Chernobyl
Thirty years ago the world witnessed the worst nuclear accident in history and the results can be felt to this day.
Some of you are probably familiar with “Kid of Speed”, those of you who have never seen her site should take some time to give it a good reading, the photos and the videos are amazing but her writing is the most important part for it gives a perspective most of us couldn’t get from the images alone.
PS
Kris on her post regarding this same issue suggested several other links related with the accident.
And portuguesa nova added this other link.
Some of you are probably familiar with “Kid of Speed”, those of you who have never seen her site should take some time to give it a good reading, the photos and the videos are amazing but her writing is the most important part for it gives a perspective most of us couldn’t get from the images alone.
PS
Kris on her post regarding this same issue suggested several other links related with the accident.
And portuguesa nova added this other link.
11 Comments:
Hey! Wasn't that 20 years ago? :)
I was like 8 when this happened. We were forced to drink that Lugola liquid. I don't remember a lot though, not even the crowd in the hospital
So Shyha is 28...
I remember Welsh farmers worried about radioactive sheep!
I think Chernobyl was the start of the USSR's collapse...
http://www.pixelpress.org/chernobyl/index.html
Have you seen this photos site?
Chilling.
It was 1986. Shya you were actually there?
shyha: Do you have any idea how long did it take before you were given the news in Poland?
cream: People here started worrying about all products coming from northern Europe.
portuguesa nova: Thank you very much for that link. The pics and the captions are a bit hard, but ignoring it would be worst.
Thanks DC for that link
CR
thephoenixnyc: nope, but I live in Poland so we were close enough to be at great risk. Hopefully we didn't noticed such cases as the ones shown in the photo report by Robert Knoth. The worst place to be at the time of accident was north of this electric plant.
dcver: I don't remember but I don't suppose that it was earlier than official statement from Moscow.
I have friends who studied in the USSR then. One neighbour, she had cancer, but she's okay now. The thing affected people MILES away.
Thank you for sharing that website, D. I put a link to it on my blog. Wow...the courage of that girl to go into no-mans-land and share it with the world. Great stuff.
bj: you can have it for only 200$ (or Euros maybe) :)
at least I hear/read about it, I don't know where to buy it though
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