Danger! Will Robinson!!! Danger!

[Requiem ex Inferni]

You know, I think there's a general rule about nuclear bombs; if you can see the mushroom cloud, you're WAAAYY too close.

Also, the thing that most people don't know about Chernobyl is that the reactor itself didn't explode. The molten fuel hit a pocket of cooling water, which converted into steam, blew outwards, and carried a bunch of radioactive material with it. All of the explosions that occured there were steam explosions. Fuel-grade uranium and plutonium isn't capable of causing an actual nuclear explosion without further enrichment.  

[Buki_Actual]

Anima_Raptor

Yay for WWIII

Well, time to buy the gas masks off of the surplus stores and army/navy supply depots.

Good point-How do we know that the bombs will be chemical or biological, and not nuclear?  

[Fresnel]

Requiem6661

You know, I think there's a general rule about nuclear bombs; if you can see the mushroom cloud, you're WAAAYY too close.

Also, the thing that most people don't know about Chernobyl is that the reactor itself didn't explode. The molten fuel hit a pocket of cooling water, which converted into steam, blew outwards, and carried a bunch of radioactive material with it. All of the explosions that occured there were steam explosions. Fuel-grade uranium and plutonium isn't capable of causing an actual nuclear explosion without further enrichment.

IIRC, the 2,000 ton reactor head blew its bolts and literally rocketed through the containment ceiling and landed outside. Impressive as hell, in my opinion.  

[Orkronos]

OberFeldwebel

Requiem6661

I think I'd be fine, unless they choose Sacramento because it's the capital. Considering we've got San Fransisco and Los Angeles, there are bigger targets out there. Though if they hit 'Frisco, my aunt's ********. Other than the fact that it's the capital of the state, the only things Sac's got that are military targets are two National Guard bases, and MacClellan and Mather AFBs- and MacClellan's shut down.

MAYBE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S AWESOMENESS WILL PROTECT US FROM TEH BOMBS!!!!!

Don't worry, Arnold's rippling biceps of German Steel, forged in Austria, will deflect some of the ICBMs.
Bruce Campbell's chin will deflect the rest.

Chuck Norris has Southern United States covered.

As for the north... I don't know.

Canadaas coverd, we have pamala Andersons knockers to keep us safe.  

[Crash Maniac]

Fresnel

I hear nobody's ever gotten a verifiable report about mutated wildlife in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation. Interesting to think that even with that much radiation, nobody's seen the effects in animals (besides death and such, but whatever). Also, there are still Ukranians living in there that the government gave up on evacuating. They're incredibly old, too. Eighties, nineties easy. They drink from streams, eat their own crops, hunt local animals...

i was reading something about mutated horses, and children, generations of children... that are mutated, disfigured... retarded. I'll search for the link again later.

but it did effect the locals...  

[Fresnel]

Crash Maniac

Fresnel

I hear nobody's ever gotten a verifiable report about mutated wildlife in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation. Interesting to think that even with that much radiation, nobody's seen the effects in animals (besides death and such, but whatever). Also, there are still Ukranians living in there that the government gave up on evacuating. They're incredibly old, too. Eighties, nineties easy. They drink from streams, eat their own crops, hunt local animals...

i was reading something about mutated horses, and children, generations of children... that are mutated, disfigured... retarded. I'll search for the link again later.

but it did effect the locals...

Disfigured, retarded, and cancer-ridden, yes, but there's been nothing like Blinky the Three-Eyed Fish from the Simpsons.

 

[Crash Maniac]

Fresnel

Crash Maniac

Fresnel

I hear nobody's ever gotten a verifiable report about mutated wildlife in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation. Interesting to think that even with that much radiation, nobody's seen the effects in animals (besides death and such, but whatever). Also, there are still Ukranians living in there that the government gave up on evacuating. They're incredibly old, too. Eighties, nineties easy. They drink from streams, eat their own crops, hunt local animals...

i was reading something about mutated horses, and children, generations of children... that are mutated, disfigured... retarded. I'll search for the link again later.

but it did effect the locals...

Disfigured, retarded, and cancer-ridden, yes, but there's been nothing like Blinky the Three-Eyed Fish from the Simpsons.

Russian three eyed sturgeon... that would win.  

[OberFeldwebel]

Requiem6661

You know, I think there's a general rule about nuclear bombs; if you can see the mushroom cloud, you're WAAAYY too close.

