Nuclear terror alert spreads by SMS

Residents of several Hungarian cities and towns are reported to have spent the second half of this week in a state of utter panic over unverified reports that a nuclear reactor in a neighboring country had melted down, sending plumes of lethal radioactivity over Hungary, reports Pestiside.hu.

"According to this report, the nuclear terror was spread via e-mail and SMS.

The warnings, which cited well-known Hungarian media as sources, spoke of accidents at the infamous Chernobyl reactor complex in Ukraine, as well as plants in the Czech and Slovak Republics.

Happily for Hungary, the reports are totally bogus."

emily | 2:28 PM | News, Buzz |
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