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A different perspective on the Chernobyl disaster

Mar 7, 2004 4:27AM PST

This is a serious site and I found it fascinating,kinda makes you wonder if this is what it could have been like after a nuclear strike here or in Russia.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/page2.html

A Russian lady spends her spare time touring the Chernobyl "dead zone" on her 1100cc Kawasaki.

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Re:A different perspective on the Chernobyl disaster
Mar 7, 2004 5:38AM PST

Thanks Tony,

I'll pass this one along to the hubby. Small nit, she's probably Ukrainian Happy

Evie Happy

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Reminded me of "Omega Man"
Mar 7, 2004 9:40AM PST

Spooky,thinking about a woman on a 130mph bike screaming through a town so poisoned by radiation you can't even hear birds chirp.

Her description of radiation levels are chilling,no wonder she carries a dosimeter.Equally chilling was the Soviet Army evacuating people 18yrs ago and abandoning their tanks because they were hopelessly poisoned.

Saddest of all was the communists in power at the time costing untold lives by keeping the disaster secret for well over a week.

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Two thoughts hit me, Tony...
Mar 7, 2004 11:51AM PST

Tony, it was stunning. Two thoughts hit me. #1 was that no end of garbage gets awards, why doesen't she get one for that?
My second thought was: Ignore thought #1, Time-Life - Find her, fund her, publish it, multiple #1's will follow.

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Re: A different perspective on the Chernobyl disaster
Mar 7, 2004 11:54AM PST

Hi, Tony.

One think that dismayed me was that there were nuclear cooling towers within the city limits of both Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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I thought of, Dave...
Mar 7, 2004 12:11PM PST

Dave, I thought of Rancho Seco near Sacramento. I still think that funding and publishing her work would be a "winner". The last time I stumbled across something that hit me so strongly, the former friends in the media couldn't see it. The eventual result was the "Border Babies" scandal that went nation-wide.
Thar Russian lady has a potential "winner", if they will just see it. My personal opinion.

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Same thoughts here..
Mar 7, 2004 12:52PM PST

the pictures and commentary are stunning,I don't think the lady knows how good she is,J.

I wanted to at least send her an email and compliments but I come up dry on any identification.Evidently,that's a web log she keeps on anglefire and there's no email link.

I googled her url "extreme4/kiddofspeed" and came up with many links to it and compliments but no email or name.Maybe she doen't want names known with her father still working for the government?

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I'd go as far Tony....
Mar 7, 2004 1:04PM PST

Tony, I'd go as far as to say that if somebody like Time-life picked her up and published, the results would sooner or later hit the NYT best seller list and possibly she would eventually get one of those awards that are not mentioned for fear of "jinxing it".