tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15374623.post7719521209692650468..comments2023-11-02T06:43:49.663-04:00Comments on Watergate Summer: December 27th, 2008 Back to Reality: The TVA Christmas Disaster and more...enigma4everhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15374623.post-2980652301524713422008-12-29T13:45:00.000-05:002008-12-29T13:45:00.000-05:00Enigma, GREAT work on bringing this more attention...Enigma, GREAT work on bringing this more attention. It's a complete disaster and no one reports it!!!<BR/><BR/>Now with the attack on Gaza it will get even less *sigh*<BR/><BR/>The irony of the New Deal tie is just... staggering.HelenWheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709287737262543974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15374623.post-63580913430215330552008-12-29T02:24:00.000-05:002008-12-29T02:24:00.000-05:00The mine owners should create a massive jobs progr...The mine owners should create a massive jobs program, scrubbing and mining coal. It should be supervised by the UMWA.<BR/><BR/>A program to get rid of sludge should be incorporated as well.<BR/><BR/>The jobs should be at union wages.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15374623.post-30235517560994943252008-12-28T14:51:00.000-05:002008-12-28T14:51:00.000-05:00unreal --- guess this isnt as exciting as a good p...unreal --- guess this isnt as exciting as a good political scandal --- the media - while collapsing in the face of Bush, also collapses in the face of environmental disasters - not sexy enough. <BR/><BR/>thanks for talking about this --- the damage we are doing to the ecological system will do us in way before any political crap willDistributorcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149154929149577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15374623.post-34415932226718383582008-12-28T12:39:00.000-05:002008-12-28T12:39:00.000-05:00Dave::that is an interesting observation....and de...Dave::<BR/>that is an interesting observation....and dead right...<BR/><BR/>DK::<BR/>it was supposed to be a retention pond for the slurry mix, of slag and fly ash......I can not find out the exact amount or measurements...the "amounts" have been changing by the day...12,000,000 to 54,000,000 pounds according to different Tennessee articles...and yes, it was very old...I have not heard anything about them repairing it, or even setting up berms of any kind of barriers to protect homes...no one seems to care that this is in Drinking water, and that people also use this water source to bath also...<BR/><BR/>National News did cover a little last night- more than mentioning...NBC actually had footage etc...and so did CBS...( CNN has not covered or ABC, )<BR/><BR/>Fran::<BR/>you are right....big huge frigging yowsah mess...enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15374623.post-14139961391225387372008-12-28T11:47:00.000-05:002008-12-28T11:47:00.000-05:00Media censorship and government indifference have ...Media censorship and government indifference have become the new American Way.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting to compare how much the US has treated this kind of event to the ways the old Soviet Union did. <BR/><BR/>It is both frightening and sickening.Dave Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15374623.post-89059961369136458512008-12-27T22:52:00.000-05:002008-12-27T22:52:00.000-05:00It's unclear to me if anyone knows how exactly...It's unclear to me if anyone knows how exactly this happened? A breach (?) caused by what? Unmaintained aged structures, some kind of controlled release gone bad, or what? How big was the holding pond/sink? Is there still more in there waiting to seep out? The vids look like there is TONS of this sludge, covering miles. And they're calling it a "mudslide"? <BR/><BR/>The sludgy ash reminds me of Mt St Helens (yes, I was there), which turned to a concrete-like material that formed an impenetrable cover on the soil. Deadly for all life, animals & plants.D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15374623.post-3686953605838525352008-12-27T21:49:00.000-05:002008-12-27T21:49:00.000-05:00Wow E ~ Quite the news update. Yowsah!Wow E ~ Quite the news update. Yowsah!Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198689517878201943noreply@blogger.com