Chernobyl blew all of us inside our flat for weeks...
While living in Neu Ulm Germany (pre-Berlin wall tear-down), a reactor at Chernobyl blew, devastating an entire country and sending much of Europe into a panic.
I was a toddler, with 5 older siblings. Children and non-essential US Army persons (spouses, civilians, children, pets, etc) were to stay inside our homes. Period. There was an eerie dust that settled over the entire city outside our window. If you've seen footage of 9/11, you know what it looked like. Scary thing? We were in a different country; so the devastation was of epic proportions.
With a potentially radio-active dust everywhere, we were all, all 7 of us: Mom, 3 boys and 3 girls, cooped up with no television - we didn't have one until 1990 -, no fresh air, no sunshine, and plenty of boredom.
Let's see, one of the boys had a sax, our oldest brother and sister had recorders, one boy knew how to play the piano, one sister could sing, and I had my toys and dolls - what? I was 4!. We also had several board games - it was the 80's! We were accustomed to playing Bible Trivia board games once a day as a family after Devotion, Bible Reading and Prayer as a family. Somehow, we managed to survive unscathed, God bless our Mom. Although I didn't envy the soldiers and clean-up crew outside. They had to wear hazmat suits and/or those huge gas masks that made them look like monsters to my little eyes.
Thankfully, our little city was spared any illness or harm.
Catch ya later!
While living in Neu Ulm Germany (pre-Berlin wall tear-down), a reactor at Chernobyl blew, devastating an entire country and sending much of Europe into a panic.
I was a toddler, with 5 older siblings. Children and non-essential US Army persons (spouses, civilians, children, pets, etc) were to stay inside our homes. Period. There was an eerie dust that settled over the entire city outside our window. If you've seen footage of 9/11, you know what it looked like. Scary thing? We were in a different country; so the devastation was of epic proportions.
With a potentially radio-active dust everywhere, we were all, all 7 of us: Mom, 3 boys and 3 girls, cooped up with no television - we didn't have one until 1990 -, no fresh air, no sunshine, and plenty of boredom.
Let's see, one of the boys had a sax, our oldest brother and sister had recorders, one boy knew how to play the piano, one sister could sing, and I had my toys and dolls - what? I was 4!. We also had several board games - it was the 80's! We were accustomed to playing Bible Trivia board games once a day as a family after Devotion, Bible Reading and Prayer as a family. Somehow, we managed to survive unscathed, God bless our Mom. Although I didn't envy the soldiers and clean-up crew outside. They had to wear hazmat suits and/or those huge gas masks that made them look like monsters to my little eyes.
Thankfully, our little city was spared any illness or harm.
Catch ya later!
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