Registered: May 2001
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I was just trying to figure out what the threat was at Three Mile Island, it was evacuated...no good info..just that they had a credible threat..So, then I looked up all the nuclear power plants in the US, we have a bunch...you east coasters should be glowing!

http://www.mindspring.com/~what/usnuke.html

Az has the US's largest nuclear power plant. Palo Verde, 45 miles outside of Phoenix..produces enough power for 4 million people..

I was trying to figure out how many of our power plants are very close to our airports...

Anyway, Ta Ta for now.......

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I had posted about this not too long ago also...its no fucking joke, we are in a world of shit if some one decides to go that route.

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Yeah, I find the risk of take off and landing from most of our airports to be very risky indeed...For instance, in LA, you take off out over the water then turn back to the city and head east if going east...it would prove difficult to take action quick enough against terrorist on take offs or landings...I wish all flights had air marshals....and the fact that all baggage is not checked for bombs is just horrific! That is how Lockerbee flight went down. Terrorist loaded their bags then didnt get ont the flight...we are wide open to this happening on a mass scale..I will not be flying until it is safe..period! How dare the airlines present that things are safe when very little has changed in the procedures..bastards

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There is also a string of oil refineries in Houston (if im not mistaken) that also poses a very VERY bleak scenario.

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There was an extensive feature on this very issue on 60 Minutes this Sunday. By coincidence, I have a transscript sitting in front of me. A few facts:

The containment walls surrounding nuke reactors are almost impenetrable: six feet of concrete and steel rebar, four inches of solid steel lining. As a test, the Air Force ran a F-4 into an identically constructred wall at 480 mph. The footage was just astonishing. The plane disintegrated. The wall sat there. The deepest point of penetration was, I kid you not, 2.4 inches.

Hitting the reactor with the plane would be a major challenge. The WTC had something in the neighborhood of 280,000 square feet of cross-section. The average dome-shaped nuke plant has a 30,000 square foot cross section, and is so low to the ground that controlling a commercial airliner at full speed is clto impossible.

The transscript isn't available in link form, but I can send it via private email to anyone who's intertested. It's kinda interesting reading.

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Originally posted by CHiPsJr
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thats a wieght off the shoulders eh?

ChipsJr RULES!

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edit, I thought you said "I was hoping youd say that!


sorry

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I was hoping you'd say that...


There, feel better?

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List of viable options for individuals terrified of dying horrifically as a result of a terrorist attack.

Option 1: Paddle to New Zealand in a row boat. Unless the terrorists have suddenly developed a penchant for sodomizing sheep, NZ is probably the last place in the world that is a target for terrorism. You are virtually 100% guarenteed not to die by fire, explosions, or poisonous/biological agents because you'll be spending the better portion of your days herding sheep and milking cows.

Upside: Plenty of gratuitous sex
Downside: Sexual partners are mainly farm animals.


Option 2: Lock yourself in a Bomb Shelter. Hey, its not spacious, comfortable, or entertaining but at least you'll survive, right? Be sure to stock your shelter with enough food, water, and automatic weapons to weather the storm until the radiation settles from the nuclear cataclysm. Just think, after a few decades of complete isolation you can emerge from your shelter and gaze at the sunset with your madness-glazed eyes, satisfied knowing that you are the only human being to survive the apocalypse.

Upside: Lots of parking space, plenty of gratuitous sex.
Downside: Sexual partner is yourself.

On second thought, who wants to live forever?

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Paddle to New Zealand in a row boat.

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Maybe it was Yossarian's to Switzerland?

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They need to update that site

Maine Yankee has been closed down for years. 5 i think

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