>1. The evacuations took place while the meltdown was ongoing, evacuating was the sane choice given the available knowledge at the time. Once the accident star

>1. The evacuations took place while the meltdown was ongoing, evacuating was the sane choice given the available knowledge at the time. Once the accident starts, there's maybe a handful of people that really know what's going on, if that. Worse, is if there's a "fog of war"-like scenario where they can't see inside, their sensors aren't working, and they have to send sacrificial humans in to get word back to the control. I keep thinking about this event. Some people might speculate that the fallout level would have been low across Europe as a whole. But, who's to say really until you cross that bridge? And do you really want to cross that bridge to find out? https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-volunteers-divers-nuclear-mission-2016-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-volunteers-divers-...