Tuesday, December 22, 2009

That no one died or was seriously injured in TVA’s 2008 Kingston coal-ash disaster was, residents still say, almost as stunning to comprehend as the event itself. Had the calamity occurred during, say, the bustle of a summer afternoon rather than the dead of December night, the result could have been one of the darkest days in living Tennessee memory.

Tagged as: 2008, ash spill, coal, Dec. 22, Harriman, Kingston, Roane, TVA

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