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Sat. – Water is still RISING in many counties in NC –

“…Thirty flood gauges in North and South Carolina showed flooding on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
A week after Florence made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, North Carolina is still feeling its effects, Governor Roy Cooper said. “Some locations won’t see rivers crest until this weekend and flooding won’t subside until next week,”  ….”

” . . . The coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina, was still mostly cut off by floodwaters on Friday….”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-florence/south-carolina-communities-race-to-beat-dangerous-flooding-idUSKCN1M20DC

Rivers in Flood Stage Map –  https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/index.php?id=flood&sid=w__map&r=nc : 

Brunswick nuke plant is in shut-down-restart-on-off status like flickering light bulb. All we know from anyone is what the NRC is saying …. that they are on top of everything and they had a 2 hour head start to try an instant shut down of 2 big Fukushima-style nuclear reactors sitting at the mouth of a major river AND near a surging ocean  before hurricane Florence hit. We have nothing but a short NRC report about shutting down both reactors after the fact and some mild statements from Duke Energy’s spokesman.

The local and national press has not challenged the NRC’s claims the plant is perfectly safe, instead they dwell on what workers had for breakfast. They didn’t ask about control room electricity which Duke said had “off-site power”. Over 98% of the electricity was down in the county at the time.

They also aren’t asking how an emergency like a fire or inside flooding is going to be handled with NO ROAD ACCESS TO THE PLANT. No firetrucks can come over and extra staff or National Guardsmen can only arrive by small boats. The public has no idea if any skilled nuclear workers are standing by to help in an emergency.

With all of the news video and photos of the flooded towns and roadways we cannot find a single photo or video showing Brunswick nuke plant even though they show everything else around Wilmington. Is there water inside the plant at this point? If there isn’t, why don’t they prove it? Why hasn’t Duke Energy allowed the press to come to the plant with the workers if everything is so under control? Did any media even ask to go out there? 

We know the current flooding (getting worse this weekend) has cut off roads all across the state –

Florence damaged hundreds of NC roads and bridges. When will they be repaired?

If there is an emergency at Brunswick or at Vogtle or any other nuke plant in the flooded southeast states HOW CAN THE PUBLIC EVACUATE?

Katrina was a bad enough non-evacuation … this could be 10 times worse. 100 times worse.

FEMA –

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program [PDF]

The Mass Evacuation Incident Annex to the National Response Framework   [PDF]

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