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Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. The photos! youtube vid p4!!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:28 am
by smurphy
JV wrote:Jaxley, don't forget that it wasn't a massive explosion as such, but just more the release of a vast amount of radiation that caused the devastation. A silent killer.
And obviously erosion did the rest. All the 'soft' items were inside, meaning they'd never get wet or get blown away. I see no reason why they shouldn't be fairly well intact.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. The photos! youtube vid p4!!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:35 am
by Jax
Oh, ok. I see now.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. The photos! youtube vid p4!!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:02 pm
by Roonmastor
The Alchemist Penguin wrote: Pompei is a stunning sight but the amount of tourists means you don't get the same sense of awe that a place like Chernobyl would.
In that respect, Herkulanium is a better place to visit than Pompeii. Same incident, smaller town.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. The photos! youtube vid p4!!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:10 pm
by Xeno
Did you ever watch
THIS about the accident?
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. The photos! youtube vid p4!!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:24 pm
by Dangerblade
Awesome, I really admire people that make these trips. I can't believe there are people that would take going to somewhere hideous like New York over the kind of trip you did. Your trip is so much more beautiful, which is ironic when you consider the contents of it.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. The photos! youtube vid p4!!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:27 pm
by Qikz
Watching that video, so far it's been amazing.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. The photos! youtube vid p4!!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:34 pm
by Xeno
Brerlappins little hat wrote:never seen it before, but ill check it out, thanks man
I never knew about the miners which was a surprise to me.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. The photos! youtube vid p4!!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:09 pm
by LewisD
Xeno wrote:Did you ever watch
THIS about the accident?
Oh gooseberry fool! 00:49 in, it's strawberry floating Ed Harris!
The conspiracy deepens.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. The photos! youtube vid p4!!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:17 pm
by Qikz
LewisD wrote:Xeno wrote:Did you ever watch
THIS about the accident?
Oh gooseberry fool! 00:49 in, it's strawberry floating Ed Harris!
The conspiracy deepens.
That video was fascinating, spent the last hour watching.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:01 pm
by LewisD
Does me sitting here F5'ing count as a view?
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:09 pm
by Floex
Wow, I knew you wouldn't let us down BLH. Those pictures are really harrowing. What an experience to put on life's CV! Got anything else lined up in the pipeline?
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:46 pm
by Mini E
I'll be in some not very nice areas of russia again in April =D
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:58 pm
by Mini E
Brerlappins little hat wrote:Mini E wrote:I'll be in some not very nice areas of russia again in April =D
what part you going to? You should take a trip to Ukraine, see it for yourself!
Tho if Russian airports are like Kiev's, the less time spent in them, the better
The airport I've been through twice is "Domodedovo". it's relatively new. And the russians have done what they do best in making it look pretty good from the outside
I've crossed that road about 6 times... and it is NEVER that empty. It's always full of angry, not afraid to run you over, russian madmen in Ladas.
Inside though, it is not built to last. They do a great job on the floors. The floor in international arrivals is PERMANENTLY being cleaned. There is a man paid to drive around in circles on one of those electric floor cleaner things. It is the only floor I've ever seen that I would consider eating off.
Structually though, it's not right. We had a few trained architects in our team. They had commented on Terminal 5 at heathrow and then commented on Domodedovo. Terminal 5 is gonna last a helluva lot longer structually.
There were still guys on the upper levels of Domodedovo going around with welding irons etc.
This time though, I'm going by Sheremetyevo which I haven't seen before.
Google comes up with this:
Looks pretty scummy.
I'm going to an area like I normally do, about 4 hours south of Moscow.
("lol" at the green banner advertising something called "Mister Twister"!!) That is in the main city... it's not too bad there.
Outer places aren't so great - where we stayed last time:
And this is the food we got - this was the best meal. wide range of choice.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:41 pm
by Mini E
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:49 pm
by Forest
Brerlappins little hat wrote:tho i hear auschiwtz is nice this time of year..
I must go there.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:56 pm
by Ironhide
WTF is that!?
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:56 pm
by Mini E
IronHide wrote: WTF is that!?
Not quite sure - it was on our bedroom wall
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:58 pm
by Ironhide
Mini E wrote:IronHide wrote: WTF is that!?
Not quite sure - it was on our bedroom wall
I'd have screamed like a girl.
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:00 pm
by Mini E
IronHide wrote:Mini E wrote:IronHide wrote: WTF is that!?
Not quite sure - it was on our bedroom wall
I'd have screamed like a girl.
Should of seen the number of insects there were! one night on the trip in 2007, we were upall night with bugs dropping on us from the ceiling. Worst night of my LIFE.
We were more careful with windows this year!
Re: BLH's tour of Chernobyl. Youtube vid popularity skyrockets!!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:13 pm
by smurphy
There's been one of those fly things hanging around my room the past few days. It's very strange.