stenerogtordis: Ghost Towns

Av en eller annen grunn er jeg fullstendig betatt av Ghost Towns. Det blir liksom en slags "Timekapsel", et minne om en svunnen tid, historien om byer som ble bygget, bodd i, og forlatt. Pripyat i Ukraina ble evakuert etter Tsjernobylulykka i 1986, jeg synes det var den verste katastrofa ever..

I USA er det mange Ghost Towns fra 1800-tallet, men der ble de som regel forlatt i forbindelse med gruvedrift som enten ikke lønte seg lenger, eller fordi gruvene ble tømt. Gruvedriften baserte seg som regel på gull, sølv eller kull.

Det finnes Ghost Towns i mange flere land, men det er disse fra USA og byen Pripyat som fascinerer meg mest.

Det er noe med disse stedene, man kan liksom forestille seg hvordan det var da de var bebodd. Masse mennesker som levde livene sine der, hvem var de? Hva gjorde de? Hadde de et godt liv der, eller måtte de slite hardt for føden? Sånne ting synes jeg er så spennende å tenke på, jeg er nok litt nostalgisk.

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For some reason, I am completely captivated by Ghost Towns. It's some kind of a "Time Capsule", a reminder of a bygone era, the history of cities that were built, lived in, and abandoned. The town of Pripyat in Ukraine was evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, I think it was the worst scenario ever.

In the United States there are many Ghost Towns from the eighteenth century , but there they were usually abandoned related to mining that either not paid off anymore or that the mines were emptied. Mining was based generally on gold, silver or coal.

There are Ghost Towns in ceveral more countries, but there are those from the United States and the city Pripyat that fascinates me the most.

There is something about these places, you can sort of imagine what it was like when they were inhabited. Lots of people who lived their lives there, who were they? What did they do? Did they have a good life there, or did they struggle hard to survive? Things like that I think is so captivated to think about, I must be a little nostalgic I think.

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Bildene har jeg lånt fra GhostTownGallery.com , der man kan lese mer, og se masse flotte bilder! Link under.
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This photos I have borrowed from GhostTownGallery.com, where you can read more and see lots of great pictures! Link:

http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/

Pripyat i Ukraina er en annen slags Ghost Town. Byen ble forlatt i all hast i den 26 April 1986 pga Tsjernobyl ulykka. Byens borgere fikk bare minutter på seg til å evakuere, men ble lovt at de snart skulle få komme tilbake til sine hjem. Byen er fortsatt ubebodd... Antagelig vil graden av bequerel aldri nå ned på verdier som gjør det mulig å bo der.

Men fortsatt bor det noen gamle "babouschkaer" der, eldre damer som nekter å flytte fra hjemmene sine der de har bodd hele sitt liv. De fleste er rundt 80 år gamle, og av en eller annen grunn virker de helt upåvirket av det høye nivået ev bequerel. Pripyat hadde en befolkning på 49 360 da katastrofen i reaktor 4 var et faktum.

Pripyat in Ukraine is a different sort of Ghost Town. The city was abandoned in a hurry in April 26, 1986 due to the Chernobyl disaster. The citizens were given only minutes to evacuate, but were promised that they would soon be allowed to return to their homes. The city is still uninhabited... Presumably, the degree of Bequerel never reach down to values that make it possible to live there.

But still there are living some old "babouschkaes" there, elderly ladies who refuse to leave their homes where they have lived all their lives. Most are around 80 years old and for some reason they seem totally unaffected by the high level of Bequerel. Pripyat had a population of 49,360 when the disaster in reactor 4 was a fact.