Chernobyl

[XRated]

I'm sure there are quite a few of you who know about the Chernobyl ("Chornobyl") disaster in 1986. I've always found it a fascinating story ever since I read of "Elena's" solo-motorbike adventure into the surrounding ghost-towns. Unfortunately her particular story has been proven a deceitful lie, but nevertheless, Chernobyl created a very interesting, important, yet disastrous event in history.

For those that don't know or haven't heard about Chernobyl, on the 26th April in 1986 a nuclear power plant in a city called Pripyat in the Ukraine (possibly Russia/Soviet Union back then?) basically blew up causing catastrophe for people in cities up to 40kms away. It even affected some surrounding countries, in particular Belarus.

Surrounding towns were forced to evacuate; leaving homes, work, family possessions, pets, and all other things you treasure as a normal person living in a normal city. Until this day, the towns have been left neglected in fear of radiation poisoning. What it's left is are eerie-ghost-like town, where buildings are falling apart, tanks, cars, trucks and boats scatter the landscape abandoned. There are, however, still some workers in and around the area monitoring radiation levels and attempting to cover up the explosion site.

Anyway, I thought this might interest some people. It's a short clip from the National Geographic site giving you a quick overview of what happened: http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/n...ghts_n_sounds/

There is an abundance of information regarding Chernobyl that can be found online and in books with plenty of errie photos and intriguing stories. There are some really incredible photos I found on the 'net. I would like to do a tour there one day, but fear they will be coming to a complete halt within the next couple of years.

Cheers