CLG: Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear power plants lie in the projected path of 185mph Irma

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09 September 2017

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Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear power plants lie in the projected path of 185mph Irma --Officials confident that reactors at two nuclear plants in Florida will stand firm as the deadly hurricane heads for landfall | 07 Sept 2017 | Nuclear power bosses are ready to shut down the reactors of two plants which lie in the path of Hurricane Irma. Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point and St. Lucie plants...are under threat. Spokesman Peter Robbins said: 'Based on the current track, we would expect severe weather in Florida starting Saturday, meaning we would potentially shut down before that point.' It can take more than 24 hours to shut down a reactor, so the decision will have to be made well in advance. When nuclear reactors get shut down they have to be cooled. If they are not, as in the case of the Fukushima disaster in 2011 when a tsunami disabled emergency generators, there can be nuclear meltdowns, hydrogen-air explosions and the release of radioactive material.

 

Hurricane Irma has entered a class all its own | 06 Sept 2017 | Irma is one of the strongest hurricanes to ever move across the Atlantic basin. It is coming on the heels of Harvey, the first category 4 storm to reach the United States mainland since Charley hit Florida in 2004. Since Harvey and Irma were both major hurricanes, it's tempting to make comparisons. Some of these are valid, others not so much. Irma really has entered a class of its own, with an intensity that is quite rare...Harvey's minimum atmospheric pressure of 938 millibars was typically low for a hurricane, but Irma's low of 914 millibars [!] put it in the top 10 lowest in the Atlantic and actually the lowest in the area of the Atlantic it is moving through (outside of the western Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico). Irma has already set many records as of Wednesday morning; perhaps there are more to come. The winds of 185 miles per hour ties for the second-strongest winds of all time in Atlantic hurricanes.

 

Hurricane Irma is size of Texas, shows up on earthquake monitors | 06 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Irma intensified into a monster storm in the Atlantic Tuesday, with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts of 218 mph. The storm's Atlantic wind speeds are behind only 1980's Hurricane Allen, which topped off at 190 mph. The scale of Hurricane Irma, which has grown to the size of Texas, is seen in an illustration.

 

Faster than Harvey and bigger than Andrew, Irma is unlike any storm Florida has ever seen | 08 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Irma continued its deadly sweep through the Caribbean on Friday as residents of Florida waited with frazzled nerves and growing fears over just how bad the storm will be. The Category 4 5 hurricane, with a footprint as big as Texas, is expected to make landfall early Sunday and blow through central Florida with 150-mph winds, reaching Georgia by Monday morning..."All Floridians should be prepared to evacuate soon," Gov. Rick Scott said. "Remember Hurricane Andrew [in 1992] was one of the worst storms in the history of Florida. Irma is more devastating on its current path.… This is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen." Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine called it a "nuclear storm." The National Weather Service in Key West tweeted in capital letters: "This is as real as it gets. Nowhere in the Florida Keys will be safe. You still have time to evacuate." At dusk Friday, downtown Miami was all but empty except for police.

 

'This is a Nuclear Hurricane': Mayor of Miami Beach warns residents to 'get out now' after mandatory evacuations of 100,000 people as Irma heads for Florida - leaving a trail of destruction in storm's wake --The evacuation is ordered for 9am on Thursday morning, and officials are worried the damage could rival what was seen in 1992 during Andrew --Tolls on all highways have been suspended and evacuation has already began in the Florida Keys | 07 Aug 2017 | The mayor of Miami Beach has urged tourists and residents to 'get out' of the area as the devastating Hurricane Irma heads for Florida. Mayor Philip Levine called Irma a 'nuclear hurricane' and stressed that anyone left on the beach after last night's mandatory evacuation 'must leave'. It comes after Florida Governor Rick Scott ordered the emergency evacuation of Miami's coastal zones as the monster storm approaches the United States mainland. 'This storm will envelope us whether it is off shore or on shore. It won't make a difference,' Mayor Levine told CBS4. He added: 'I'll do anything in my power to convince [people] this is a very serious storm. This is a nuclear hurricane. They should leave the beach, they must leave the beach.'

 

Hurricane Irma Barrels Toward U.S., Threatening to Engulf Florida | 08 Sept 2017 | As Hurricane Irma threatened to engulf virtually the entire state of Florida in deadly winds, driving rain and surging seas, the largest evacuation in the state's history saw hundreds of thousands of people scrambling into crowded county shelters and jamming highways as they fled north from the storm. With the clock ticking, some counties issued curfews for Saturday, and more shelters were opened to absorb the crush of people seeking cover from one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit Florida. Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, described Hurricane Irma as "a threat that is going to devastate the United States, either Florida or some of the southeastern states."

