As the day of the Chernobyl disaster nears , it will be 25 years ago on April 26 , that the reactor had a core meltdown and our world suddenly became radio active!
The world watched while commandos of "volunteers ",did what they could to contain the damage and radiation.These people all succumbed to the fatal effects of radiation disease. Sadly their death did not prevent the contamination of a whole continent!
Due to unfavourable weather conditions , the radioactive clouds spread all over Europe and rained their deadly cargo onto the ground.
It was spring and plants and animals were fertile and growing.
We were told to have none of it! No eating of spring greens,picking of flowers and drinking of milk , lest we would add to the radio active exposure .
Kids were not allowed to play outside on the grass, pets activities were restricted , contaminated shoes were to be left outside and feet had to be washed off before entering the house.
The worst was , the danger was silent, has no smell and no shape.
We were all shell shocked that our lives were so gravely affected by something from so far away.
Timely and eerily, almost to the day , the world is again watching as Fukushimas 4 reactors are in grave danger to contaminate our world.
Due to my in depth experience from 25 years ago I snapped into action, iodine-check,emergency ration of uncontaminated food-check,dubious about fish from anywhere in that region-check,listening to what is not being said or minimized-check.
Conflicting messages from the authorities were the norm and nothing much has changed.assume the worst and discover happily you were wrong in the first place .Don't let your guard down.
25 years ago, I decided at some point to ignore all the dire warnings and I went to pick mushrooms which were growing untouched in large numbers.I ate them of course and now I am worried that my time is up , they say cancers can develop 20-30 years after the fact.
That is my legacy.
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