First, I am so glad everyone is participating in this blog. It seems to be allowing a safe place for everyone to voice their concerns and hopefully a place for each of us to learn from others while discerning from God what to do. This reminds me of a scripture from John 16 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come." John 16 12-12
Ok, on to the third question:
If we kept the campgrounds, what are your thoughts on it being so close to a potential nuclear power plant? And/or what are your thoughts about what others may think about it being so close to the plant?
~Blessings
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The seclusion that we have adds a comfort level to the camping experience. Adding noise and traffic to the area, if I am understanding correctly, will definitely take away from the ability to enjoy ourselves there. I don't feel a concern as far as having the nuclear plant around, my concern is primarily for the trucks, cars, and unfamiliar,unwanting faces it will bring. This could at times handicap our abilities to worship. I am unsure of how spiritual a campfire could be ,for example, if half way through it is drowned by the sound of second shift leaving for home.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that most of the land will be for required "buffers" that power plants have. SO it would be good to know whether or not "second shift" would really be that close to us. If it didn't affect the "spirit" , I say sell some of the land, and upgrade the current campground...all of this is assuming that the campground is currently financially stable enough to support itself. If not, then we may need to face facts.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I understand is that the structure/compound/building will be over a mile from the portion of the grounds that we use. At the meeting in Milton, the issue was addressed. If my memory is correct, the Board had spoken with a Southern Power Representative, who said that the odds of us being able to see or hear the structure would be very low.
ReplyDeleteIf safety measures for industrial compounds have improved, the concern of accidental radioactive discharge would be minimal. However, I don't think installing some sort of warning system around the campgrounds would be unreasonable. In case of an accident, a warning system would allow people staying on the grounds to be evacuated in a timely manner. I would be interested to know if the power company has provided this to surrounding areas with other plants.
If there were an accident there is no "in time". IF it goes up totally then everything with 10 miles is dead. but they claim that won't happen.
ReplyDeleteSounds like fear of the unknown, AKA ignorance. Nuclear power plants are actually one of the safest from an accident incidents numbers perspective. Unfornatately, people only remember 3 Mile Island and Chernobyl.
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