 

Hospitals and care homes are scrambling to save the elderly and chronically ill from Hurricane Irma | 08 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Irma's full-forced winds and rainfall are expected to hit south Florida this weekend forcing hospitals and care homes to scramble to protect their patients. More than 1.4million people in Florida and Georgia have been forced to evacuate so far due to the impending storms. This includes hospitals and care homes who have patients that need around-the-clock care. To prepare, hospitals in the Keys have been discharging patients that aren't as serious and evacuating others to areas such as north Florida, North Carolina and Georgia.

 

Florida-bound Hurricane Irma strengthens back to a Category 5 as it makes landfall in Cuba | 08 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Irma strengthened back into a Category 5 storm Friday night as it made landfall on the Camaguey Archipelago of Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Irma's status as a Category 4 storm was relatively short-lived, having been downgraded from a Category 5 storm early Friday morning. As of 11 p.m. ET, Irma was about 300 miles from Miami and moving about 13 mph toward the west, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Irma is forecast to hit the Florida Keys as a Category 5 storm.

 

Georgia governor issues mandatory evacuations for areas east of I-95 | 07 Sept 2017 | Following a recommendation from Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) officials and local Emergency Management Agencies, Gov. Nathan Deal is expanding his emergency declaration to include 24 additional counties, with a total of 30 counties now included in a state of emergency. Deal also issued a mandatory evacuation order for all areas east of I-95, all of Chatham County and some areas west of I-95 that could be impacted by the potential storm surge from Hurricane Irma. The executive order also authorized up to 5,000 Georgia National Guard members to be on state active duty to support Hurricane Irma response and recovery.

 

Hurricane Jose strengthens to 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 --The eye of Irma passed over Barbuda, a tiny Caribbean island of about 1,800 residents, on Wednesday, damaging about 95% of the buildings on the island, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said. | 08 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Jose strengthened to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Friday, with maximum sustained winds near 150 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm was about 335 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands at 5 p.m. ET Friday, moving west-northwest at 17 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. A hurricane warning was put into effect Thursday for Barbuda and Anguilla, Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy. A hurricane watch remained in effect for Antigua.

 

There are now three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin | 07 Sept 2017 | All eyes are on Hurricane Irma as it rampages through the Caribbean, but it's not alone. Tropical storms Jose and Katia strengthened Wednesday afternoon, bringing the number of hurricanes churning in the Atlantic basin to three. It's the first time since 2010 that three active hurricanes have been in the Atlantic, according to CNN Weather. As of 11 p.m. ET, Jose was out over the open Atlantic, not far from where Irma was a couple of days ago...Katia became a hurricane in the southern Gulf of Mexico in a region not too far from where Harvey formed two weeks ago.

 

US military readies for Hurricane Irma | 08 Sept 2017 | The US military was mobilizing thousands of troops and deploying several large ships Friday to aid with evacuations and humanitarian relief from Hurricane Irma, as the Air Force removed scores of planes from the region. The governors of Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and Florida have together activated nearly 14,000 National Guard personnel to support search-and-rescue missions and evacuations, a Pentagon statement read. Meanwhile, the USS Kearsarge and the USS Oak Hill -- an amphibious assault ship and a dock landing ship -- are being sent to aid in relief efforts.

 

US Navy to evacuate 5,000 as military preps for Hurricane Irma | 06 Sept 2017 | The US military has ordered the evacuation of over five thousand personnel from a Naval Air Station in Florida in preparation for Hurricane Irma. Irma is now a Category 5 storm and one of the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic...The military is braced for it to hit the US mainland and the current forecast suggests it could strike Florida over the weekend. More than 5,000 military active duty, civilians, contractors and families based at Naval Air Station Key West have received mandatory evacuation orders, according to US Navy officials.

 

Miami-Dade orders coastal evacuation as Hurricane Irma threatens | 06 Sept 2017 | More than 100,000 Miami-Dade residents were instructed to leave their homes on barrier islands, including Miami Beach, and in low-lying mainland areas starting Thursday morning in preparation for Hurricane Irma, as Mayor Carlos Gimenez issued his first evacuation orders for one of the worst storms to ever face Miami. "Irma remains a strong Category 5 hurricane," Gimenez said at a 7 p.m. news briefing in the county's emergency center in Doral. "Significant weakening is not expected."

