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Catastrophe in Tennessee

Greetings all,

I know that this is off topic. But, I hope that the moderators will allow it. There is an environmental catastrophe that occurred in Tennessee that is getting almost no national attention. I need to get the word out and hopefully encourage you all to spread the word as well.

We have just had an enormous environmental disaster in Tennessee and the media is keeping silent. I am not sure if there is a "conspiracy" behind the silence, but the magnitude of this disaster and the lack of coverage is absolutely shocking.

On Monday, a retaining wall failed at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in Roane County and sent 500 million gallons of sludgy coal ash into tributaries of the Tennessee River. Coal ash—the waste product left over after coal is burned—contains mercury and dangerous heavy metals like lead and arsenic. Twelve homes were engulfed in the slide, and the water supply for Chattanooga and other downstream communities in Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky is now threatened.

Just to put this into perspective, the Exxon Valdez spilled just over 10 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound in 1989.

So, I would say that this disaster can officially be termed a catastrophe. Yet, aside from local coverage in Tennessee, the word does not seem to be getting out.

You can see aerial footage of the spill here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnJUSHpTm-E

And, there is some local coverage of the catastrophe at these links:
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20081223/GREEN02/812230370

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20081224/GREEN0201/812240420/0/GREEN02

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20081223/GREEN02/81223065/0/GREEN02

I urge you all to take action and send a message to Tennessee's Governor Bredesen by signing this petition:

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/coal_spill_tn/?r_by=-735925-8zgM.Hx&rc=paste

I also please ask that you spread the word about this catastrophe. If we do not get the word out, I think that this one will be buried as we enter the holiday news season.

It is unbelievable that this is not on the front page of every paper in this country. Please help.

Kevin

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