Tfklover reports on an event still affecting the world today.

On April 28th, 1986, in Sweden, they started noticing something was wrong. Things started bleeping on the computer screen. The signals said that the radiation levels at the Chernobyl power plant were four or five times too high.

The government of Sweden tried to warn the Soviet Union of this crisis, but they refused to believe them. The Swedes took action, worried about the safety of the people, and used a form of measurement called the Geiger counter to measure radiation levels. When they saw that the radiation levels on the workers' clothing alone was four times too high, the Soviet Union began to make a move.

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SaveAlife provides information on fire safety.

Hello my fellow whyville citizens. Today I would like to tell/remind you something that is very important. I know you hear the lectures all the time at school saying, "To prevent fires, do this, and that, and blah blah blah!" But do you realize how serious fires are? Well some of you have never experienced your home being caught on fire, and let me tell you, it's devastating.

I've experienced a fire before. A few years ago, my garage had caught on fire. We were very lucky for three reasons: 1) The garage caught on fire, and it wasn't connected to the house. So our home was safe! 2) We lived down the street from the fire station, so they saw the smoke. (t was a holiday so we weren't home when the fire happened.) 3) The grill and propane tank was really really close to the fire. If the fire was going for a few more minutes... who knows what would've happened!

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