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MrClean

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I noticed that there was a major toxic spill in Tennessee, twice as bad as the Exxon Valdese spill. As I was reading the story, I was wondering how the heck a utility company was allowed to hold all this toxic coal ash with a earthen dam. But as I read on, I learned that not only is TVA the largest utility company in the county, they are owned by the government. I can only imagine that any other company would have been fined and required to use a more structurally safe/sound method for containing the 'toxic sludge'. But instead the government owned utility destroyed over a dozen homes and caused what some are saying, is permanent damage to the river that is nearby. The TVA mine is about 35 miles from Knoxville and experts are concerned about drinking water refineries in the area. Dead fish were spotted washing up on shore all along the river (didn't catch the name) that the spill made its way into.

Some things our government does/gets away with really pisses me off! I'm sure whatever the outcome is, just like the 'bail-out' all the taxpayers in America will be paying for it, for years to come.
 
It was only about 8 years ago that many heads rolled due to graft and waste within the TVA. I'm now living in Knoxville, and I find it very interesting that there is not much on the local news about the washout.
When I first moved down here I lived across the highway from one of their coal ash dumps. It was constantly being closed while errors were being repaired after inspections. At the time TVA was being built (59 dams and several locks) it was the largest project ever undertaken by the U.S. Government.
 
yep, its east of knoxville in kingston, seems like mums the word, have not seen any major stations covering it yet. my wifes manages a local radio station in winchester,tn, bout 40 miles west of chatt, they cannot get any updated info at the moment..
 
really? its that covered up already??? go snoop around Rolex and Geronimo!!! lol....
 
no word as of yet, its locked down tighter than roswell weather ballon caper.( cough cough).
if history dictates ,it will come down to a minor incedent with no long term effects(cough cough). the three headed deer will be a biproduct of global warming, with no direct connecton to the tva spill of 2008. our goverment is the standard . for all to follow.
 
geronimo said:
no word as of yet, its locked down tighter than roswell weather ballon caper.( cough cough).
if history dictates ,it will come down to a minor incedent with no long term effects(cough cough). the three headed deer will be a biproduct of global warming, with no direct connecton to the tva spill of 2008. our goverment is the standard . for all to follow.
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Are you sure you're not a spin doctor for the government PR department? :confused:


:hehe:
 
Oak Ridge National Laboratories. That's the secret plant where the nuclear
bomb was developed for WWII. The Manhattan project.
The spill was unrelated to that. Fortunately.
 
LOL, noo. my dad did work for tva tho, during the 70s as an elec engineer, think he kind of got fed up with whole outfit, ether they laid him off or he quit,( he passed in 79). point is, we may never know. gov has there way of making mountains into mole hills.lord knows i love my country, but enough is enough, if that ash seeps enough and gets into the water table, hundreds upon hundreds of square miles could be effected. imo ,thats no mole hill.
 
Interesting that the local news seems to have been 'bought off' with a 'no big deal' attitude. All the info I've gotten so far is from CNN, and according to them it's covered 300 acres and it's over one billion gallons. The fly ash that comes out of their coal burning plants is nasty stuff, containing sulphur and mercury along with all kinds of other nasty things.
What comes out of those stacks eats the paint off the tops of cars, so you better believe that it will wreak some havoc in the water supply.
 
Rolex said:
Interesting that the local news seems to have been 'bought off' with a 'no big deal' attitude. All the info I've gotten so far is from CNN, and according to them it's covered 300 acres and it's over one billion gallons. The fly ash that comes out of their coal burning plants is nasty stuff, containing sulphur and mercury along with all kinds of other nasty things.
What comes out of those stacks eats the paint off the tops of cars, so you better believe that it will wreak some havoc in the water supply.
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sad part is we may not no the full effect for years to come, (senerio)pregent women eats a nice home grown organic tomato, watered from a near by stream.child is born with elevated mercury levels.:(
 
RoaneViews on TVA's spill

I've been negligent in not noting many posts at RoaneViews. Let's rectify that:

We tried to drive back to the spill site but TVA became irate when we pulled off the road and tried to take some pictures - Matt and I were detained for almost an hour at a check point yesterday - TVA personnel appear to be under great strain, which is understandable but IMO they over-reacted. All we were doing was taking photos. This is a similar situation to what happened in Martin County - they block the roads for "public safety." Even the media is having trouble getting access now.

Emergency Meeting of the Kingston City Council

Posted by Michael Silence on December 27, 2008 at 4:25 PM
 

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