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    Chris Maunder
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    Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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      Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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      Nick Parker
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      Wow, thanks for the link Chris, it definitely puts things into perspective. - Nick Parker
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        Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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        Giles
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        Yep saw this from Slashdot. She was a bit freaked out by the number of people taking an interest asking what slashdot was. Very spooky. Thing that put a big shover down my spine was when she was taking about people looking on the day of the accident from the rooftop of a builing at the "beautiful shinning", probably the radiation ionizing the air over the reactor.


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          Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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          Lost User
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          Very interesting, thanks :omg: Paul ;) Homepage: pvdw.ath.cx
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            Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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            I think there are still a couple of reindeers in northern Sweden, which still glow in the dark.. :rolleyes: -- Ich bin der böse Mann von Schweden.

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              Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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              Maximilien
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              how depressing... :(( also, isnt't the 25th anniversary of the 3 miles island accident/incident ? ( http://www.tmia.com/[^] )


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                Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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                Fantastic link I read somewhere that babies in Hiroshima/Nagasaki were being born with defects (after all these years) and people there were dying of cancer at about 5 times the rate elsewhere in Japan and this was linked to the radiation. I'll try to find a decent link about this and post it soon... "Fortunately I had given him a false name" said Ukridge "Why ?" I cried amazed "Just an ordinary business precaution" he replied

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                  Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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                  Broken God
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                  Interesting website. I've always wanted to see some of the place myself. My father was one of those sent to clean the place up. He was one of the guys who washed the radioactive dust off buildings with fire engines (didn't put out any fires, he was shipped in from... 1000-1500km away, so the fires would have been put out by the locals by then - probably why he's still alive and well). He was also ordered to go clean the rooftops manually but he and the guys with him told the bosses to go to hell. Heh, great Soviet discipline probably saved his life ;P

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                    Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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                    Jeremy Kimball
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                    Anyone else find it amazing there are still so many animals and plants flourishing in that area?? :omg: Jeremy Kimball

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                      Anyone else find it amazing there are still so many animals and plants flourishing in that area?? :omg: Jeremy Kimball

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                      Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                      Flourishing is probably not the right word. Sure, perhaps it's flourishing compared to a desert. :) -- Ich bin der böse Mann von Schweden.

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                        Anyone else find it amazing there are still so many animals and plants flourishing in that area?? :omg: Jeremy Kimball

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                        Life will find a way to get through anything..anything "Fortunately I had given him a false name" said Ukridge "Why ?" I cried amazed "Just an ordinary business precaution" he replied

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                          Ghostride through Chernobyl[^] A pictorial of a ride through Chernobyl. It's a great reminder that disasters happen all the time and that just because we forget about them doesn't mean they still aren't affecting people's lives. cheers, Chris Maunder

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                          It puts things into perspective :sigh: "First firefighters thought it was just a regular fire. No one told them what they have been really dealing with, as no one told to soldiers and helicopter pilots." The tigress is here :-D

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                            Fantastic link I read somewhere that babies in Hiroshima/Nagasaki were being born with defects (after all these years) and people there were dying of cancer at about 5 times the rate elsewhere in Japan and this was linked to the radiation. I'll try to find a decent link about this and post it soon... "Fortunately I had given him a false name" said Ukridge "Why ?" I cried amazed "Just an ordinary business precaution" he replied

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                            Ramanan Sivan wrote: I read somewhere that babies in Hiroshima/Nagasaki were being born with defects (after all these years) and people there were dying of cancer at about 5 times the rate elsewhere in Japan and this was linked to the radiation. This has been studied extensively and it isn't true. While some babies are born with defects in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is at no greater rate than in the population at large. Neither are residents of both cities dying of cancer rates of any signifcant difference than the rest of Japan. Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                              It puts things into perspective :sigh: "First firefighters thought it was just a regular fire. No one told them what they have been really dealing with, as no one told to soldiers and helicopter pilots." The tigress is here :-D

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                              If it wasn't for the radiation cloud, we wouldn't have known about it for a long time. And yes, the radiation cloud was HUGE. It circled the earth twice before the U.S. air sensors failed to pick it up. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                Ramanan Sivan wrote: I read somewhere that babies in Hiroshima/Nagasaki were being born with defects (after all these years) and people there were dying of cancer at about 5 times the rate elsewhere in Japan and this was linked to the radiation. This has been studied extensively and it isn't true. While some babies are born with defects in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is at no greater rate than in the population at large. Neither are residents of both cities dying of cancer rates of any signifcant difference than the rest of Japan. Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                                Perhaps you're right. I've looked around a bit from morning and found nothing to relate birth defects to radiation ill effects. But I did learn that the deaths related to cancer were quite high for the population exposed to higher radiation levels for some little time after the incident But on the whole I think you're right "Fortunately I had given him a false name" said Ukridge "Why ?" I cried amazed "Just an ordinary business precaution" he replied

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                                  If it wasn't for the radiation cloud, we wouldn't have known about it for a long time. And yes, the radiation cloud was HUGE. It circled the earth twice before the U.S. air sensors failed to pick it up. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                  Chris Maunder
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                                  Tim Smith wrote: It circled the earth twice before the U.S. air sensors failed to pick it up. :laugh: cheers, Chris Maunder

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                                    Tim Smith wrote: It circled the earth twice before the U.S. air sensors failed to pick it up. :laugh: cheers, Chris Maunder

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                                    Did I say something funny? :sigh: http://www.epa.gov/narel/erams/index.html[^] Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                      Anyone else find it amazing there are still so many animals and plants flourishing in that area?? :omg: Jeremy Kimball

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                                      You get a new generation of most plants every year though and it has been 18 years now, plus seeds can blow in from outside the area. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D

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                                        Did I say something funny? :sigh: http://www.epa.gov/narel/erams/index.html[^] Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                        Jeremy Kimball
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                                        I think he's laughing at this: :) It circled the earth twice before the U.S. air sensors failed to pick it up. Jeremy Kimball

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