Anonymous
Post 05/18/2019 23:00     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
I just watched the first 2 episodes. Shook!
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2019 22:59     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert!!!!






That helicopter scene was insane. Did it just fall apart? It looks like the blades broke into pieces.


I thought it looked like it just melted, practically vaporizing. It was like flicking a wad of ice cream onto a hot car.


More spoilers ———-






Even worse was making the order that they had to continue with the drops!!

And, I was so proud of the three guys who volunteered. People like that offset the bad in the world.


Actual footage: (grainy, not graphic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICOu7KksgUA




Looks like the blades hit a chain or vertical wires, then fell


Read that it wasn't the first attempt that crashed. That copter had made several drops. Looks like it hit the cable from the crane but then the back of it broke at the same time the propellers hit. So sad.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2019 18:24     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
So, I keep going back to how badly the soviets f’ed up, and they could have destroyed ( not only themselves) all of Europe.
Then I think about all of the rinky dink 2nd world countries that have, or are trying to harness nuclear power.
Then I think
Sh*tballs
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2019 00:02     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert!!!!






That helicopter scene was insane. Did it just fall apart? It looks like the blades broke into pieces.


I thought it looked like it just melted, practically vaporizing. It was like flicking a wad of ice cream onto a hot car.


More spoilers ———-






Even worse was making the order that they had to continue with the drops!!

And, I was so proud of the three guys who volunteered. People like that offset the bad in the world.


Actual footage: (grainy, not graphic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICOu7KksgUA




Looks like the blades hit a chain or vertical wires, then fell
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2019 23:57     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m watching this now, and starting to have a panic attack about the amount of nuclear weapons in the world.


Back in 1990, 1991 as the Soviet Union was collapsing, we were running every scenario possible on their nuke stockpile. We guessed 98% of them would be secured in the event of a complete collapse. That would leave over 1,000 nuclear weapons unaccounted for. It used to give me nightmares. (Meanwhile, Dick Cheney was all but cheerleading that the Soviet Union disintegrate into civil war and not giving two effs about the consequences. He made our lives very difficult.)

Through an amazing amount of work by both sides, and no doubt some sheer luck, every weapon the Soviets (and the eventual former republics) were willing to admit existed ended up accounted for. Still, there were some......incidents.......where nuclear materials were unexpectedly stumbled upon.

Cooperative Threat Reduction in the 1990s is a triumph, and a really unknown story.


This makes me feel better. Thank you.

So, what about indian and Pakistan?
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2019 23:56     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:I’m watching this now, and starting to have a panic attack about the amount of nuclear weapons in the world.


Back in 1990, 1991 as the Soviet Union was collapsing, we were running every scenario possible on their nuke stockpile. We guessed 98% of them would be secured in the event of a complete collapse. That would leave over 1,000 nuclear weapons unaccounted for. It used to give me nightmares. (Meanwhile, Dick Cheney was all but cheerleading that the Soviet Union disintegrate into civil war and not giving two effs about the consequences. He made our lives very difficult.)

Through an amazing amount of work by both sides, and no doubt some sheer luck, every weapon the Soviets (and the eventual former republics) were willing to admit existed ended up accounted for. Still, there were some......incidents.......where nuclear materials were unexpectedly stumbled upon.

Cooperative Threat Reduction in the 1990s is a triumph, and a really unknown story.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2019 23:54     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I've re-read a lot about Chernobyl after watching the series; I've always been fascinated by it.

The man ordered to look into the reactor from the roof was Sitnokov, and he got a fatal dose of radiation from that action.


His name was Anatoly Sitnikov.


The firefighter with the pregnant wife...he dies but the baby later dies from heart failure and cirrhosis of the liver.


A little spoiler heads up would’ve been nice! So not cool!



+1. wish they hadn't posted that
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2019 22:30     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
I’m watching this now, and starting to have a panic attack about the amount of nuclear weapons in the world.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2019 10:11     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert!!!!






That helicopter scene was insane. Did it just fall apart? It looks like the blades broke into pieces.


I thought it looked like it just melted, practically vaporizing. It was like flicking a wad of ice cream onto a hot car.


More spoilers ———-






Even worse was making the order that they had to continue with the drops!!

And, I was so proud of the three guys who volunteered. People like that offset the bad in the world.


Actual footage: (grainy, not graphic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICOu7KksgUA
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2019 07:02     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert!!!!






That helicopter scene was insane. Did it just fall apart? It looks like the blades broke into pieces.


I thought it looked like it just melted, practically vaporizing. It was like flicking a wad of ice cream onto a hot car.


More spoilers ———-






Even worse was making the order that they had to continue with the drops!!

And, I was so proud of the three guys who volunteered. People like that offset the bad in the world.


Also the nurses carrying the radioactive clothing into the basement. When the one nurse looked at her hand, I knew she was a better person than me because I would have gone home.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2019 22:02     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
^Say what you will about Russians but they are a culture like that. They consistently put the needs of others before their own and display self sacrifice. They fought in battles even when the odds were bad (Stalingrad). Italians on the other hand surrender.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2019 21:33     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert!!!!






That helicopter scene was insane. Did it just fall apart? It looks like the blades broke into pieces.


I thought it looked like it just melted, practically vaporizing. It was like flicking a wad of ice cream onto a hot car.


More spoilers ———-






Even worse was making the order that they had to continue with the drops!!

And, I was so proud of the three guys who volunteered. People like that offset the bad in the world.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2019 21:27     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the chart and link.


+1 Fascinating. Also a good illustration of why you should avoid CTs unless there is no alternative.


+1. Very interesting! Thx for sharing
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2019 20:55     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Anonymous wrote:Spoiler alert!!!!






That helicopter scene was insane. Did it just fall apart? It looks like the blades broke into pieces.


I thought it looked like it just melted, practically vaporizing. It was like flicking a wad of ice cream onto a hot car.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2019 20:38     Subject: Chernobyl on HBO
Spoiler alert!!!!






That helicopter scene was insane. Did it just fall apart? It looks like the blades broke into pieces.