Over the last several months, there has been much debate in the Hudson Valley region of New York concerning the question of regulatory renewal for the Indian Point nuclear power facility. If it weren’t for the recent earthquakes and typhoons in Japan, slam dunk renewal would have been likely. But despite the concerns raised in Japan, I had been pro-renewal, at least till now that is.
I had based my previous leanings on the closing of the nuclear power plant in Shoreham, New York. It had cost the tax payers of New York 5 billion dollars to shut Shoreham down, and I expect it may even cost more to shut down Indian Point. And closing down Indian Point would most likely put an upward spike in the regions electric bills, just as our economy is emploding.
So, you may rightly ask, what changed my mind? Well, while I was doing internet searches on the subject of Indian Point, I ran into a link that frankly scared the hell out of me. Now, let me make myself perfectly clear. I am in no way someone who engages in conspiracy theories. And as an American, I don’t believe and don’t want to speculate in any kind of who done it theories. And I only allow my imagination to go a little wild when writing sci-fi stories. But these few lines from a site called 911Timeline.net sent a chill up my spine concerning Indian Point, and what may have been the consequences if Indian Point had been targeted during the 9/11 attack. So, I am quoting these following lines from 911 Timeline.net. http://www.911timeline.net/
“26) 8:37 a.m.: Flight controllers ask the United Airlines Flight 175 pilots to look for the lost American Airlines Flight 11, about 10 miles to the south. They respond that they can see it. They are told to keep away from it. This incident is not included in The New York Times flight controller transcript. Why?
27) 8:38 a.m.: Boston air traffic center notifies NORAD that American Airlines Flight 11 has been hijacked.
28) 8:39 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11 flies directly over the number one terrorist target in the United States, Indian Point nuclear power stations. Indian Point has 3 nuclear power stations (1 is offline and the other 2 have been online since 1973 and 1976), which are only 24 miles north of New York City.
If American Airlines Flight 11 hits Indian Point correctly in any of three different ways, they could have caused a meltdown and a release of vast amounts of radiation. There are also a cumulative 65 operating years worth of highly radioactive waste stored at Indian Point. Casualities could possibly be upwards of 20 million people prematurely dieing from radiation poisoning. The whole northeast corridor from New York City to Boston would instantly become a wasteland for thousands of years.
Why did American Airlines Flight 11 jeopardize their mission by flying another 7 plus minutes (when they could and should have been intercepted by the USAF) down the Hudson River to hit the WTC between the 94th and 98thfloors where they ended up “only” killing less than 3,000 people when they could have hit their enemies¯¿½ number one target?
The mastermind behind these “terrorists” hijackers would have soon figured out their best and only shot against the strongest military foe in the world would have been to hit them first and hit them as hard as you can. Why didn’t they hit Indian Point?
If the terrorists were targeting the WTC, don’t you think they would have waited until around 11:00 when these buildings were full with 50,000 plus people? And of course, to cause the most deaths and destruction isn’t it elementary to strike these buildings as low as possible, which would have been around the 25th to 30th floors?
So, why did this well planned “terrorist” attack kill only 3,000 people when they could have easily killed ten times that many? This reasoning also goes along with the Pentagon attack. Why was the Pentagon hit on the so-called “peaceful” west side which was mostly under construction as opposed to the command center east side of the Pentagon?
If one plane didn’t do the job at Indian Point, two planes most definitely would have done the job. United Airlines Flight 175 flew very close to Indian Point; it was literally within a couple of minutes flying time.”
Aside from this, I had been hearing a lot of yada, yada, yada arguments about Indian Point. Things like, It’s not likely a typhoon would come roaring up the Hudson river, and the people that run Indian Point are doing everything to keep it safe. And yes, all that yada, yada, yada makes sense. But we now know, that from our 9/11 experience that New York is a top target. So, I’m simply saying that I don’t think that any of us have the right to play poker with the lives of 20 million New Yorkers.