President Bush in Biloxi after Katrina.
You are full of it.
Posted on 04/28/2011 10:16:33 AM PDT by CedarDave
Wednesday’s storms took out all of TVA’s electric power transmission lines in Mississippi and North Alabama, and forced Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant unto diesel backup power and into emergency and automatic cold shutdown.
Bill McCollum, the chief operating officer of Tennessee Valley Authority, said it may be weeks before power can be restored to all of the 300,000 customers whose power is supplied by the federal utility.
“With the level of damage we have, it will be — we hope it will be days until we get most of the customers back on, but it will be weeks before we’ve fully repaired all of the damage,” he said.
McCollum said the reactors, now being cooled by backup diesel power, are safe.
He said the spent fuel pools also are being cooled by backup diesel power and are safe.
The transmission lines are the monster power lines that carry electricity from TVA power plants to power distributors such as EPB and Huntsville Utilities.
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Don’t worry, I hear homeland security is on the scene and they will take care of everything... lol
Oh, that makes me feel so much safer.....NOT!!! Picturing the keystone cops.
So what happens when an F5 tornado hits the backup generators?
Same as Japan, pump in seawater!!
Not-so-funny humor aside, I presume they would use fresh water that is available adjacent to the plant. Hopefully the generators are in tornado-proof enclosures.
They probably still have the hand pumps around from the last time it nearly melted down. That is what saved the region when they had a control room fire in the 70’s.
“control room fire in the 70’s.”
You mean the one from the use of candles in the control cable spaces?
I have family in Huntsville, From what I’m told its a ghost town. No power, no stores open. Huntsville Hospital has cancelled all surgeries.
To top it all off I now hear about Browns Ferry shutting down. Praying all is resolved quickly
The diesels are housed within the concrete reactor building. While they could, perhaps be vulnerable to flooding, not so much for a tornado. The reactor building IS the tornado shelter at most plants and would be quite safe, thank you.
Will he respond this time? - Maybe this = with 300+ and climbing deaths, it will require TWO rounds of golf?
I remember in disasters like this, Bush would be boots on the ground, looking at the damage, listening, comforting and hugging survivors - handing our water.
He CARED about our country and about Americans/
Except for when he flew over the Katrina damage looking out the window.
He CARED about our country and about Americans/
He cared about people people in his own social class, members of the military, illegal aliens, Iraqis and Ugandans. The rest of us got screwed.
I agree. I was in Tuscaloosa in the 70’s when the same area was hit with a small tornado. I chased the things while in Tuscaloosa for the NWS,Ham Radio operator, the closest we had to this one was when a small town N. of Tuscaloosa was wiped out. The only humorous one, no loss of life or major property damage, was when the NWS radar in Centerville, Al was taken out by a direct hit and the radar operators continued to operate until the tower went down. We all thought they were nuts for not running for the shelter. Luckily they only lost the tower.
My daughters father-in-law lives outside Muscle Shoals, I guess I’d better call the son-in-law and check on him. I was focused on Tuscaloosa and didn’t think about that area until this report.
Prayers are definitely in order for all of the victims.
What do you here about power being restored there in Huntsville? You didn’t get hit badly, did you?
“What do you here about power being restored there in Huntsville?”
Per the presser just on WHNT, It will take TVA 5-7 days to get the transmission lines back up, and another 48 hours after that to begin restoring local power.
Huntsville Utilities guy on WHNT right NOW, saying it may be one to two WEEKS.
They MAY be able to get some power by Monday, but it won’t be enough for anything more than the water system and hospitals.
The article is not entirely true - there is one 161 kV transmission line in service providing an off-site power source. However, since it is the only source, they’re running 7 of the 8 diesels on site to supply most of the plant’s needs. The 8th diesel was out for maintenance at the time of the tornado outbreak and is expected to be brought on line today. There was a 15 minute period when all off-site sources were out, but one line was restored at that time.
As of this morning, TVA had some 77 major transmission lines out of service, mostly concentrated in Alabama, southern Mississippi, and eastern Tennessee. They estimated the number of customers without power that are supplied by TVA’s distributors to be around 322,000 this AM, based on figures given to TVA by the various power distribution entities in TVA’s territory.
That is just baloney and the worst cheap shot imaniginable. Where was he supposed to land when LA was under total emergency? He was told to stay out at that moment by the Governor. He came back in short order.
My husband made a trip to N.O. in October to rescue a flooded company and bring the work north. The town was still mostly shut down. The company he visited had no electricity, no fresh water, no telephones, no workforce, no AC, water was still standing in the warehouse, and mold was climbing up the walls.
Through miscommunication via our travel agent, he thought he had a reservation at a hotel on Canal Street. When he got out of the cab, he and his friend were stopped by Feds with AK 47s and told he couldn't stay there because the entire hotel had been taken over by FEMA and cadaver dogs. After negotiations he and his friend were allowed to stay, with stringent rules placed upon them. This was 6 weeks after the storm.
My point is that 2 days after the winds calmed, LA did NOT need a Presidential visit and all the security that goes with it.
He cared about people people in his own social class, members of the military, illegal aliens, Iraqis and Ugandans. The rest of us got screwed.
That is just bovine excrement and unworthy. I've met former President Bush on several occasions, as well as his wife. They are 2 of the most gracious and down to earth people you would ever want to meet. I am nobody, yet they treated me as somebody. You are just plain off base here.
Disagree with the man's policies, if you must, but don't disgrace this forum by telling lies about him. You sound like Daily Kos or DU.
President Bush in Biloxi after Katrina.
You are full of it.
Re your post to Moonman62, araidfortherepublic, can I adopt you? I’m too old to propose, so adoption would have to do.
Moonman62, your post was a replica of your tag line.
Your response to moonman62 was a work of art. Thank you for saying everything I was thinking.
Moonmn62, your tagline describes yourself perfectly.
Dang. That is two US Nuclear Plants losing external power due to Tornado damage in one month. Guess we have to hope no plant takes a direct hit knocking out the generators.
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