Also, the thing that most people don't know about Chernobyl is that the reactor itself didn't explode. The molten fuel hit a pocket of cooling water, which converted into steam, blew outwards, and carried a bunch of radioactive material with it. All of the explosions that occured there were steam explosions. Fuel-grade uranium and plutonium isn't capable of causing an actual nuclear explosion without further enrichment.

True but it was still an explosive force.

All the Ruskies there called it an explosion.

Whether they knew it was a reactor failure/explosion or not, the firemen had big ******** balls.
I'm sure they knew something was up when they heard, "Fire at Chernobyl", or "Fire at reactor # 4."  

[Rommel_Desert_Fox]

Speaking of nukes and Chernobyl and all that stuff has anyone seen Shadow Over Chernobyl lately? I wonder what happened to him.  

[Barru]

Rommel_Desert_Fox

Speaking of nukes and Chernobyl and all that stuff has anyone seen Shadow Over Chernobyl lately? I wonder what happened to him.

Hmm, I wonder whAt he is doing. I hope That he has a good reason For not being active. ?  

[Fresnel]

OberFeldwebel

Requiem6661

You know, I think there's a general rule about nuclear bombs; if you can see the mushroom cloud, you're WAAAYY too close.

Also, the thing that most people don't know about Chernobyl is that the reactor itself didn't explode. The molten fuel hit a pocket of cooling water, which converted into steam, blew outwards, and carried a bunch of radioactive material with it. All of the explosions that occured there were steam explosions. Fuel-grade uranium and plutonium isn't capable of causing an actual nuclear explosion without further enrichment.

True but it was still an explosive force.

All the Ruskies there called it an explosion.

Whether they knew it was a reactor failure/explosion or not, the firemen had big ******** balls.
I'm sure they knew something was up when they heard, "Fire at Chernobyl", or "Fire at reactor # 4."

It was a steam explosion. Hundreds of gallons of water instantly flashed to steam. There was nowhere for the expanding steam to escape, so it MADE a route by ripping 3" thick bolts in half and putting the 2,000 ton reactor head through the ceiling. There was no fire involved at that point. The fire began when superheated radioactive carbon from the control rods spattered all over the walls, floor, ceiling, and roof. Flaming radioactive carbon chunks are not something you want to ******** with.  

[OberFeldwebel]

Fresnel

OberFeldwebel

Requiem6661

You know, I think there's a general rule about nuclear bombs; if you can see the mushroom cloud, you're WAAAYY too close.

Also, the thing that most people don't know about Chernobyl is that the reactor itself didn't explode. The molten fuel hit a pocket of cooling water, which converted into steam, blew outwards, and carried a bunch of radioactive material with it. All of the explosions that occured there were steam explosions. Fuel-grade uranium and plutonium isn't capable of causing an actual nuclear explosion without further enrichment.

True but it was still an explosive force.

All the Ruskies there called it an explosion.

Whether they knew it was a reactor failure/explosion or not, the firemen had big ******** balls.
I'm sure they knew something was up when they heard, "Fire at Chernobyl", or "Fire at reactor # 4."

It was a steam explosion. Hundreds of gallons of water instantly flashed to steam. There was nowhere for the expanding steam to escape, so it MADE a route by ripping 3" thick bolts in half and putting the 2,000 ton reactor head through the ceiling. There was no fire involved at that point. The fire began when superheated radioactive carbon from the control rods spattered all over the walls, floor, ceiling, and roof. Flaming radioactive carbon chunks are not something you want to ******** with.

Yeah, steam explosion.
...

So what were the firemen called there for? An explosion or fire?  

[Fresnel]

OberFeldwebel

Fresnel

OberFeldwebel

Requiem6661

You know, I think there's a general rule about nuclear bombs; if you can see the mushroom cloud, you're WAAAYY too close.

Also, the thing that most people don't know about Chernobyl is that the reactor itself didn't explode. The molten fuel hit a pocket of cooling water, which converted into steam, blew outwards, and carried a bunch of radioactive material with it. All of the explosions that occured there were steam explosions. Fuel-grade uranium and plutonium isn't capable of causing an actual nuclear explosion without further enrichment.

True but it was still an explosive force.

All the Ruskies there called it an explosion.

