Chernobyl Bike Ride

Pornstar · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:17 pm Post subject: Chernobyl Bike Ride

This is a site from a Russian woman who goes bike(motorcycle) riding a lot and the Chernobyl area is one of her favorites. According to her website it has been only open to public(at your own risk) for the past few years. I remember when this happened. I was pretty young. I think the date was what April 26, 1984. Some of you guys on here were not even born then, so may know nothing about this event. Pretty much was a meltdown of a Russian Nuke Plant that killed thousands and killed many thousands later on due to radiation cancer. The Russian Government eventually concreted in, the plant to seal in the radiation, thus allowing over time for the area around it to become less dangerous.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter1.html

ROOFCUTTER · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:57 pm Post subject:

I wonder if she needs a flashlight at night?
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Pornstar · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 5:19 am Post subject:

PondScum007 · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 9:42 am Post subject:

wow that is really cool stuff! id like to do that someday
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Stevo · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:03 am Post subject:

I found it interesting that the guy who tried to stop the meltdown was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Glowing trees. Sounds cool for some reason.
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ROOFCUTTER · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:10 am Post subject:

I find it reassuring that the use of nuclear bombs is really really bad...

Then I have to think...why wait. lets get it over with nuke em!

Oh well wormwood is alive and well and only looking for a trigger.
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MunkeyEye · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:33 am Post subject:

I found it a somewhat sobering read. Most news events nowadays hardly have any long-lasting effects on our memory and this was beginning to fade fast until now. It's good that her site serves as a constant reminder of human folly and complacency.

Btw, that biker chick's got bigger nutz that I do.... riding in like that.

Blue Ruler · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:13 am Post subject:

Reading and looking at that brings a very eerie feeling. I remember when that happened we all thought that there was a CHANCE that the killer radioactive cloud would reach North America. If it had who knows what would or could have happened over here.
And ya Munkey theres no way I'd do what she is doing.

KopiKat · Registered User Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 923

What sickens me the most is that they literally sacraficed those fire fighters and helecopter pilots for nothing. They thought it was just a normal fire, when in reality it was a nuclear meltdown, which was spewing enough radiation to kill them within the hour.

-KK
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Jfet Zener · Server Admin Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 3353

that was a crazy read.

Bright Red Nipples · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:55 pm Post subject:

osiris · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 3:09 pm Post subject:

dont forget this almost happend in the united states also on 3-mile island.. we barly made it and reator 1 has never been run since, but surpirsling reactor 2 stills privides a large portion of electricty

PondScum007 · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:

thats communism for you...

3mi island and chernobyl were very very different in what happened though
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Chan · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 3:45 pm Post subject:

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Pornstar · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject:

Well here is an interesting British site on Chernobyl. I was wrong on the date. It took place in 1986, not 1984. Which would make it 18 years ago. According to this site after containing Reactor 4(the one that blew) the plant has been in operation up to July of 2000(shudders). The plant is in what is now Ukraine.

http://www.chernobyl.co.uk/

http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/chernobyl.html
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~meshkati/chernobyl.html
http://www.uic.com.au/nip22.htm