PimpedOutPete Posted July 10, 2015 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.62 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted July 10, 2015 I work at a very radioactive site in the southeastern US. I routinely work in areas much more radioactive than Chernobyl (but much smaller areas). That's why I'm so crazy. What I saw on his meter in the basement at Prypyat was equivalent to about 150 mrem/hr, which is high, but I work around similar often (and much higher). You wouldn't want to hang out there, but you obviously can for small amounts of time and not suffer any ill effects. I'm sure when the accident happened, it was way worse.. not to mention the airborne contamination that you would breath into your lungs. Its funny you mentioned that Bama. I spent a few summers up in northern Saskatchewan were almost 60% of the worlds uranium was mined during the 1950's and into the 1970's. Radiation protection was no-existent and ore from these mines sat in tailing lakes close by. The ground was literally orange and trees were dead for 100's of feet around. Guy's would dirt bike in the sand around these abandoned mines and their lakes. I have friends who's fathers worked underground in these mines and literally all have past away from some type of cancer. TBB, JohnnyDos and hxtr 3 Awards
hxtr Posted July 10, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted July 10, 2015 I think we know a few of the most radioactive places on earth, but there are several others that never made the news. I spent several years in South America and I remember in the mid 80's-early 90's, several "ghost ships" (mostly Eastern European), dropping their anchors 25-50 miles off the coast of poor countries at the time such as Ecuador or Peru. They would send a small boat with a few crew members and a bag of cash, to bribe the major and authorities of small villages (and islands) in order to dump "waste". The authorities would take the bribes 99% of the time and then the big ship would "unload" its waste all over the coast (beaches, hills, etc). These areas would eventually become ghost towns due to acute radiation syndrome, Cancer, mortality rates, infertility etc. Sad but true. Fuck humans and their greed. JohnnyDos and TBB 2
hxtr Posted July 10, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted July 10, 2015 thought that was a tattoo It used to be. JohnnyDos and KingStinger! 2
JohnnyDos Posted July 10, 2015 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Posted July 10, 2015 HXTR the light is gone. TBB and hxtr 2
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