Chernobyl (HBO) Mini- Series

[Zaximus]

12 hours ago, ARSEN said:

I was born about 300 miles South of Chernobyl before the disaster.  I know no one knew about it for few days/weeks after it happened.  The radiation cloud went south and likely killed close to 100k people over many years.  Belarus, Sweden and etc got a huge radiation exposure.  My family and I got very fortunate as the winds were blowing from South to North... if no winds or different direction, I likely won’t be here.  My grandpa died at age of 73 of excess radiation poisoning which could be very much related to Chernobyl. It was a huge embarrassment for USSR and they were ready to sacrifice everyone to hide the issue but once radiation cloud went over Sweden and other western states, they reported the huge radiation leak to USA and USSR had to intervene to save face. For the remaining years of my family living in USSR, we had gas masks and radiation covers... no joke.

Thanks for sharing that story.    You would think after we seen what happens from that everyone in the world wouldn't be rushing to collect this type of technology.     I can't wait to watch this and I hope a lot of people do (if it's accurate) just to educate everyone.

[Cary Kollins]

I thought it was very well done, although there were several times I felt the British accents took me out of the moment. Preferably they would have done the show in Russian with subtitles to keep it authentic, but I don't really fault the filmmakers for going straight English as it probably makes casting much easier.

I'm pretty ignorant about the details of Chernobyl so I'm looking forward to watching this and then reading up on what went down.

[PanthersBigD]

16 hours ago, ARSEN said:

Wow!  Every detail is remarkable...  even down to the dead bird at the end.  Who ever made this series definitely did their homework.  It’s extremely detailed.

I read an interview with Stellan Skarsgard about the level of detail they went into the other day. He said the wardrobe people even tailored all of the clothes on set with itchy, Soviet era fabric. He said most people here wouldn't even notice, but I figured it would jump out at you since you grew up there.

[Johnny Rockets]

Haven't watched but I intend to as I remember Chernobyl well as a young teen when it happened and it is embedded in my memory forever. Forbes did an article about the show today and one thing I found interesting is that I remember Chernobyl as this big regional, even global disaster with thousands of people dying but in fact the official death toll from Chernobyl was less than 50 with hardly any officially dying of radiation. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/05/09/the-reason-they-fictionalize-nuclear-disasters-like-chernobyl-is-because-they-kill-so-few-people/#3ace601141fc

 

Chernobyl’s total death toll is small compared to other famous disasters. According to the United Nations, 28 first responders died a few weeks after the accident, and since then 19 died for ”various reasons” including tuberculosis, cirrhosis of the liver, heart attacks, and trauma. The U.N. concluded that “the assignment of radiation as the cause of death has become less clear.”

Accidental deaths are always tragic, but it’s worth putting them in perspective. The worst energy disaster, the collapse of a hydroelectric dam in China, killed between 170,000 and 230,000 people. The Bhopal chemical disaster killed 15,000.

[Wyank]

48 minutes ago, Johnny Rockets said:

Haven't watched but I intend to as I remember Chernobyl well as a young teen when it happened and it is embedded in my memory forever. Forbes did an article about the show today and one thing I found interesting is that I remember Chernobyl as this big regional, even global disaster with thousands of people dying but in fact the official death toll from Chernobyl was less than 50 with hardly any officially dying of radiation. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/05/09/the-reason-they-fictionalize-nuclear-disasters-like-chernobyl-is-because-they-kill-so-few-people/#3ace601141fc

 

Chernobyl’s total death toll is small compared to other famous disasters. According to the United Nations, 28 first responders died a few weeks after the accident, and since then 19 died for ”various reasons” including tuberculosis, cirrhosis of the liver, heart attacks, and trauma. The U.N. concluded that “the assignment of radiation as the cause of death has become less clear.”

Accidental deaths are always tragic, but it’s worth putting them in perspective. The worst energy disaster, the collapse of a hydroelectric dam in China, killed between 170,000 and 230,000 people. The Bhopal chemical disaster killed 15,000.

