Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ...
by klingonopera on Friday October 04, 2019 @10:01AM
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No, it actually could've been much worse: https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-volunteers-divers-...
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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ...
by macspoofing on Friday October 04, 2019 @10:17AM
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I don't think so. I'm trying to find some sources, and it seems like all the clickbait articles reference a book by some guy named Andrew Leatherbarrow, "Chernobyl 01:23:40" (and Leatherbarrow is just some guy without any particular expertise). I can't find any justification for why there was a chance that millions would have died and half of Europe was almost rendered uninhabitable. It smells like clickbait bullshit.
Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ...
by klingonopera on Friday October 04, 2019 @10:33AM
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I actually agree with you that the article sounds click-baity, unfortunately, HBO has made it so much harder to get good information regarding Chernobyl on the Internet nowadays[0].
Just one of four reactors "melted down". I'm no expert, but I imagine the worst possible is all four reactors literally exploding simultaneously, or one after the other in a rapid chain reaction, or something like that.
[0]: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/05/09...