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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:15 PM Original message |
TVA Tennessee Disaster: Much Worse than Imagined and Radioactive! |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Tennessee troglodytes.. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. There are people here on DU |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. thats a big ole pile of |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. I live about 40 miles east of the area. Some people here still are not |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Thank you for that local point of view. An important one. n/t |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. The well water is probably safe right now, but that might not be the case later. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Both good and true points. Fortunately, it hasn't stopped raining here in over a month..:-) |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Please tell me that you're kidding re: not toxic and just in the |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's unsettling to say the least that this hasn't had more media coverage. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not a bad idea - he could at least get his "environmental" team on it after Jan 20th. n/t |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe It's Not Front And Center Because You're Overdramatizing It? |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. only you would say that |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Actually, I'm Sure An Overwhelming Majority Of Clear Rationally Thinking Intelligent People Would, |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. What an absolute and utter display of ignorance. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. No kidding. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I had not known that coal ash is radioactive |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It's not radioactive at levels that could be dangerous. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I think the qualifier in that statement was "man-made disaster", and I'm not certain |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I read worse than Exxon-Valdez |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Coal Power releases more radioactivity per Watt than Nuclear. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here are slides of the area and a link to a short video about coal ash. |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Proof positive that 'clean coal' is an oxymoron. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. They don't advertise that that radioactive material is also going up their chimneys. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. In theory, new emission controls on coal-fired plants... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. I can't believe it, I just told a co-worker here in Nashville about the TVA spill |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thank you for posting this. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. kicked and rec'd. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. K & R ... |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Harriman coal ash coverage - watch this angry TN resident |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. recommendations from SouthKnoxBubba |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. BREAKING NEWS: Class action "private nuisance" lawsuit against TVA |
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enuegii (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. And, of course, TVA will pass on the costs of any legal actions to their customers. n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. Don't expect M$Greedia to cover this |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
35. Lax environmental regulation is one of Tennessee's "competitive advantages". nt |
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quidam56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
36. Bush/Cheney are TOXIC TERRORISTS to Appalachia |
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