level to 9U,UUU feet, with no data for winds at 95,UUU, lOv,JLU, and lu5,uUU feet, and data for winds at 11U,90U, 115,000, and 12U,U00 feet indicating tney were flowing to the east, or toward ‘bikini. tor the "Bravo" shot, nowever, winds from sea level to the end of tne troposphere at 55,00U feet were generally heading east, or northeast, in the general direction of Rongelap, songerik and Utirik. From 55,00U feet to yu,uuU feet the winds were generally heading to the west, Above yU,U0U feet, there was no data available. tlad tne shot been delayed 24 hours, wind conditions might have cuanged, whici would nave altered the fallout of tne explosion and the enraged nuclear giant would nave only expended its energy and visited its curse upon tne flora and fauna of the uninhabited spits of sand in tie Pacific. Unfortunately, sucn was not to be. The decision to “go” that was made sometime early that morning would produce mucn confusion and conflict, suffering and suspicion. It would result in a controversy that is unresolved to this day, and an anxicty-ridden and uncertain future for nearly three hundred human beings and tieir descendants, Tne decision nad been made. “Bravo! lived and died. In July of 1946 Uperation Crossroads--the detonation of two “nominal” yield atomic bombs---took place at sikini. ‘he first tesc, coded "Able", involved an air drop of a bomb which burst at 500 feet over a fleet of dilapidated American and Japanese naval vessels. second test was tne first underwater shot ever conducted. ‘The It involved tne detonation of an atomic vomb suspended about 90 Feet--or halfway i033”