Chernobyl

wolf · 03-06-2004, 02:17 AM

I wandered across this website of a woman who has ridden her motorbike through the 'dead zone' of Chernobyl on several occasions, and has taken a lot of incredible pictures.

Definitely worth taking a look at ... better from the nice safe distance of the internet than up close and personal.

Her commentary on the photos also makes it very interesting.

jaguar · 03-06-2004, 02:43 AM

wow.....very cool.
I've always wanted to know what a city looked like if everyone just suddenly left...

wolf · 03-06-2004, 02:51 AM

I was looking around for other sites with the same types of images ... nothing as extensive as this collection.

I did find one interesting one ... may have to try to find it again.

At the same time that people were evacuating their homes, new ones were still being built because it was part of the "five year plan."

Beestie · 03-06-2004, 08:07 AM

Wow.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-06-2004, 08:38 AM

Quote:

marauders in radiation poluted area are not just a regular marauders, they don't steal stuff for themselves. There were cases of radiactive tv sets and other stuff being sold on city second hand markets and then police shot 7 or 8 of them and it helped

Heh, heh, heh.

blue · 03-06-2004, 09:23 AM

That was an incredibly interesting site.

This woman must be fairly well off, with the motorcycle, dosimeter, etc., wish she'd spend a litle money on a decent camera.

richlevy · 03-06-2004, 10:23 AM

When I first read this I thought 'Is she nuts?'. She obviously thought this out. Of course, we only have a little more than 100 years experience with radiation, and many of the early practioners, which included many very intelligent men and women, died from it.

This does not even consider the soldiers detailed to watch nuclear tests.

Still, she's made her choice and is doing her best to moderate the risks involved, including dealing with literally the fallout from her government's failed energy program.

If Bush wins a second term, maybe he can hire her as our next EPA director.

Slartibartfast · 03-06-2004, 10:53 AM

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Slartibartfast · 03-06-2004, 10:54 AM

Could this be our future?

Slartibartfast · 03-07-2004, 09:50 AM

Noone here thought of Wasteland when reading her story? It's sad how what is really cool as a game is utterly depressing in real life.

And · 03-10-2004, 02:22 PM

Angelfire nuked her site.

I blame Irwin John Finster.

wolf · 03-10-2004, 02:26 PM

That's the problem with free hosting, once your traffic builds beyond a certain point, you're dumped.

Archer · 03-10-2004, 06:17 PM

Hey Wolf, it's none of my damn business, but do you subscribe to totalFark by chance?

I saw those pics there of all places.

Incidentally here is a mirror of that site. If it's the same one, which I'm pretty sure it is.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-10-2004, 06:33 PM

It's not a mirror. He reconstructed the site, so it would not be lost when Angelfire took it down. There's a couple extra pictures that weren't on her site when I saw it.

Archer · 03-10-2004, 07:42 PM

Danka Bruce, the anglefire site was down by the time I got to this thread, I guess this guy has a bit more bandwidth.

03-06-2004, 02:17 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Chernobyl I wandered across this website of a woman who has ridden her motorbike through the 'dead zone' of Chernobyl on several occasions, and has taken a lot of incredible pictures. Definitely worth taking a look at ... better from the nice safe distance of the internet than up close and personal. Her commentary on the photos also makes it very interesting. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-06-2004, 02:43 AM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	wow.....very cool. I've always wanted to know what a city looked like if everyone just suddenly left... __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

03-06-2004, 02:51 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I was looking around for other sites with the same types of images ... nothing as extensive as this collection. I did find one interesting one ... may have to try to find it again. At the same time that people were evacuating their homes, new ones were still being built because it was part of the "five year plan." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-06-2004, 08:07 AM	#4
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Wow. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

03-06-2004, 09:23 AM	#6
blue Operations Operative Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern WI Posts: 739	That was an incredibly interesting site. This woman must be fairly well off, with the motorcycle, dosimeter, etc., wish she'd spend a litle money on a decent camera. __________________ If you spot a tornado, always remember to point at it, yell "tornado!", and run like hell.

03-06-2004, 10:23 AM	#7
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	When I first read this I thought 'Is she nuts?'. She obviously thought this out. Of course, we only have a little more than 100 years experience with radiation, and many of the early practioners, which included many very intelligent men and women, died from it. This does not even consider the soldiers detailed to watch nuclear tests. Still, she's made her choice and is doing her best to moderate the risks involved, including dealing with literally the fallout from her government's failed energy program. If Bush wins a second term, maybe he can hire her as our next EPA director. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	Could this be our future?

03-07-2004, 09:50 AM	#10
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	Noone here thought of Wasteland when reading her story? It's sad how what is really cool as a game is utterly depressing in real life.

03-10-2004, 02:22 PM	#11
And Conjunction Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 168	Angelfire nuked her site. I blame Irwin John Finster. __________________ -And, Word Wrangler and Keeper of the Cuttlefish.

03-10-2004, 02:26 PM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That's the problem with free hosting, once your traffic builds beyond a certain point, you're dumped. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-10-2004, 06:17 PM	#13
Archer off target Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 93	Hey Wolf, it's none of my damn business, but do you subscribe to totalFark by chance? I saw those pics there of all places. Incidentally here is a mirror of that site. If it's the same one, which I'm pretty sure it is. Last edited by Archer; 03-10-2004 at 06:20 PM.

03-10-2004, 06:33 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's not a mirror. He reconstructed the site, so it would not be lost when Angelfire took it down. There's a couple extra pictures that weren't on her site when I saw it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2004, 07:42 PM	#15
Archer off target Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 93	Danka Bruce, the anglefire site was down by the time I got to this thread, I guess this guy has a bit more bandwidth.

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