That article actually says "Upon tweeting out some numbers comparing Chernobyl’s death toll (~200/total)". After I watched the episode, I googled death total of the accident.  You go to the wiki page and it has this wild range of possible deaths:

Link

As reputable, peer-reviewed sources -- including the medical journal The Lancet -- have noted, the total number of deaths attributed to the Chernobyl disaster is a controversial and disputed issue, with former Soviet officials and disparate governmental, health, environmental, and survivors' organizations citing a range of estimates ranging from no more than 31 total deaths to no less than 93,000.

 

 

[Ja Rhule]

1 hour ago, Johnny Rockets said:

Haven't watched but I intend to as I remember Chernobyl well as a young teen when it happened and it is embedded in my memory forever. Forbes did an article about the show today and one thing I found interesting is that I remember Chernobyl as this big regional, even global disaster with thousands of people dying but in fact the official death toll from Chernobyl was less than 50 with hardly any officially dying of radiation. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/05/09/the-reason-they-fictionalize-nuclear-disasters-like-chernobyl-is-because-they-kill-so-few-people/#3ace601141fc

 

Chernobyl’s total death toll is small compared to other famous disasters. According to the United Nations, 28 first responders died a few weeks after the accident, and since then 19 died for ”various reasons” including tuberculosis, cirrhosis of the liver, heart attacks, and trauma. The U.N. concluded that “the assignment of radiation as the cause of death has become less clear.”

Accidental deaths are always tragic, but it’s worth putting them in perspective. The worst energy disaster, the collapse of a hydroelectric dam in China, killed between 170,000 and 230,000 people. The Bhopal chemical disaster killed 15,000.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_disaster

If you think only 40 or so people died because of Chernobyl.  You are nuts.  The radiation cloud it released blanketed almost the whole Europe... causing cancers,  disease, mutation and etc.  it’s almost impossible to track the impact and Chernobyl will continue to leak radiation for thousands of years.  

We got Duke Energy Nuclear Station right here in lake Norman...  when I watched “doomsday” tv show... they said bunkers are useless because if something happens and all nuclear plans start to go... we will all die of radiation poisoning.  poo... I still have potassium iodide in my house right now. 

[Goondal]

Finally watched the first episode last night.  It amazing and just as utterly terrifying as the preview made it out to be.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

5 Weird Things You Didn't Know About Chernobyl

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded more than three decades ago, in 1986, but you can watch it unfold on HBO's TV miniseries "Chernobyl," which premiered earlier this week.

While most people know the general story — that due to human error, the nuclear reactor exploded and unleashed radioactive material across Europe — few know the nitty-gritty details. Here are five weird facts you probably didn't know about Chernobyl. 

Follow the link:

https://www.livescience.com/65450-weird-chernobyl-facts.html?utm_source=ls-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190510-ls

[Harbingers]

On 5/11/2019 at 10:18 AM, NanuqoftheNorth said:

5 Weird Things You Didn't Know About Chernobyl

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded more than three decades ago, in 1986, but you can watch it unfold on HBO's TV miniseries "Chernobyl," which premiered earlier this week.

While most people know the general story — that due to human error, the nuclear reactor exploded and unleashed radioactive material across Europe — few know the nitty-gritty details. Here are five weird facts you probably didn't know about Chernobyl. 

Follow the link:

https://www.livescience.com/65450-weird-chernobyl-facts.html?utm_source=ls-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190510-ls

Everyone should know those 5 things. 

Especially 2. Understanding Half lives is essential to everything in the world. Including humans themselves.

[Ja Rhule]

When you survive Chernobyl but mother of dragons burns you and your child anyways

 

[Ja Rhule]

Did anyone watched 2nd episode?

[Goondal]

1 hour ago, ARSEN said:

Did anyone watched 2nd episode?

I did.  Very impressive

[jasonluckydog]

The only reason why I'll still have HBO. 

[twylyght]

On 5/18/2019 at 6:32 AM, ARSEN said:

Did anyone watched 2nd episode?

So far, the series is going a good job of capturing the mentality of the state administration's mindset and how it affected the people.  It also captures a very real look at some of the outright heroic spirit of the people as so many stepped up.  I fully expect that will continue to show as they recount the hundreds of people that came out to help with the cleanup effort.