Chernobyl

[Kathy]

I vaguely recall someone being drunk at Chernobyl, but I will ask my husband, as he worked there for 6 months, and he remembers a lot about it, including how all the commies evacuated their kids right after it happened, and stole all the Western aid that came later.

There are many villages that were evacuated and are still too radiated to enter, although people still do try - mostly people from those villages. My husband had a geiger counter, and said that there were "hot spots" in many places - even in Kyiv (the train station was one).

On the villages - it is very sad, because you have to understand how peasants feel about their villages. Those that don't leave for the cities usually cannot imagine living anywhere else. Usually, their families have lived there for hundreds of years.

I thought that in the train derailment, alcohol was also a factor. But, derailments happen everywhere. I think CN had three that caused damage last year - one dumped toxins into a lake surrounded by cottages. They didn't clean it up immediately, which was a PR disaster.

[stepanstas]

Kathy, I recall on digg there was a post "Dead City In Ukraine" and it was very interesting, but unfortunatly the site does not work anymore.

I found one of them

TrekEarth | Swimming pool in a dead city Photo

[Lilly]

Stepanstas: Re: the Chernobyl accident

Tell that to my daughter-in-law's Mom. When a radiation cloud went over her town in Belarus, she somehow got breast cancer last year. There was no history of cancer in her family. Now my daugher-in-law has a lump and is awaiting tests.

A few years ago I checked out a website that showed a map where the radiation clouds spread. The heaviest was on the border of Belarus. Novo Zypkov, I believe. I wish I could find that map again.

[stepanstas]

Lilly, I actually don't think I ever mentioned anything about Chernobyl. I wasn't alive at the time and don't know much about it. All I know is that my family lived through it and thats enough for me.

P.S. - I found this map, I don't know if its the one you saw, but its nice.

Image:Chernobyl radiation map 1996.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by stepanstas

Yea, I was in Lviv when the phosphor accident happened. We were scared a bit, but I think the situation was covered okay. I trust that it was safe accept for the people that lived directly there.

But that could happen anywhere. I wish they had better regulations when checking the trains.

Either way, i believe every part of Ukraine is safe. Trust me.

I was replying to the last sentence in your quote. I trusted you.

[stepanstas]

Lilly,

I still think every part of Ukraine is safe. It is not a threat to live there, and the enviroment is great. The only problem that I ever saw with the air was smoke.

Thats just my view.

Was the map the same one that you saw?

[Max_the_Highlander]

Just to dilute the dark Chernobyl theme a bit...

This is how the events were turned around in our pop-culture... The World famous game:

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The Shadow of Chernobyl

Note: it's not an ad or any kind of partner link.

Everyone has chance to feel the atmosphere of Chernobyl on own skin via computer screen... it amazingly realistic. The English version is available.

The plot of game: stalkers look for artifacts in mysterious Chernobyl Zone, sell and trade them and fight with monsters driven by the game's artificial intelligence.

The landscapes and citiscapes of Chernobyl zone and Pripyat citi are reconstructed in the smallest details so the game is just shockingly realistic.

The only caution - S.T.A.L.K.E.R requires powerful and expensive computer configuration but if you have it - it's a real quest.

Intersting this game was developed by 16 y.o. Ukrainian programmer who is actually the owner of GSC Game World