White Horse

My husband and I watched a documentary last night on demand called White Horse. I'm not a documentary kind of gal, but I can get into them from time to time. I wanted to watch this particular one because it deals with the Chernobyl Disaster from 1986.

The film follows a man, Maxim Surkov, back to his childhood home in Chernobyl for the first time in 21 years. It is a powerful film, not only to see the emotion in Maxim, but to see the ghost town Chernobyl and what terror a nuclear disaster can wreak.

I recommend taking the time to watch it. I felt like it was a good eye opener of what kind of dangers there are behind man-made energy. Yes, there is natural nuclear energy- but I'm talking about nuclear reactors inside nuclear power plants. After the earthquake and impending nuclear meltdowns in Japan I have sparked an interest in the subject.

I'm not going to go on a save-the-planet rant here, I'll save it for another day. But check out the documentary. It's only 20 minutes or so. It will give you a sense of the magnitude of what could happen in Japan.