Natural disaster meets man-made one...what will happen

I'm thinking of the Russians dealing with drought, fires, and smog--and the possibility that fires will pick up contaminants left over from Chernobyl and make them airborne...



Thanks to Occasion for sharing the video. We don't have a lot of beliefs in common, but concerns for the environment and the people dealing with them are something we both share.

24 years ago today...

April 26, 1986: Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Suffers Cataclysmic Meltdown

Chernobyl disaster

Images of Chernobyl filmed in the days right after the incident:


The first part of a documentary on the disaster:


Animals and nature take over what humans abandoned in the Zone of Alienation (but whether they are actually flourishing is open to debate):


Chernobyl 'not a wildlife haven' (counterpoint to the last)