chernobyl} what does an apocolypse look like?
Exactly, 36 years ago today, as I record this. Chornobyl, Ukraine’s turbine sector, exploded on April 26th, 1986, leaving about 69 people dead on immdeite contact. A low power test went out of control, leading to the explosion and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. Safety measures were ignored, the uranium fuel in the reactor overheated and melted through the protective barriers that shielded the employees from these toxic materials. Initially, that day, the two workers that tested, died from severe burns and immediate blast trauma (don’t look that up) , soon later 28 firemen and rescue workers died only days later from radiation sickness. Experiencing horrific in 2 phases prodrome, latency, manifest illness, and either recovery or death. During the prodromal phase, they usually present with nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and even loss of consciousness at higher doses. The power plant was not equipped to deal with a...