tva disaster

In the early morning hours of December 22 life for many in Harriman Tennessee changed forever.  An earthen dam which held back, by some estimated, 500 million gallons of sludge laden with coal ash from the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) power plant.  Homes were destroyed, land and water contaminated.  This dam according to TVA spokesman was "inspected regularly"
So too is the sludge dam above Marsh Fork Elementary in Raleigh County WVa.   The only difference is that the dam that hovers above the children each day in school is that it holds 2.8 BILLION gallons (over 5X what the TVA dam held), and that estimate is from old numbers attained before the coal company increased the sludge impoundments size by over 6 acres without a permit.

I ask why worry, its "inspected regularly" and that seems to satisfy most.

My prayers go out to those in Harriman.