25 years ago today...

Sledgehammer427 · 04-26-11, 03:39 AM

Reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl NPP melted down causing the worst nuclear accident in history.

its not exactly a holiday but I almost forgot that it happened exactly 25 years ago today.

Herr-Berbunch · 04-26-11, 06:47 AM

Ironically, and unwittingly, I've just bought a copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl from a charity shop for £2 this morning

Due to the anniversary there's been quite a bit regarding the incident in the media recently - shocking that people are trying to recase it, shocking that people still live there (older generations only though!), but a relief that fewer cases of side effects have developed - but still too many!

mookiemookie · 04-26-11, 08:16 AM

Not to turn this into a STALKER thread, but its amazing how when you look at pictures of the real Pripyat, you can recognize the exact same spot in the game.

That place is super creepy. A nuclear ghost town.

krashkart · 04-26-11, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

shocking that people still live there (older generations only though!)

Maybe the ones who stayed are like the old man who refused to leave his cabin near Mount St. Helen's before it blew; so attached to the land they love and know so well that they will not uproot for any reason.

A good read for anyone interested is Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster. I had to put the book down in a few places to rest my eyes (

), but I read it cover to cover in about one night.

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

That place is super creepy. A nuclear ghost town.

Google for "Battleship Island" some time. That's also a super creepy place.

Sledgehammer427 · 04-26-11, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

A good read for anyone interested is Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster. I had to put the book down in a few places to rest my eyes (

), but I read it cover to cover in about one night.

I actually read that over a couple days, its one of my favorite books. very quotable.
""Saint Francis preached to the birds. He spoke to them as equals. What if these birds spoke to him in their bird language, and it wasn't he who condescended to them?""

I like how one person described Pripyat, that it "looks exactly like it did when everyone left, and its just sitting there, like everyone is in the next room, waiting for someone to say its okay to go back."

I intend on going into the Zone sometime before I die. Lifelong dream.

Ducimus · 04-26-11, 10:05 AM

http://www.firesuite.com/chernobyl-e...e-2008-09.html

Betonov · 04-26-11, 10:45 AM

2 days before my ''2 months on this world'' anniversary. I am told that there was a hell of a panic over how this would effect me. So far so good.

04-26-11, 03:39 AM	#1
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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	2 days before my ''2 months on this world'' anniversary. I am told that there was a hell of a panic over how this would effect me. So far so good.