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Jan 11, 2006 20:30:30 GMT
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Jan 11, 2006 20:47:16 GMT
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Jan 11, 2006 20:49:24 GMT
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Its a fake, well the story is  Done the rounds on all the bike forums, and it was taken down from its original site. Caused a very big stink over there when the authaurities got hold of it. Its still an interesting read, one of the few websites that I have read every page on..... just mesmerising |
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Nathan
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Jan 11, 2006 21:22:23 GMT
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Kinda Spooky that town really. Ahh well
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slater
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Jan 11, 2006 21:27:32 GMT
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Yeh its done the round on some of the urbex sites i visit. Great read
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Jan 11, 2006 22:59:03 GMT
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I think I remember seeing the story on the original site, I've seen other pictures of the area round Chernobyl and Prypriat as well, one of those places I probably ought to visit in my lifetime, even in the pictures it looks like a haunting place to find yourself in.
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Jan 11, 2006 23:10:13 GMT
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I'm' going there sometime, I am fascinated (maybe slightly morbidly!) with the place.
RR cruise? ;D
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Mr K
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Jan 11, 2006 23:11:51 GMT
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yea me to, how do you go about gettin allowed in though?
cr500dom - what do you mean its fake?
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Jan 11, 2006 23:12:14 GMT
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Good idea, but I don't think the Imp would make it, and I don't fancy sitting at the side of the road trying to sort an overheating engine in an area with lethal radiation in the soil! ;D ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Hirst
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Jan 11, 2006 23:55:33 GMT
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Only thing I hear with regards to it being fake is that she didn't go through there on her bike as stated because bikes are banned in that zone.
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slater
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the pics are real but her 'story' is made up. Its not as easy to go there as she makes out i guess
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I remember all that happening But I did not know .... Possibley 400,000 died at the time!  Plus an extra 10,000 servicemen, firemen and workers died at the time or since due to the clean up and 'capping' operation. These figures of casualties I thought are normally associated with World Wars !!!  |
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Jan 12, 2006 11:33:11 GMT
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WoW, it's one of the places I want to get to before I die. One of my favourite sites is www.abandoned-places.com/ along the same sorts of lines. I find the whole 'abandoned' thing fascinating. |
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MWF
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Jan 12, 2006 12:42:57 GMT
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I remember all that happening But I did not know .... Possibley 400,000 died at the time! Plus an extra 10,000 servicemen, firemen and workers died at the time or since due to the clean up and 'capping' operation. These figures of casualties I thought are normally associated with World Wars !!! Where are those figures from dude, they don't seem be reporting anything similar on wikipedia. Hundreds of thousands involved but not actual deaths. |
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Jan 12, 2006 13:17:50 GMT
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It was on that actual picture site that was posted by Seventynine
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Jan 12, 2006 13:23:02 GMT
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Some of the quotes: "…How many people died of radiation? No one knows - not even approximately. The official casualty reports range from 300 to 300,000 and many unofficial sources put the toll over 400,000 . The final toll will not be known in our lifetime, and maybe not our childrens either." "…The fire engines never returned in their garages, and the firemen never returned to their homes. These fire engines are some of the most radioactive objects in all of Chernobyl. The firemen were the first on the scene, and they thought it was an ordinary fire. No one told them, what they were really dealing with." “THE LIQUIDATORS The Liquidators are those people who were recruited or forced to assist in the cleanup or the "liquidation" of the consequences of the accident. As a totalitarian government the Soviet Union forced many young soldiers to assist in the cleanup of the Chernobyl accident, apparently without sufficient protective clothing and insufficient explanation of the danger involved. Over 650,000 liquidators helped in the cleanup of the Chernobyl” disaster"  |
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MWF
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Jan 12, 2006 13:59:08 GMT
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Yeah I have seen similar figures regarding the number of people involved. Something like 800,000 people involved in the clean up over 2 years and 300,000 people relocated. But only a relative handful of short term deaths.
Like those quotes say the effects are so on-going it's near impossible to define a true figure.
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