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Originally posted by xcel@Apr 3rd 2004 @ 8:04 PM
Hi Mongo:
___Working in the nuclear industry, I know what happened at Chernobyl w/ great detail but I have not seen the impact as Elena has so eloquently and emotionally put into words and pictures. Her pages were very moving …
___If you have been or are in contact with her; please pass on a thank you from me. I am passing on the link to others as a reminder of what some have had to go through in the former Soviet Union as well as the Ukraine in the area of Chernobyl in particular. My step mother and step father were native Ukrainian’s so it brings the area and the torment of those that had lived there that much closer to my heart.
___Good Luck and God Bless
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net
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Well, Chernobyl was indeed a major catastrophy and a horrible accident, but obviously her coverage of it was politically inspired.
I'm sure that you are aware of the deatils of how the acccident took place and its not as though there were not safetly measures in place, in fact it was a very bizzare situation where the problem was caused by a human error of one of the operators, who violated the safety prodecures and did something that he was told not to do.
Basically, the operator screwed up and then tried to fix his mistake, but only made it worse.
This lead to a horrible tragedy.
As for the cleanup crew, yes, that was another tragic element to the whole ordeal, but the truth is that there was no other possiblity. Once the problem existed it had to be dealt with and the fact is that there was no safe way to deal with it.
It was a tragic accident, but there is really no need to politicise it the way that she did. I mean comparing a new 2000 Ninja to old 80s motorcycles and calling them wimpy? What exactly is the point supposed to be in that? Taking stabs at the May Day parade? Obvoiusly there were politcal motivations behind the article.