thomas_klopf, 2 months ago

@AbandonedAmerica I’ll just add, I don’t think Americans understand how traumatic the Chernobyl accident was for people in communist Europe. It hit me when my Czech father-in-law (who was working in Ukraine in the 80s) was tearing up while we watched the Chernobyl series. This is really emotional stuff for a lot of people to this day.

AbandonedAmerica, 2 months ago

@thomas_klopf Understandably so. It was terrifying, and still is. A disaster of this scale is hard to fathom even when you're looking right at it.

thomas_klopf, 2 months ago

@AbandonedAmerica still radioactive there ?

AbandonedAmerica, 2 months ago

@thomas_klopf I got less radiation after 4 days than I would on an intercontinental flight, but you have to know what's safe and what isn't

thomas_klopf, 2 months ago

@AbandonedAmerica @thomas_klopf wow amazing you went there, thank you for the beautiful photography :)

AbandonedAmerica, 2 months ago

@thomas_klopf thanks so much. It was a really sobering experience. No matter how much you know about it, seeing the area really is a gut punch. A terrible loss for so many people.

Splinters, 2 months ago

@AbandonedAmerica

You really catch the beauty of slow decay

AbandonedAmerica, 2 months ago

@Splinters thanks! It does all the heavy lifting for me 😊