News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would be “America’s Chernobyl”. Parent comment

Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by sumtechguy on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @09:58AM (#24271401)
Chernobyl was not their first round with that sort of disaster. It was however the first 'public' one.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by NationalPark on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:23AM (#24271631)
What's the evidence of this? Is the theory that there was a meltdown in Siberia or something where there aren't many neighbors to notice?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by arethuza on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:43AM (#24271821)
There's the Kyshtym disaster:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_disaster

The Soviets were also even less careful than the US about tests of high nuclear yield weapons.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would b... by FrankBooth on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:59AM (#24271983)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak
[ Parent | on HN ]