{"id":82305,"date":"2017-08-29T10:52:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T14:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=82305"},"modified":"2017-08-29T10:52:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T14:52:23","slug":"nuke-plant-in-harveys-path-requires-major-support-to-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=82305","title":{"rendered":"Nuke Plant in Harvey’s Path Requires Major Support To Stay Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nuclear Worker: \u201cImminent flood coming\u201d near nuke plant from Hurricane Harvey\u2026 \u201cPotentially catastrophic\u201d\u2026 Running out of food\u2026 Working tirelessly to manage problems\u2026 Area turned \u201cupside down\u201d \u2014 Nearby river forecast to rise 50 ft and overtop levees, \u201cMajor Flood Stage\u201d (VIDEO)<\/span><\/h2>\n

By ENENews<\/p>\n

Toronto Star<\/a><\/span>, Aug 27, 2017 (emphasis added): Canadian engineer Raihan Khondker said his family safely left their home in southeastern Texas, but he was forced to return to the Bay City area as part of a support team at a nuclear power plant<\/b>. For three days, Khondker, who is from Toronto, has been working tirelessly to manage \u201cone thing after another,\u201d driving through water-choked streets to bring supplies to engineers at the plant who are running out of food<\/b>. Khondker said houses in his neighbourhood have been turned \u201cupside down,\u201d<\/b> and rising waters in a nearby river threatens to send a potentially catastrophic flood into the area<\/b>. \u201cEvery single creek in the neighbourhood is full,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is an imminent flood coming to Bay City<\/b>, we just don\u2019t know how much water we are going to see.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Wikipedia<\/a><\/span>: The South Texas Nuclear Project Electric Generating Station\u2026 is a nuclear power station southwest of Bay City<\/b>, Texas, United States. The STNP occupies a 12,200-acre (4,900 ha) site on the Colorado River<\/b>\u2026\u00a0Location: Matagorda County<\/b>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Bay City Tribune<\/a><\/span>, Aug 27, 2017: National Weather Service: Rainfall predictions for Matagorda County<\/i>\u2026 Total county precipitation estimated through Friday, Sept. 1 will be 15 to 25 inches. Possible \u201cunprecedented\u201d rainfall<\/b> through Friday. Catastrophic flooding is ongoing with flash flood emergencies<\/b> remaining in effect. The threat for continued additional catastrophic, unprecedented, and life threatening flooding<\/b> continues today and into next week\u2026 Harvey is drifting southeast towards Matagorda Bay\u2026 Tornado threat continues with rain bands coming onshore and moving inland. Have had multiple tornadoes reported with damage<\/b>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Bay City Tribune<\/a><\/span>, Aug 27, 2017: 48-hour rainfall estimates for Matagorda County is 12.89 inches with parts of the county receiving over 20 inches\u2026 The Bay City police department has reported they are receiving over 100 calls per hour. Currently Matagorda County is still under a mandatory evacuation<\/b>. According to EOC chair Judge Nate McDonald and Sheriff Skipper Osborne, the only people allowed to enter must have proper credentials. The list includes persons with a red EOC badge affixed to their driver\u2019s license, plant workers with plant ID to go to work<\/b>, essential city, county and district employees\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The Weather Channel<\/a><\/span>, Aug 27, 2017: The [Colorado] river may overtop levees by several feet in Bay City<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to National Weather Service<\/span><\/a>, the Colorado River near Bay City was at a depth of around 2 feet on Aug 24, 2017. The river is forecast to be over 51 ft this week, an increase of nearly 50 feet \u2014 and at a \u201cMajor Flood Stage\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/a><\/span>, Aug 27, 2017: [C]atastrophic flooding continues to plague Southeast Texas in the wake of the storm. The worst fears of flooding have been realized<\/b> with Harvey. Close to three feet of rain has already fallen in Southeast Texas, and there\u2019s still more to come. It\u2019s the most extreme rainfall the region has ever witnessed<\/b>\u2026 The National Hurricane Center said isolated storm rainfall totals could reach 50 inches, which would rival some of the most extreme rain events in U.S. history<\/b> and break the state rainfall record in Texas\u2026 \u201cThis disaster\u2019s going to be a landmark event,\u201d Brock Long, FEMA administrator, said on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d program. \u201cThis is a storm that the United States has not seen yet<\/b>.\u201d\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

ABC News<\/a><\/span>, Aug 27, 2017: \u201cThis event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced<\/b>,\u201d the National Weather Service (NWS) tweeted this morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch ABC\u2019s broadcast here<\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nuclear Worker: \u201cImminent flood coming\u201d near nuke plant from Hurricane Harvey\u2026 \u201cPotentially catastrophic\u201d\u2026 Running out of food\u2026 Working tirelessly to manage problems\u2026 Area turned \u201cupside down\u201d \u2014 Nearby river forecast to rise 50 ft and overtop levees, \u201cMajor Flood Stage\u201d … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}