Pictures from Chernobyl

[HEMI®Dart]

Here are some creepy pics from Ramlovingvet from another Dodge Ram site. She did a GREAT job on it. Extremely Interesting.



http://www.kiddofspeed.com/



It might be slow if there's alot of action.



This thread is by no means an anti-nuclear power statement.



I am Pro-Nuke.



EDIT: 4/26/04 I fixed the link. It seems there is so much traffic they had to switch servers.

 

[Proram]

Nuke tour

Iv'e been thru her site twice and extremely fasinated by it, I NEED more, the Pics are amazing yet creepy, she told us more in this little presentation than any of the goverments ever have. .



Scott

 

[JPope]

Defintely spooky!!!!

Also amazing is what the area and villages looked like in comparison to what we would expect to see over here, even without radiation issues.

Amazing what the government over there expected without telling anyone of the dangers! Makes you wonder how close it was to a total meltdown (days, hours, minutes, seconds, ??? and were they just lucky it didn not go further) and if that is why they did not tell anyone, otherwise no one would have done anything (ignoring the paranoria that was part of the USSR)

 

[Rocket]

For the Bible buffs out there. it is interesting that the great star from heaven in Rev. 8:11 may be a Nuke missle... makes sense.







On page two -

In Ukrainian language Chernobyl is a name for a grass, wormwood (absinth) This word scares the holly bejesus out of people here. If I tell someone that I am going to take a relaxing spin through the "dead zone"...







And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

The Holy Bible : King James Version.

 

[crobertson1]

That is THE most incredible web site I've ever seen! Absolutley facinating. I'm at a loss for words. So tragic and sad.

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

God Bless And Bless Those Soles That Begin The Eternal Peace



Tool Man Tim Taylor





Translates To

 

[KBennett]

300,000 to 400,000 people! What a trajedy!



Very informative but so sad. The Russians are mostly good people, I have had the opportunity to work with a few. Their leaders should have to answer for this.



Thanks for the post HD.

 

[bgilbert]

Very nice site, spooky. On the last page was that her mailing address? Bill

 

[Jengle]

Looked like it. I can see why the border guards might try to talk her into a shower. That is a spooky documentary on a tragic situation. Don't know if I would do the drive through there, though.

 

[Peter Campbell]

The radiation levels are not bad in most of the areas-actually livable- But to live somewhere you need to eat the food and drink the water. That reactor released all sorts of stuff. The Iodine that concerns the US industry is long gone. The stuff that would normally stay in the water-in US plants- was released at cherenobyl as well as the iodine. The Cesium (Water souluble) and the Strontium ( a chemical relative of calcium- bone seeker ) with thier 30 year half lifes. That will keep the place unfarmable/ unlivable for a long time. A bone seeker is the worst thing to be radioactive. You cannot justify living off land that you cannot eat from the farms or drink the water- not land with that history anyway. She is doing what people should do with that land- go and visit the forest and take nothing of it. The wildlife is not bothered will make a nice large park one day.

 

[nickleinonen]

wow... now if i had the chance, i would love to take a ride through there. would be a increadablely humbling experience i think

 

[rbattelle]

Fascinating story. The sarcophagus is remarkable... saw a documentary a couple years back on Discovery about the area. Can't imagine seeing a tree glow red. That would freak me out big time.



An amazing testament to the incredible power of the nuclear giant, and the terrible price paid for complacency in controlling it.

 

[kentdiesel]

Hemi Dart,

Thanks for posting that link. Speaking for myself, the absence of people really bring home the human side of the story.



Kent

 

[Spooled-up]

Was it just me or did her english start deteriorating as she went on?



That's amazing stuff. I'd hate to have an accident and go off the road. NO help, high radiation in the dirt, and no medical attention. She's a brave woman!

 

[Texas Diesel]

It does leave you speechless.



Smart girl though, she went during the winter when the snow kept the radioactive dust settled down.



Anyone know her story? Who is she?

 

[HEMI®Dart]

At first I thought that "ramlovingvet" made the website, but he did not. Just found it.



Perhaps Elena lives in russia and English is her second language. Her address is at the end of the site like bgilbert said. That's probably why her spelling is not that good.



The glowing trees must have been cool.



She also states she won't go to the cemetary. She says they buried graphite from the reactor core there and it must still be way too hot.



I wish she posted an email address. I would like to thank her for the great page. And to add more pictures!



She says Chernobyl is 120km from her home.

 

[JPope]

"... She also states she won't go to the cemetary. Se seays they buried graphite from the reactor core there and it must still be way too hot... . "



Wonder what Hollywood producer is working on that premise for the next movie, 'Jason Returns with a Glowing Chainsaw' or "Arnaold is Back Again but Glows" etc.

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Originally posted by Spooled-up

Was it just me or did her english start deteriorating as she went on?

I noticed that too on Thursday night when I first read it. There were tons of errors.



Now most of the spelling errors are fixed! She must be proofreading through it.



I may write her to say thanks.

 

[Proram]

Nuke Tour

Thank her from ALL of us!!



Scott

 

[dougs455]

WOW... . I think anyone who works at a nuke plant should be made to take the "dead zone" tour. Maybe this will teach them how important their job is. I live about 6 miles from the Fort Calhoun Plant near Blair, Nebraska. Gonna think twice about looking at the glowing clouds in the sky. I would hate to have to wear one of these while changing my lift pump...

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