Whether they knew it was a reactor failure/explosion or not, the firemen had big ******** balls.
I'm sure they knew something was up when they heard, "Fire at Chernobyl", or "Fire at reactor # 4."

It was a steam explosion. Hundreds of gallons of water instantly flashed to steam. There was nowhere for the expanding steam to escape, so it MADE a route by ripping 3" thick bolts in half and putting the 2,000 ton reactor head through the ceiling. There was no fire involved at that point. The fire began when superheated radioactive carbon from the control rods spattered all over the walls, floor, ceiling, and roof. Flaming radioactive carbon chunks are not something you want to ******** with.

Yeah, steam explosion.
...

So what were the firemen called there for? An explosion or fire?

Flaming carbon chunks. Think napalm, but hotter and more radioactive.  

[OberFeldwebel]

Fresnel

OberFeldwebel

Fresnel

OberFeldwebel

Requiem6661

You know, I think there's a general rule about nuclear bombs; if you can see the mushroom cloud, you're WAAAYY too close.

Also, the thing that most people don't know about Chernobyl is that the reactor itself didn't explode. The molten fuel hit a pocket of cooling water, which converted into steam, blew outwards, and carried a bunch of radioactive material with it. All of the explosions that occured there were steam explosions. Fuel-grade uranium and plutonium isn't capable of causing an actual nuclear explosion without further enrichment.

True but it was still an explosive force.

All the Ruskies there called it an explosion.

Whether they knew it was a reactor failure/explosion or not, the firemen had big ******** balls.
I'm sure they knew something was up when they heard, "Fire at Chernobyl", or "Fire at reactor # 4."

It was a steam explosion. Hundreds of gallons of water instantly flashed to steam. There was nowhere for the expanding steam to escape, so it MADE a route by ripping 3" thick bolts in half and putting the 2,000 ton reactor head through the ceiling. There was no fire involved at that point. The fire began when superheated radioactive carbon from the control rods spattered all over the walls, floor, ceiling, and roof. Flaming radioactive carbon chunks are not something you want to ******** with.

Yeah, steam explosion.
...

So what were the firemen called there for? An explosion or fire?

Flaming carbon chunks. Think napalm, but hotter and more radioactive.

Oh ok.
Yeah I heard that when they were taking a break or when they first arrived, some of them warmed their hands over the carbon chunks.

Also, in the video I saw, some of the firemen reported pain as if needles were poking them in the face.

Apparently that's what, "You're seriously ******** now." levels of radiation indicates.  

[Fresnel]

OberFeldwebel

Fresnel

OberFeldwebel

Fresnel

OberFeldwebel

Requiem6661

You know, I think there's a general rule about nuclear bombs; if you can see the mushroom cloud, you're WAAAYY too close.

Also, the thing that most people don't know about Chernobyl is that the reactor itself didn't explode. The molten fuel hit a pocket of cooling water, which converted into steam, blew outwards, and carried a bunch of radioactive material with it. All of the explosions that occured there were steam explosions. Fuel-grade uranium and plutonium isn't capable of causing an actual nuclear explosion without further enrichment.

True but it was still an explosive force.

All the Ruskies there called it an explosion.

Whether they knew it was a reactor failure/explosion or not, the firemen had big ******** balls.
I'm sure they knew something was up when they heard, "Fire at Chernobyl", or "Fire at reactor # 4."

It was a steam explosion. Hundreds of gallons of water instantly flashed to steam. There was nowhere for the expanding steam to escape, so it MADE a route by ripping 3" thick bolts in half and putting the 2,000 ton reactor head through the ceiling. There was no fire involved at that point. The fire began when superheated radioactive carbon from the control rods spattered all over the walls, floor, ceiling, and roof. Flaming radioactive carbon chunks are not something you want to ******** with.

Yeah, steam explosion.
...

So what were the firemen called there for? An explosion or fire?

Flaming carbon chunks. Think napalm, but hotter and more radioactive.

Oh ok.
Yeah I heard that when they were taking a break or when they first arrived, some of them warmed their hands over the carbon chunks.

Also, in the video I saw, some of the firemen reported pain as if needles were poking them in the face.

Apparently that's what, "You're seriously ******** now." levels of radiation indicates.

I'd believe it. It's been twenty years and the reactor room is still to radioactive to enter AT ALL. They can't even go in the hallway.