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41. "Residents of the meteor were terrified to see Chelyabinsk approaching."

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Chelyabinsk Meteor Shines Light on What May Be the Most Contaminated Place on Earth [View all] Octafish Feb 2013 OP

Amazing info, thanks! Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #1

The Basement Geographer sums it up... Octafish Feb 2013 #2

I love the picture. It's so...Soviet DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #3

It really does say a lot. Nuclear weaponry has made statesmen into madmen. Octafish Feb 2013 #5

No need to be sorry for adding to my reading list DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #6

I used to think callousness towards citizens was limited to Communist counties. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #18

The Golden Rule got warped by the Have-Mores into 'He Who Owns the Gold, Rules.' Octafish Feb 2013 #26

Octafish, YOU are an incredible resource. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #28

Why doesn't the horse have a gas mask? Fawke Em Feb 2013 #32

That was introduced in the next battle. Octafish Feb 2013 #36

K&R to read later. Interesting, thanks Octafish! nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #4

What does "K&R" mean? Gorp Feb 2013 #7

Kick & Recommend cyberswede Feb 2013 #8

Thank you. Gorp Feb 2013 #9

Russia: Disasters Contaminated 450,000. Octafish Feb 2013 #11

Fascinating Oilwellian Feb 2013 #10

Wow! The early 1960s saw an, uh, explosion in testing... Octafish Feb 2013 #14

You're welcome Oilwellian Feb 2013 #15

Excellent malthaussen Feb 2013 #12

Nuclear war is crazy. Nuclear weapons are crazy. Nuclear power is crazy. Octafish Feb 2013 #20

Creates jobs, doncha know? malthaussen Feb 2013 #33

I never heard of this. Thank you for the post. It is so sad to realize how sabrina 1 Feb 2013 #13

Some days I feel like that we won't, sabrina 1. Other days, it seems we may. Octafish Feb 2013 #22

Amazing post, Octafish! Thank you for all the information. I am not really sabrina 1 Feb 2013 #30

K & R snagglepuss Feb 2013 #16

The last time something similar happened was just down the road in Tunguska... Octafish Feb 2013 #34

do we deserve the planet we live on? leftyohiolib Feb 2013 #17

"The earth is an organism, and that organism has a skin; that skin has diseases... alterfurz Feb 2013 #31

Maybe most do, certainly. Others, not so much. Octafish Feb 2013 #35

Mount Yamantau (evil mountain)... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #19

Chelyabinsk-70 / Snezhinsk Octafish Feb 2013 #37

Snezhinsk (Chelyabinsk-70)... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #21

Chelyabinsk-40 Octafish Feb 2013 #38

"Dead Hand" (nuclear war).... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #23

Dead Hand Doomsday Device Octafish Feb 2013 #24

Oliver Stone covers this in his "Untold History of the United States" series on HBO... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #25

woa. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #27

Inside the Zone Octafish Feb 2013 #39

jesus..... BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #42

For a little perspective... countryjake Feb 2013 #29

CIA covered up USSR nuclear disaster to protect US nuclear business... Octafish Feb 2013 #40

"Residents of the meteor were terrified to see Chelyabinsk approaching." slackmaster Feb 2013 #41

They would have wanted to wear every ounce of extra-lead shielding they had on board. Octafish Feb 2013 #47

The oversight by the Soviet government was so extreme, doctors were not allowed to cite cancer as a Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #43

TEPCO Rose Octafish Feb 2013 #44

This information chills me to the bone. I never realized this property of plutonium, holy cow! I am Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #46

Fukushima Octafish Feb 2013 #49

Are you trying to make my brain explode!? Awesome collection of links, good thing it's a snowstorm Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #50

Woah, important stuff here. K&R, n/t. appal_jack Feb 2013 #45

Recommended me b zola Feb 2013 #48