I was just listening to a program on public radio's
PRI's The World (http://theworld.org/taxonomy_by_date/1/20080624 - broken link) for Tuesday June 24 2008. Included was a segment on
Taking a tour of Chernobyl which can be listened to or downloaded as a podcast.
This brought to mind a website
GHOST TOWN - Chernobyl Pictures - Kidofspeed - Elena that I heard about on the excellent Art Bell Show on radio (now known as
COAST TO COAST AM WITH GEORGE NOORY). There has been debate regarding this website and the PRI program this evening rehashed that old story.
I have always found the KiddOfSpeed website very compelling, having first heard about it during the middle of the night, listening to the radio. The site impressed upon the visitor the unnatural quiet of the place. And this radio story was heard in the surreal world of low flying F-16 aircraft patrolling overnight here in Arlington Virginia after 9/11. I live approx 3 miles from the Pentagon. The radio show aired not long after that incident. No use trying to sleep. Just get a cuppa joe and sit out on the back porch and enjoy the show (radio and planes
). Anyone else here familiar with this story?
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