Friday, May 14, 2010

Bikini Atoll Bombing?

The Bikini Atoll bombing was fun to watch, but horrible for the Bikinians. They had to move away from their home island and they were sad, and even their chief said sadness was all over the island. So, you must be asking, Why are you posting about this? Well, in Humanities (Social Studies) we watched a video called "Radio Bikini" and first we saw the Japanese surrendering and the Americans won the World War II. They were hit by bombs and that's why they surrendered. Then they wanted to make a bigger version of what happened in Japan, so they decided to test it on Bikini Atoll. Then they moved all the Bikinians to a far away island in the Marshall Islands where Bikini Atoll is. They did 2 bomb tests and it looked cool, but I felt bad for the island becase it did SO much damage. There were ships with goats on it with Flash Burn to see how bad the damage was. And boy, was it BAD. Some of the animals died and more were badly burned. And also the ships were destroyed also! The sailors were checked to see if they were radio active and if they were, they had to wash off everywhere. Then they had to be checked again. The island was covered with "snow-like ash" that was radio active. And the Americans told the Bikinians it was poison. Dang, I feel so bad for you Bikini Atoll :(

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