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Not to be forgotten
Posted by Kyle
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4/23/2009 07:50:00 AM
The thirteenth anniversary of the Chernobyl gig is 3 days away and Jemma's family has the proof (superficial & hidden) that they were in the vicinity when all hell broke loose. Well, actually they were in neighboring Belarus, as part of the Catholic Church's delegation that were in Minsk during that week.
As of this writing, I have no clue why the hell I'm writing this post because that incident occurred a long time ago and none nor any of its fall backs have yet to hit our side of the family. Maybe, the speed at which the US Government evacuated its citizens from the vicinity and the care, treatment and support that was afforded to us was the reason for no repercussions, long or short-term. However, I wish I could say the same about all those citizens of Ukraine and the neighboring countries that were exposed to the radiation and are still suffering from exposure, lack of treatment and major-league incompetence of all those involved.
Meanwhile, we continue to thank our stars for escaping the wrath that resulted from ignorance & sheer incompetence.
Oh, now I remember, this feed and the Lenin reference took me back to the Chernobyl disaster neighborhood.
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