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[Phred42]

Coal Ash Spill Is Much Larger Than Initially Estimated
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/us/27sludge.html

A coal ash spill that blanketed residential neighborhoods and contaminated nearby rivers in Roane County, Tenn., earlier this week is more than three times larger than initially estimated, the Tennessee Valley Authority said on Thursday.

Coal ash, a byproduct of burning coal, contains toxic heavy metals like arsenic, lead and selenium that can cause cancer and neurological problems.

Authority officials initially said that about 1.7 million cubic yards of wet coal ash had spilled when the earthen retaining wall of an ash pond breached, but on Thursday they released the results of an aerial survey that showed the actual amount was 5.4 million cubic yards, or enough to flood more than 3,000 acres one foot deep. The amount now said to have been spilled is larger than the amount the Authority initially said was in the pond, 2.6 million cubic yards

[sakabatou]

1. Poignant

[Buzz Clik]

2. What are we looking at, Phred?

[Phred42]

4. updated

[Phred42]

3. the TVA Fly ash FLood Edited the original

[hunter]

5. Better than nuclear power!

:hide: Important notice to the clueless: This post is cynical sarcastic flamebait.

[Phred42]

6. better duck

:spank:

That's a lame rational for Coal

[Hydra]

7. "Clean coal will save us!"

"Is that you Jebus?"

[gtar100]

8. Can somebody remind me why the media tells me that Americans are such wonderful, neighbourly people?

...the actual amount was 5.4 million cubic yards... The amount now said to have been spilled is larger than the amount the Authority initially said was in the pond, 2.6 million cubic yards

In America, "other" people are just a commodity, a means to higher profit. This "Authority" is a group of people, they have names and faces. And they lied. So they must have known that something was wrong and they chose to hide it. In today's America, that's not so unusual. Because these kind of decisions are hidden behind the face of a company, a corporation, an Authority.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Well, it's been well washed with purest rain water ...

so most of the nasties are now in the water. :yuck: