Chernobyl the mini series
Has anyone seen it? I'm on episode 2 and flabbergasted that a fire department, hospital and townsfolk are seemingly unaware and unequipped for an emergency. Firemen going to a fire at a reactor without proper gear? A hospital and reactor with no radiation shower thingies?
Were russians stupid or what?
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 5, 2020 5:17 AM
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I didn't see "why" in the headline.
Just watch the whole series and you will learn the answers to your inane questions. Like people in the future will question why most of fat Americans in 2020 didn't wear face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 4, 2020 5:13 AM
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This miniseries was amazing... one of my all time favorite series.
OP, I suggest you listen to the Chernobyl podcast with the series creator. There's a podcast for each episode. They clarify some of the history and why things happened. And IIRC, your exact question was a question that was asked on the podcast and answered by creator Craig Mazin.
But basically, if the government said it wasn't dangerous, then it wasn't dangerous. That's just the logic they used in the USSR. It's why they had such a blind spot that allowed this to happen to begin with.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 4, 2020 5:20 AM
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So R1 and R3 is a troll not really interested in dialogue.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 4, 2020 5:21 AM
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Thank you R5. I had no idea there was a podcast. So far its terrifying that everyone even in positions of authority are so cavalier and telling the experts they are wrong. Sounds familiar, right?
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 4, 2020 5:24 AM
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The question starts with "were" can be answered with yes or no.
Fuck you R6, the anti-Emily-Watson troll from the previous Chernobyl thread. You stink.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 4, 2020 5:26 AM
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OP There was a great thread on this, at the time it was broadcast, last year.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 4, 2020 5:26 AM
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Russian response to Chernobyl equals much of the worlds response to COVID-19.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 4, 2020 5:28 AM
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Here OP let me guide you to the original thread......
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | August 4, 2020 5:30 AM
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Thanks R11. I did a search and found nothing.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 4, 2020 5:44 AM
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NP R12. The search option on this website is not so good. Next time try a search on Google.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 4, 2020 5:58 AM
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^ Type Chernobyl in the search engine here. The thread comes up.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 4, 2020 6:12 AM
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Oh No r10. Thanks to your hero, America’s response to Covid-19 has been similar to Chernobyl. We rate in the bottom 10 or so of all tracked metrics. Which means rest of world doing better. And I bet we have more resources than the other bottom 50 combined.
Not to mention, I am sure our outstanding response brought a tear to Vlads eye. His little bitch has been doing so good.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 4, 2020 6:15 AM
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Hubris, just like the US.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 4, 2020 6:22 AM
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Considering we've got 97 or so nuclear reactors including the triple reactors in South Carolina, Arkansas and Arizona I wonder how well prepared we are should we experience our own Chernobyl.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 4, 2020 6:28 AM
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R14 for some reason it did not work for me.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 4, 2020 6:37 AM
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Even the employees of the station didn’t have proper instructions. Their manual would have portions completely blacked out, they felt it was a need to know basis only.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 4, 2020 6:46 AM
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R17 Almost did with Three Mile Island back in 1979
by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 4, 2020 11:50 AM
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Growing up in NEPA, Three Mile Island was the only time I knew for sure that my parents were afraid of some near possibility, if only for the relief that was evident when the crisis ended.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 4, 2020 11:54 AM
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Gotta love all the vodka delivered by the case loads to all the soldiers and workers. Anywhere else it would be water.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 5, 2020 5:17 AM
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