 

Hurricane Irma slams Caribbean islands as Category 5 storm, Puerto Rico braces for impacts --Florida Gov. Rick Scott says storm is 'bigger, faster and stronger than' last Category 5 to hit US | 06 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Irma roared into the Caribbean Wednesday, passing over the islands of Saint Martin and Barbuda with 185 mph winds as the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history which Florida's governor warned was "stronger" than the last Category 5 storm to hit the U.S...The National Weather Service said Puerto Rico had not seen a hurricane of Irma's magnitude since Hurricane San Felipe in 1928, which killed a total of 2,748 people in Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and Florida. While the impacts of Irma on the U.S. mainland are still to be determined, Florida Gov. Rick Scott activated 1,000 members of the Florida National Guard to be deployed across the state, and 7,000 National Guard members were to report for duty Friday when the storm could be approaching the area. "The storm is bigger, faster, and stronger than Hurricane Andrew," Scott said Wednesday, referring to the last Category 5 storm to hit the U.S. in 1992. He warned Irma may bring "significant storm surge" to the state not seen during Andrew.

 

'It is just total devastation': Category 5 Hurricane Irma destroys 90 per cent of tiny island of Barbuda as 185mph winds kill four across the Caribbean and dump torrential rain on US territories --Hurricane destroyed about 90 percent of Barbuda's structures and vehicles, according to its Prime Minister | 06 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Irma has destroyed 90 percent of the tiny island of Barbuda after 185 mph winds battered the Caribbean on Wednesday, killing at least four people. The deadly category 5 storm - the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic - made its first landfall early Wednesday morning, pummeling Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and sparking a 'major humanitarian crisis'. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said the hurricane had completely destroyed about 90 percent of the island's homes and vehicles. 'The entire housing stock was damaged,' Browne said in an interview with ABS TV Radio in Antigua. 'It is just a total devastation. Barbuda is literally rubble,' he added, saying the island that is home to a population of 1,800 was 'barely habitable'.

 

Hurricane Irma strengthens into a category FIVE storm with winds up to 185 mph as it heads for the east coast of America --Hurricane Irma strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Tuesday | 05 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Irma strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 storm Tuesday as it roared toward the northeast Caribbean on a path that could take it to the United States. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Irma had sustained winds of 185mph and was centered about 270 miles east of Antigua. It was moving west at 14 mph. That makes Irma the second strongest hurricane ever recorded in the North Atlantic, behind 1980's Hurricane Allen.

 

Trump declares emergency in Florida, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico ahead of Category 5 Irma | 05 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Irma's size and strength put the entire state of Florida on notice Tuesday, and residents and visitors prepared to leave in anticipation of catastrophic winds and floods that could reach the state by this weekend. President Donald Trump issued federal emergency declarations for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Florida Tuesday. Throughout South Florida, officials readied evacuation orders and people raided store shelves, buying water and other hurricane supplies.

 

Double trouble: Mexico is hit by tropical storm Katia, less than 24 hours after devastating 8.1 magnitude earthquake which killed at least 61 people | 09 Sept 2017 | One day after suffering from a massive 8.2 magnitude earthquake, Mexico is hit with another natural disaster as tropical storm Katia made landfall Friday evening. The US National Hurricane Center said the storm hit Tecolutla in Mexico. State Officials say that Katia is expected to produce a 'total rain accumulations of 10 to 15 inches over northern Veracruz, eastern Hidalgo, and Puebla.' They added in a statement on Friday that the storm could cause landslides and flooding, and urged people living below hills and slopes to be prepared to evacuate.

 

At least 60 dead, over 200 injured after magnitude-8.1 earthquake rocks Mexico | 08 Sept 2017 | At least 60 people were killed after a magnitude-8.1 earthquake rocked Mexico late Thursday night, leveling buildings in southern Mexico, triggering tsunami warnings in several countries and causing people to flee into the street. Buildings swayed and lights went out in Mexico City, some 650 miles from the epicenter. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto called it the strongest quake the country has seen in a century. The U.S. Geological Survey measured it at 8.1 magnitude, though initial reports said 8.2.

 

Dying Navy Sailors Push for Trial on Fukushima Meltdowns | 01 Sept 2017 | Representing cancer-ridden Navy service members who say they were exposed to radiation on a humanitarian mission in Fukushima, former Sen. John Edwards urged a federal judge Thursday to set a date for trial. Over a decade after serving as John Kerry's running mate in the 2004 presidential election, Edwards now represents hundreds of Navy sailors who were aboard the USS Ronald Reagan as part of a humanitarian mission trip to Fukushima, Japan... Japan's earthquake triggered a nuclear meltdown three nuclear meltdowns at the power plant run by Tokyo Electric Power Co., and Edwards's clients say the radiation exposure has caused them to develop cancer and other illnesses. The suit is one of two pending against TEPCo and General Electric in the Southern District of California -- the first filed in 2012 and an additional lawsuit naming more than 150 sailors filed last month.

