Comments on: Dispatches from a radioactive wasteland

By: Denise

Denise — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:07:32 +0000

I worked with a woman who immigrated from a town far from Chernobyl, she said the fog was really bad and just coated everything. She and her husband were ‘well to do’ and lived outside of Kiev at the time. They were given a few hundred dollars each and were only allowed to pack a couple suitcases. They had to leave all of their belongings. She now has all kinds of illnesses due to the blast.

By: WaitingIsFullness

WaitingIsFullness — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:07:22 +0000

Might want to take a look at the Wiki entry on Elana, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Filatova

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:06:25 +0000

Better than kiddofspeed is Robert Polidori’s book “Zones of Exclusion”. He’s a proffessional architectural photographer that published a coffee-table book on Chernobyl a couple of years ago, from Pripyat (the nearby area that monitors the radioactivity in Chernobyl). His images are stunning, photographs of schools, orphanages and homes quietly falling into disrepair… if you’re going to look at Chernobyl it’s worth doing right!

By: Andrew W.

Andrew W. — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:44:00 +0000

Largest abandoned mental hospital compound in North America.

Professional photographers have since entered.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:01:45 +0000

I have to say I love the photos of the photos, whose subjects seem to be somewhat warped by the contamination?

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:21:31 +0000

Sheldon – too funny!
On a serious note:if you have not seen Chernobyl Heart on HBO you should do so.

By: James

James — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:27:26 +0000

National Geographic ran a pretty cool feature on this in April of last year. There’s a shortened version of it on their site, but you’ll have to search for it since I can’t do links in the comments.

By: Sheldon Siegel

Sheldon Siegel — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:25:45 +0000

The good news is the wild boars are back. The bad news is they started out as mice.