I just found out that two family friends here in Texas (unrelated to each other) were recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer, a very slow-growing and generally non-life threatening form of the disease. The consensus of the doctors and experts involved is that the cancer was likely caused by fallout from Chernobyl. We were all living in Europe at the time, and a sizable cloud of radiation passed over the town we lived in. I remember being advised through most of my childhood to not eat reindeer meat and various other products due to possible contamination.
There's no truly accurate way to define the scope of that tragedy, but some people say that upwards of 200,000 will have eventually died or been stricken by radiation related cancers. Something like 50 or 60 people died as a direct result of the explosion and radiation, and there are many thousands of known cases of nonlethal cancers. So anyway, now I have to have an MRI to see if those commie bastards have given me superpowers. (I bet you thought I was going to segue into
s.)
My physician, Dr. Freeman, couldn't tell me exactly how an MRI would detect superpowers, though he did remark rather cryptically that hopefully it wouldn't cause a resonance cascade, whatever the fuck that means.
The moral of this story? If you were anywhere near Chernobyl when it threw its little tantrum, now would be a good time to have your junk checked.
There's no truly accurate way to define the scope of that tragedy, but some people say that upwards of 200,000 will have eventually died or been stricken by radiation related cancers. Something like 50 or 60 people died as a direct result of the explosion and radiation, and there are many thousands of known cases of nonlethal cancers. So anyway, now I have to have an MRI to see if those commie bastards have given me superpowers. (I bet you thought I was going to segue into
s.)My physician, Dr. Freeman, couldn't tell me exactly how an MRI would detect superpowers, though he did remark rather cryptically that hopefully it wouldn't cause a resonance cascade, whatever the fuck that means.
The moral of this story? If you were anywhere near Chernobyl when it threw its little tantrum, now would be a good time to have your junk checked.
I was waiting for the Fresh Prince of Bell Aire thing or something... it's sad that this is true.
i'll be thinking of you. let us know asap when you find out something. i'm sure this is a weird position to be in. 