 

Brother of 9/11 victim claims the US orchestrated the atrocity as new study shows it was impossible that the third tower collapsed from fire --Geoff Campbell's brother refuses to accept the official line and insists there was a cover-up --Matt Campbell will protest outside BBC Broadcasting House on the anniversary | 08 Sept 2017 | Next Monday afternoon, Matt Campbell will stand outside BBC Broadcasting House in London's Portland Place, protesting about the killing of his brother, Geoff, and 66 other Britons, in the 9/11 terror attack at the New York World Trade Centre...Matt began asking questions. He has not stopped since. He, and others who will be at the BBC protest, refuse to accept the official story about 9/11: that four U.S. airliners were hijacked by Islamist terror chief Osama Bin Laden's pilots...As Monday's anniversary approaches, Matt, a former City worker who is married with three children and lives in Sussex, insists that 9/11 did not happen in the way we have been told and that there has been a huge official cover-up to disguise the truth...Crucially, a team of engineers at the University of Alaska concluded this week, after two years of forensic research, that fire could not have caused the collapse of WTC7.

 

Beijing orders banks to close accounts for North Koreans | 09 Sept 2017 | Chinese b-nks have reportedly banned North Koreans living in China from opening up new acco-nts, and have ordered existing accounts to be closed.

 

Hundreds scuffle with police over US THAAD launcher deployment in South Korea | 07 Sept 2017 | Dozens of protesters were injured in clashes with police as hundreds went out to protest the installation of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the South Korean province of Gyeongsangbuk. Despite the protests, four additional interceptor launchers arrived at the base early Thursday, several hours after police quashed the unrest. The launchers were transported to the site by some 10 US military vehicles from the Osan Air Base near Seoul.

 

Israeli planes strike Syrian positions in Hama province - Syrian Army | 07 Sept 2017 | An Israeli plane has targeted Syrian army positions in the Hama province, killing two servicemen and causing material damage, Syrian general command said in a statement. The incident took place early on Thursday, when an Israeli aircraft launched several missiles from Lebanese airspace, targeting Syrian Army positions near the city of Masyaf in Hama province.

 

Trump signs $15 billion Harvey relief, debt ceiling package | 08 Sept 2017 | President Trump on Friday signed a 15 billion Hurricane Harvey relief bill that includes a short-term suspension of the debt ceiling and funding to keep the government running for the next three months. Earlier Friday, the package passed in the House of Representatives by a 316-90 vote, with all opposing votes coming from Republicans [Koch-owned swamp scum]. Congress moved with uncharacteristic speed on the bill to avert several looming crises -- the prospect of not only triggering a government shutdown, but hitting the debt limit as the federal government burns through c-sh it needs to respond to both Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma which is barreling into Florida.

 

Trump strikes 'deal' with Dems on Harvey aid and debt limit, over Ryan’s objections | 06 Sept 2017 | President Trump struck a deal Wednesday with Democratic leaders to raise the federal debt ceiling and fund the government for the next three months while also providing Hurricane Harvey relief m-ney -- hours after House Speaker [swamp rat] Paul Ryan blasted such a plan as "unworkable" and "disgraceful." The president, meeting with congressional leaders from both parties, effectively brushed off calls from GOP leaders for a longer-term plan. Those lawmakers had pushed first for an 18-month debt-limit hike and then floated a six-month plan, Fox News is told -- but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., held firm on calls for a three-month deal. Trump agreed. The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved an initial $8 billion in funding for Harvey relief, on a 419-3 vote.

 

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces that the Trump administration is rescinding DACA because it is 'unconstitutional' and amounts to 'unilateral executive amnesty' --State AGs were threatening to sue DOJ unless Trump rescinded the policy by today; Sessions cited the legal action in his announcement | 05 Sept 2017 | Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Trump administration will 'wind down' an Obama-era program that allows illegal immigrants who arrived as children to live and work in the US without fear of deportation. Sessions said in a press statement that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, DACA, is an 'unconstitutional exercise of authority' by the executive branch and amounts to 'unilateral executive amnesty.' The administration is rescinding the policy that created the program, Sessions said. It's up to Congress to pass legislation extending the policy if it see fit, the DOJ official stated. 

 

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