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To: Elsewhere who wrote (120200)	6/15/2005 6:16:08 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793698

"Hoax" means what? She was there, she took pictures. Her entire web site is full of strange pictures. The pictures on her website of the Chernobyl region are consistent with other photos of that region, see, e.g., the documentary movie Pripyat, recently shown on the Sundance channel here. Also consistent with books recently published. It's almost 20 year anniversary, which may explain the interest, or maybe it is just the new government in Ukraine being more open (or more interested in tourist dollars.) Horrific accident but also symbolic of the callous, dysfunctional nature of the former Soviet Union. And the strange heroism of those who died putting out the fire. "Strange" means that they knew they were being lied to, and that death was inevitable, but did it anyway. Would Americans fly helicopters over a burning nuclear power plant in order to drop concrete into it, in hopes that this would put it out? I hope we'd think of a better way, but if not, it's hard to imagine volunteering for a job like that. People who were there said that you could see the blue glow from the radiation for miles, and that people just stood around to watch it because it was so pretty.

To: Elsewhere who wrote (120200)	6/15/2005 8:43:08 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793698

Looks like it was a hoax. Nice dig. I did not like that story from the outset. Too many peculiar aspects to it. Chernobyl was and still is a disaster of huge proportions. If the Ukraine, where much/most of the intense fallout dropped, was more heavily populated, Chernobyl would still be making headlines. We were within 25 minutes of a similar event at three-mile Island. Given the wind currents that day, it would have rendered NYC, Long Island and portions of NJ, Connecticut and other nearby states uninhabitable for tens of thousands of years. This subject is worth another honest look. Can't get there by lying about it.