For those of you who do not know about Ontario Abandoned Places I suggest you check it out. It is a website updated by members and you can upload pictures and locations of local abandoned areas.
This is a link to an album on the Facebook page of the group. There are pictures of a house that I found particularly interesting because some of these houses are literally frozen in time.
I Live in a rural area so abandoned places are not uncommon to come across. In most cases developers have bought the land to tear down the houses and use the land commercially but often the house sits on the land abandoned, unused and crumbling until the developer is ready to start demolition and construction. This can take years. Other circumstances which can lead to a building being abandoned include death, which can result in legal issues over inheritance, settlements, and debt. There are also times when a family just leaves the home for one reason of another, or the landlord decides to stop renting it out and the place sits vacant.
These places are left unmaintained to the point that they are uninhabitable.
Some of these houses contain documents which date them several decades back into the past.
This is a link to an album on the Facebook page of the group. There are pictures of a house that I found particularly interesting because some of these houses are literally frozen in time.
I Live in a rural area so abandoned places are not uncommon to come across. In most cases developers have bought the land to tear down the houses and use the land commercially but often the house sits on the land abandoned, unused and crumbling until the developer is ready to start demolition and construction. This can take years. Other circumstances which can lead to a building being abandoned include death, which can result in legal issues over inheritance, settlements, and debt. There are also times when a family just leaves the home for one reason of another, or the landlord decides to stop renting it out and the place sits vacant.
These places are left unmaintained to the point that they are uninhabitable.
Some of these houses contain documents which date them several decades back into the past.
Photo credit: David Shindler.
[Image via TotallyCoolPix]
Also not my photo, But I am inlove with it.
This is a photo of Chernobyl 25-years after the nuclear explosion that occured in the Ukraine. It is classified as a level 7 event, which is the maximum classification.
Chernobyl is the power plant, and Pripyat is the abandoned city that once housed the workers of Chernobyl. Due to contamination this entire city has been left abandoned. It's former inhabitants experience long term effects including cancer and biological deformities. Yes, there was horror movie (Chernobyl Diaries) made a few years back that depicts a group of tourists exploring this area...and no the people who "live there" do not turn into mutated zombie creatures. But yes, people still do live in this area, thousands of people actually. Most of which work at the plant decommissioning the 3 reactors, the rest are mostly elderly "settlers" who live 30 km away from the zone.
Evacuation was encouraged but not mandatory.
That having said many places, such as the direct "radiation zones" are not safe and those who have the authority to enter them are required to wear safety gear and undergo limited and controlled exposure
Alot of the areas close to the reactor are off limits to the public and therefore the interiors of buildings, schools and homes have been completely preserved since evacuation. There are tours that you can go on that will guide you around the area but entry into buildings is limited and based on the discretion of the guide as well as the structure.
[Image via TotallyCoolPix]
Also not my photo, But I am inlove with it.
This is a photo of Chernobyl 25-years after the nuclear explosion that occured in the Ukraine. It is classified as a level 7 event, which is the maximum classification.
Chernobyl is the power plant, and Pripyat is the abandoned city that once housed the workers of Chernobyl. Due to contamination this entire city has been left abandoned. It's former inhabitants experience long term effects including cancer and biological deformities. Yes, there was horror movie (Chernobyl Diaries) made a few years back that depicts a group of tourists exploring this area...and no the people who "live there" do not turn into mutated zombie creatures. But yes, people still do live in this area, thousands of people actually. Most of which work at the plant decommissioning the 3 reactors, the rest are mostly elderly "settlers" who live 30 km away from the zone.
Evacuation was encouraged but not mandatory.
That having said many places, such as the direct "radiation zones" are not safe and those who have the authority to enter them are required to wear safety gear and undergo limited and controlled exposure
Alot of the areas close to the reactor are off limits to the public and therefore the interiors of buildings, schools and homes have been completely preserved since evacuation. There are tours that you can go on that will guide you around the area but entry into buildings is limited and based on the discretion of the guide as well as the structure.