Subj : Miss.RvrDamBreach-Davenpt To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Jan 04 2020 09:07:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> True: that chemical fire in Texas (?) a few weeks ago; nothing has BM>> been mentioned in the past several years but there used to be talk of BM>> evacuations should Cordova Nuclear up the river from here go wack-o. NB>> We have Ginna Nuclear plant on the lake a little ways from us... I NB>> think we were never quite in any evacuation area for that here in the NB>> city, but there were definitely plans for evacuations more in its NB>> vicinity... No talk recently of that either... I think that the NB>> nuclear plants have shown their relative safeness over the years.... BM> Agree. I don't think anything creating/using energy is 100% safe, so BM> always a degree of caution needed, no matter how long it has been in BM> use. And it's possible the dangerousness of the nuclear generating BM> facilities got mixed in with the nasty aftereffects of the nuclear BM> bombs. ...Sort of like someone thought my lunch tote was a bomb BM> shortly after 9/11. NB> Yup... It can be too easy to get things like that confused... NB> Of course, when there is a meltdown at a plant, things could be a NB> bit more dangerous than when it's working properly... :) True: if can turn the valve/flip the switch to stop a problem then not too much concern. If out of control could be a major issue. (Well just might be a candidate for the week's dumbest statement!) ...If I was really concerned I'd have a within-arm's-reach emergency plan. I'm more concerned with a fire: smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in place. And the CO detector. NB>>> Indeed....! Makes a lot of sense why larger capacity storage was NB>>> developed, with tape drives, zipdisks, and all... ;) And other forms NB>>> of moveable hard disks.... ;) BM>> It does! Still amazes me how they pack a hard drive physical size BM>> (think 3.5" HDD) now with multiple TB into a case that not that long BM>> ago was MB. NB>> And the thumbdrives that hold a full computer's worth.... BM> Yes!! I think Ky was saying in another conference he has a BM> few 300+ GB ones. I'm thinking 'overkill' but IIRC from what bits and BM> pieces I remember of his job probably needs that size. For what I do BM> (and that's definitely amateur level!) 16 GB thumbdrives are more than BM> enough. NB> Overkill for some people, barely enough for other needs, NB> apparently.. :) Yes, the 'all depends' thing. :) Some people (like Ky) may need to transport large-size files, or lots of smaller files. Others like me just need to move small files and larger ones may be easier and cheaper to redownload or move a different way (though network, etc.). BM> ...Sent pictures from my Vienna 2019 Visit to my Aunt and BM> Mother on 4 GB thumbdrives and have more than enough. ...Curious BM> Kitty was purring: 992 items, totalling 756.9 MB. So approximately BM> 1,000 photographs took less than a GB. NB> They do take up significant space... but not as much as they NB> might... :) To me it seems like a thousand pictures would require more storage. ....No wonder I have all this free space on the hard drives! BM>>>>> Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new BM>>>>> floating airport and land.... NB>>>>> Now that's a creative concept.... ;) BM>>>> Once in a while I come up with something good! NB>>>> Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;) BM>>> Plus doesn't seem like it would work all that well for non-coastal BM>>> sites. NB>>> Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such set NB>>> up in the middle of the Mississippi River.... BM>> Here we stick government facilities in the middle of the River ==> the BM>> Rock Island Arsenal! NB>> But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;) BM> We'd better hope it doesn't float downstream!! NB> True... :) I can just visualize that mess! Arsenal Island breaks loose, floats a little way down the Mississippi until it gets stuck. River is effectively dammed so floods a bit, which creates pressure and works the Island loose, so downstream another little ways.... NB> ... Nothing wrong with my memory, just slightly disoriented!! That one I should snag!! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... November is: National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .