tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post5382361272309236087..comments2024-01-03T19:31:59.663-05:00Comments on Blast Furnace Canada Blog: Remember Three Mile Island?BlastFurnacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561725837264524099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post-61813873084910930512009-03-28T17:45:00.000-04:002009-03-28T17:45:00.000-04:00Thanks JB. As a sidebar, I remember two really g...Thanks JB. As a sidebar, I remember two really good editorial cartoons from the time. One showed a guy driving a tractor towing a flatbed -- on which was the entire state of Pennsylvania. He was pulling up to the first tollgate in the next state (I presume it was the Ohio Turnpike) and asked the collector: "Which way to the nuclear decontamination zone?"<BR/><BR/>The second were two BlastFurnacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561725837264524099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post-54636196615896669892009-03-28T16:32:00.000-04:002009-03-28T16:32:00.000-04:00Whooee! Good piece, Robert.We're only just learnin...Whooee! Good piece, Robert.<BR/><BR/>We're only just learning about the cover-ups at TMI.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.counterpunch.org/wasserman03242009.html" REL="nofollow">People died</A>.<BR/><BR/>Also: <BR/><A HREF="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/stories/political-habitat-the-lie-of-three-mile-island" REL="nofollow">In 1983, Metropolitan Edison was busted for falsifying documents JimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post-56972109345325212662009-03-28T14:13:00.000-04:002009-03-28T14:13:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comment, dblbassbill. It may be tr...Thanks for the comment, dblbassbill. It may be true there were no deaths or injuries caused by TMI but the coverup and changing stories those first few days is what still sticks out in many people's minds. I was only six at the time, but even then the bs detector in my little head was reading "red alert, these guys are effing liars."<BR/><BR/>If they had told the truth the first time, there BlastFurnacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561725837264524099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post-696522797062069662009-03-28T14:03:00.000-04:002009-03-28T14:03:00.000-04:00nsesThree mile island is a classic case of people ...nsesThree mile island is a classic case of people over reacting to evidence that isn't there. much of what is said about tmi sounds like conspiracy theories and plain nonsense. while the safety systems worked the embarrassing handling of the aftermath by the plant operator has made room for cranks to yell about unfounded disaster. If tmi released enough radiation to cause serious health problems dblbassbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011073408836618476noreply@blogger.com