Last edited Fri Feb 14, 2014, 11:25 AM - Edit history (1)
TRMS:
“…And now that
Duke Energy has dump 73 Olympic size swimming pools worth of toxic sludge into North Carolina waterways, how has the Governor from Duke Energy handled the matter?….Well,..The spill began on SuperBowl Sunday, on February 2nd,…with 82,000 tons of coal-ash gunk just glunking out from this forty-eight inch storm water pipe at the Dan River power plant. Those
tons of sludge contain materials like LEAD and ARSENIC and MERCURY…and all of that stuff flowed out of the pipe for nearly a week! The people of North Carolina were not told anything was wrong until a day after the pipe had ruptured and then BOTH the company and State failed to relay accurately just how big the leak was.
Governor Pat McCrory did NOT make ANY PUBLIC STATEMENT about this disaster until FOUR DAYS AFTER IT HAPPENED. It happened on Sunday,…he didn’t say anything on Sunday…didn’t anything on Monday,..didn’t say anything on Tuesday,…didn’t say anything on Wednesday,…..Thursday??…..Oh, there’s the Governor,…finally, on DAY 4 he showed up at the spill site and talked about how tough he’s been on the industry and how they’re going to have to clean this mess up.
He put out a Press-Release that day “ Governor McCrory Directs Duke Energy to Bring Coal Ash Spill Under Control. The Governor’s press release telling people quote:
“..As of Thursday afternoon, downstream municipal water supplies remain unaffected and are reporting that DRINKING WATER IN THEIR COMMUNITIES IS SAFE TO DRINK.”
That was from Governor McCrory’s office 4 days into the spill.
Well now State Health Officials are saying Not only DO NOT DRINK WATER FROM THE DAN RIVER….DO NOT TOUCH WATER FROM THE DAN RIVER,…CERTAINLY, DO NOT EAT ANY FISH THAT HAS BEEN IN IT,……BEWARE OF THE ARSENIC, COPPER, IRON AND ALUMINIUM IN THE RIVER AT LEVELS ABOVE STATE STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER QUALITY”
If you were just going from Pat McCrory’s advice though, right….’Its safe to drink, everything is fine’…….Its hard to believe that its MORE UNSAFE NOW THAN A WEEK CLOSER TO THE SPILL WHEN HE SAID THAT EVERYTHING WAS SAFE,….but hey, maybe you can undrink anything you might have drunk and you can untouch any water you might have touched in the ensuing week.
watch video at 6:41
/ [div]
= new reply since forum marked as read
