Chernobyl, Have some pretty neat info on it Options

[ThePerson98]

I bet a good number of you know about Chernobyl. The 1986 reactor explosion. But this is for those of you interested in it, or the ones who dont know about it.

There was one girl who decided she wanted to go to Chernobyl. And she got a government permit from her father.
Kid of speed
She's lucky, in my opinion. I would love to go to Chernobyl. I have HUGE interest in it, and plan to go when I am older. And dont say you can't. Because there is Tourism in Chernobyl
Before we know it, that place is gonna go from a zone of death to being completely reopened.

Even though the place is completely evacuated of humanity, wildlife still is there.
BBC Chernobyl wildlife
Its pretty suprising that the sarcophagus is home to birds! I expected wildlife to be there but taking THAT much radiation is incredible.

Here's the part most of you will have fun with. Google Earth has moderate quality Chernobyl pictures now.
Find the city of Kiev in Ukraine and there is a river that runs through it heading north. Follow the river. It starts to split into many small rivers but there are two major ones, one heading north and one heading northwest. Follow the one going northwest.
You quickly run into a quality change in pictures, the quality change is the picture of Chernobyl.
If you are having trouble finding it refer to this picture
Chernobyl Google earth instructions


BBC news had a 20th year anniversary of chernobyl, getting stories of people who were evacuated or things planned for it. They also have many pictures of places around chernobyl, that are in the forbidden zone. Its neat to see what people said about it.
BBC Chernobyl 20th Anniversary

I also want to see what you all think of chernobyl. And those of you who were alive during the time, what was the news like about it, if you remember.

EDIT: Title has typo! Oops, and there is a gallery with neat pictures of chernobyl
LINK to pictures

This post has been edited by ThePerson98: May 14 2006, 07:27 AM

[ThePerson98]

Yeah, I know chernobyl isnt an amusement park. I know it has killed over 100,000 people. And I know that the actual town is so still, that its completely eerie.

I know the whole disaster happened over a few peoples stupidity, and its sad that it could cause all of that. And I know that it is VERY dangerous there. The radiation levels have went down enough that you can get around there now. The amazing part is how many stories are in that town. Ranging from the people in the control room to the people evacuating and many more things.

I still want to visit there, I know it wont be like going to six flags, and I know that in many places, walking into the wrong place can affect me greatly. I plan to go there knowing what to avoid and what not. I even know that I might not even like it. The fear that must of been in people too. I know that they lied to them about coming back, but that was to keep panic at minimum.

Whats amazing is that the other reactors ran until the year 2000. If the technology is so bad, why can it do that. Its kind of dumb that they let it sit there running, if something went completely out of control, they could have another reactor exploding. Luckily none of that happened.
I wasnt able to see the news about things, I was born in 1992. But Ive read that one person thought it was gonna end the world. I know that chernobyl is serious.