Ghost town

dazberry

No, not the song by The Specials?, but the Chernobyl "dead zone".

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

D.

Exit

Well, that's weird. I just read that site the other day.

Very eerie.

Dave

Wow. I never saw chernobyl in this light before. Very eerie indeed.

rymus

saw that about a week ago via a link from venturers.org. Some very good, if not a shade eerie pics & story. It'd be an interesting place to go for a spin.

Humphrey

Very Interesting Read.

dglancy

If you really liked that website you should consider the following book,

Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat and Chernobyl

The amazon.co.uk link is below.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/3882439211/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/026-0062747-0293231

I wrote the review!

This type of photo journalism has interested me for a long while, and I must admit that website is as good as many books I've read.

Dempsey

Very Good Read. A eye opener

Davey Devil

Thanks for posting that. Reading about things like that - all the rescue workers - pilots etc. being sent to their deaths really does put life into perspective. Terrible tradgedy that should never be forgotten, gives you the sh!ts when you think Sellafield is just across the water.

Deadwing

Holy sh*t.....

irishman_abroad

Very good read.

Johnny Versace

Very interesting.

robbie1876

Very stirring website, thanks for posting the link.

LoneGunM@n

I got a shiver from reading that!
Did anyone else feel as if the place went deathly silent whilst reading that?

rymus

Originally posted by Davey Devil
gives you the sh!ts when you think Sellafield is just across the water.

indeed... the prospect of Ireland someday becoming another Chernobyl doesn't sound too appealing.

Doctor J

Yeah, reminded me of Ballybofey :dunno:

Paulw

My uncle has been a few times, as part of the Irish Red Cross. He's brought back some very interesting photos and stories.

It's amazing to see.

Let's hope that nothing like that ever happens again, especially with Sellafield.

Panda

Interesting read.

For my next trick i'll avoid doing my disertation for another twenty mins.

ykt0di9url7bc3

great website,

nice russian chick

Barbie_666

I would love 2 go on a tour of that plece.Its soooo eerie.:eek:

aodh_rua

Very interesting - especially the point about this being a modern Pompeii.

aidan_dunne

Very interesting and pretty eerie too, especially the last few pics from the kindergarten.

And aodh_rua's right, I think the author/photographer did describe it best when she called it a "modern day Pompeii." Certainly makes you think, especially when it comes to Sellafield. In fact, maybe the people who seem to think Sellafield is okay and poses no risk should be made take a look at that website and the pictures. It might make them wise up pretty quickly.

Cabaal

certainbly a very interesting site

catsup

i can certainly understand why the tour group made such a hasty exit. looking at the photos makes me think that this is what the world would look like if humans became extinct overnight. no people, just the structures we erected. and nature.
eerie is definately the word, and unnerving. when you think of how many lives were cleaved that day, how many families suffered, i hope that history doesnt repeat itself with sellafield.

gotta go read something funny before i go to sleep. that site is too morbid for bedtime.

TCamen

Very good site, but I found reading it just before bed last night was a bit freaky. Hadda watch an episode of 'The Office' to get over it.
Definitely makes you think about the sheer destructive power of nuclear energy. I'm sure people (like me) have stopped thinking about Chernobyl and the meltdown.
At first when I read the bit about the tour group I thought it was a little OTT. That is, until I had a look at the pictures. Seriously freaky seeing the whole place deserted like that!

I'm gonna forward the link via email to non boards friends. I think it's worth the time it takes to get through all the pages.

quarryman

she's pretty hot.

robbie1876

she's pretty hot.

Radiation does heat you up.

weemcd

that page is very interesting, and will probably stay with me for the rest of my life.


Did anyone else feel as if the place went deathly silent whilst reading that?

i felt exactly the same, again eerie is the word my ma came into the room just as i got to the last page, but for the 10+ minutes it takes the place was completley silent even my mp3s didnt regester with me while i was reading.

dglancy

Noticed that three pages of the indo today was basically a print out of this site!

Dempsey

Some of the photos on that site she didnt take herself