The truth is there was no real human damage from the crisis at Three Mile Island. This incident occured over 23 years ago and as someone who was born and raised in that area I can assure you that we never felt that our lives were in danger.
If anything TMI was a place were our family could get together for family outdoors fun. The water was excellent for water-skiing and we always had a picnic on the island and we could invite a friend along if we wanted. Since we had been heading to this area since I was 8, I always thought that TMI was the cloud maker. Well that's what my dad told me when I was little so I kinda liked that story.
From time to time people might ask "Where were you when TMI happened". I'll always remember that day because I was in 6th period study hall with Mr. Segro (who would be my algebra teacher next year). We all went to homeroom and then the speakers would call out bus numbers one at a time so that we wouldn't loiter outside too long. The state gave our school along with others in the area pretty much a free week off that we didn't have to make up at the end of summer. The only sad thing was that we had to stay inside all the time and it really was a nice week weather-wise. I believe my brother and I spent the time playing board games and I probably put together a few of my favorite puzzles.
But even after the accident at TMI, my family still continued to have family weekend events at TMI. BTW we would go to the boat area on the west shore which is the opposite of Middletown, the home of TMI. Goldsboro, PA was the town on the opposite side of Middletown and Goldsboro was also the home of Greg Gross, a man who played mainly was a utility infielder/pinch hitter during his careers that included Philadelphia and Houston. Everytime I'd see the "Welcome to Goldsboro, home of Greg Gross" I knew we were 3 miles from Water-skiing fun!
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