florida s oldest nuclear power plant. and as the eye of that hurricane passed over the turkey point nuclear plant in 1992, some of the facilities around the reactor buildings took a beating, including stuff that was supposed to be hurricane-proof. within ten miles of the plant, within ten miles of turkey point, there were 41 warning sirens set up for the nuclear plant. of the 41, hurricane andrew blew down 36 of them. they left the plant running on backup generators for more than a week in order to keep the reactors and the fuel cool. debris from the storm blocked the access road to the plant. one of the 400-foot smokestacks on that nuclear plant got cracked in half. it was supposed to be able to survive 235-mile-an-hour winds. you can actually see the crack there. and that crack was very worrisome because if that smokestack had fallen, it could have hit the crucial emergency diesel generators that were keeping the plant cool.
on that nuclear plant got cracked in half. it was supposed to be able to survive 235-mile-an-hour winds. you can actually see the crack there. and that crack was very worrisome because if that smokestack had fallen, it could have hit the crucial emergency diesel generators that were keeping the plant cool. in the end, the smokestack didn t fall, and radiation wasn t released, and the nuclear units remained in stable condition. but that was a scare, what happened at turkey point nuclear power plant in south florida in 1992 when a cat 5 came calling. 25 miles away in miami, there was utter devastation from andrew. the hurricane ripped the roofs off houses and flattened whole neighbored. andrew changed florida in terms of who lives there and what people expect from extraordinary storms. and you can in fact see that in the lessons that florida took from andrew, which are all the more important tonight as hurricane irma, which is even
neil: closing places of business, and two nuclear power plants. trace gallagher has more on that. where were these? we should note that both of these south florida nuclear power plants sit along the coast, both exposed to the strongest winds and highest storm surge. the reactors inside st. lucie is encased in six feet of steel reinforced concrete and they re also well above sea level. if you go back to 1992, the turkey point power plant, about 25 miles south of miami, took a major hit from hurricane andrew, cat 5 storm. suffered more than 90 million in damage. the reactors themselves were not affected. but other systems that were supposed to be hurricane proof did have significant damage including a smokestack that cracked in half. even though it was rated to withstand 235-mile-an-hour winds.
to mike flynn about this and portrayed mike flynn as an ally in this effort to find these damaging, he thought, e-mails about secretary clinton. to boels you are yolster you you point out it s consistent with information that s been examined by u.s. investigators probing russian interference in the elections. steve, just over to you. reading through this, yes, there are a lot of smokestack bus but there s no smoking gun. what s your assessment? well, this is another it s another data point, brooke, and it s very fortunate that we have both mr. mueller investigating as special prosecutor and also the fbi, which continues its counterintelligence work, because this could be a counterintelligence issue if if reporting is born out. yes, there are still a lot of questions, you know, with regard to what exactly was going on here, so this is maybe just the first we re seeing it, but my suspicion is that those who were trying to determine whether or not there was any cooperation or contac
with me is that because the requirement will be that you have to cut these so-called dirty emissions by 40%, it will mean a commensurate run up in utility bills which could mean $100 a month. i don t know whether the math add up put people will by more on utility bills. the question is, is it worth it for the roll of the dice. you say no. i save it s worth it for cleaning the air but they can clean the air from having scrubbers on the smokestack. i thought they already do. more scrubbers, more and better scrubbers, ajax scrubbers. what we re questioning, is the earth weally in jeopardy of manmade climate change? does it necessitate this drastic radical action5hñ;?3ç and mr. oa saying we re going to change the world, and above all, diagnosis excuse mr. obama s complete