As a young person when this ‘accident’ happened, I only remember how it affected me. I don’t remember the details of the event, how it came to pass, how it affected others, none of that. Part of being young is you get to be selfish and self-centered. I know we’ve all seen memorials this past week as the 20th anniversary of the disaster has come to pass, but I wanted to share one with you that I found profoundly affecting.
A photo journalist has shared a few of the images he took right after the disaster and how it affected some of the local children. The page he has created also allows you to see a timeline of the event, and to possibly understand how the disaster came about. I think people spit on the lead-encased coffins of the people involved for a reason.
Sadly he has used Flash to make the page up, so please don’t take this as me supporting his technological choices. But his voice is an interesting one that exposes the human side of the disaster. It is worth listening to, and most importantly watching.
Less personally-touching was this series of images from the disaster – again using Flash. Certainly interesting to look through.
Kirk – you must be thinking ~5 years ahead. 49 months pregnancy…25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster…
Very touching photos. I was living in Edmonton at the time and all I can really remember is some concern for some of the fallout traversing the arctic and possibly having some mild affect on us. I think we were told to limit our play outside for awhile.
Let’s just say my timeline is out of whack, shall we? I’ve correted to 20 years.
That site actually talks about how 7 days after the event radiation levels in Canada were detected as higher. I was watching some other news on the event and they mentioned that some cities around the plant weren’t given evacuation notice until at least 7 days afterwards.
7 days afterwards is also May 4th – strangely enough our due date. April 26th was our initial due date too. Silly coinky-dinks!