[Magenta]

Pripyat after

[SJ]

Those pics with the dolls were just creepy for some reason. Great post though!

[Magenta]

Originally Posted by SpadedJoker ↗

My mom and I were just talking about this at work. She was telling me about how three or four men offered to go in and seal up the reactor to prevent anymore radiation from escaping and they did that knowing full well they were going to die. I might have the facts mixed up a bit cause that was a few hours ago, but I'm pretty sure I'm close. I also remember seeing a video of a chopper flying over head to dump something on the site. Forgot what that was, but the radiation or something caused the engine to fail and the chopper to crash. I think I might do some more reading on it. Nice post though.

Well, kind of... There were hundreds of thousands of guys called in to try and seal the reactor and clean the whole place up and in the first couple of days they didn't know they were going to be exposed to radiation like that - they weren't even given masks or proper suits at first. So they were unaware of the danger they were in. In the town of Pripyat which was evacuated the next day they were not told that they were being irradiated - they were told to leave their homes while the area around the plant was cleaned up and were told they could return in 3 days. When residents had asked the police why they were wearing masks they were told it was for training purposes. So they were pretty much lied to and the government really screwed a lot of people over... Actually, one of my good friends, Lyubov, who I came to know through unusual circumstances, was from Pripyat and was evacuated after the accident. Both her and her son have suffered terribly - both psychologically and medically. She's a fantastic woman and a real inspiration but it's clear she is still very angry about the situation. The victims do not get any help for their medical treatments now and most can't afford to pay for it themselves. The government has really just tossed them to one side... Now their illnesses are just put down to "radiophobia"... Lyubov has suffered different cancers over the years and spends a great deal of time unable to leave the house...
As for the helicopter crash... The pilot was already irradiated so his flying skills were poor to say the least... He actually flew the chopper into some power lines and that's what caused the crash.

[Magenta]

Originally Posted by SpadedJoker ↗

Those pics with the dolls were just creepy for some reason. Great post though!

Thank you!!

[SJ]

Originally Posted by magenta ↗

Well, kind of... There were hundreds of thousands of guys called in to try and seal the reactor and clean the whole place up and in the first couple of days they didn't know they were going to be exposed to radiation like that - they weren't even given masks or proper suits at first. So they were unaware of the danger they were in. In the town of Pripyat which was evacuated the next day they were not told that they were being irradiated - they were told to leave their homes while the area around the plant was cleaned up and were told they could return in 3 days. When residents had asked the police why they were wearing masks they were told it was for training purposes. So they were pretty much lied to and the government really screwed a lot of people over... Actually, one of my good friends, Lyubov, who I came to know through unusual circumstances, was from Pripyat and was evacuated after the accident. Both her and her son have suffered terribly - both psychologically and medically. She's a fantastic woman and a real inspiration but it's clear she is still very angry about the situation. The victims do not get any help for their medical treatments now and most can't afford to pay for it themselves. The government has really just tossed them to one side... Now their illnesses are just put down to "radiophobia"... Lyubov has suffered different cancers over the years and spends a great deal of time unable to leave the house...
As for the helicopter crash... The pilot was already irradiated so his flying skills were poor to say the least... He actually flew the chopper into some power lines and that's what caused the crash.

Ah! The more you know. Thanks for clearing it up though.

[Magenta]

Originally Posted by SpadedJoker ↗

Ah! The more you know. Thanks for clearing it up though.

Same as anything though - stuff gets lost in translation... I always thought the chopper went down due to engine failure... It was only about a year ago my friend told me different...

[SJ]

I can't remember where I saw that video though. I'm almost positive it was on this site.

[Magenta]

Originally Posted by SpadedJoker ↗

I can't remember where I saw that video though. I'm almost positive it was on this site.

Not sure - I haven't seen it here but could have missed it... Anyway, here's some footage.

[SJ]

Yup! That's the video! I was wondering why it sounded funny and then I realized that I didn't pause the song I was playing. I had Renegade playing at the same time. Kinda fit though. Thanks!

[Magenta]

Originally Posted by SpadedJoker ↗

Yup! That's the video! I was wondering why it sounded funny and then I realized that I didn't pause the song I was playing. I had Renegade playing at the same time. Kinda fit though. Thanks!

You should do your own kinda remix vid!