a number of them were brought back 20 years later while it was still contaminated with Strontium-90 and Cesium-137 from the fallout.  Eventually they were evacuated again after many miscarriages and children born with birth defects. 20th century America has a lot in common with the 19th century America that brought the Cherokee and Ponca the “Trail of Tears”.

In this age of cheap missiles, drones and satellites, it’s hard to envision a $10 billion aircraft carrier surviving for very long.