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OKIsItJustMe

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18. Jimmy Carter has a very rare dstinction

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #17)

Wed Nov 15, 2023, 04:56 AM

Nov 2023

He’s the only US President to have led the clean up of a nuclear meltdown. (No, not Three Mile Island.) How Jimmy Carter Saved a Canadian Nuclear Reactor After a Meltdown

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Carter and his 22 other team members were separated into teams of three and lowered into the reactor for 90-second intervals to clean the site. It was estimated that a minute-and-a-half was the maximum time humans could be exposed to the levels of radiation present in the area.

It was still too much, especially by today's standards. The future president had radioactive urine for months after the cleanup.

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When the meltdown occurred at Three Mile Island, and Jimmy Carter showed up, people mocked him. After all, what did he know about nuclear reactors?

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U.S. warming 60% faster than world as a whole - MSNBC Reports [View all] Rhiannon12866 Nov 2023 OP

Oh crap. GreenWave Nov 2023 #1

In Chgo it's ten degrees warmer this time of year than it's been for decades. Sometimes it used to snow by Thanksgiving ancianita Nov 2023 #2

We've also had record high temperatures over the summer here in New York, but then it snowed yesterday! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2023 #3

Cool! I say, enjoy winter while we've still got it! ancianita Nov 2023 #19

I dread winter here, not only do we get a lot of snow, but it lasts forever: Rhiannon12866 Nov 2023 #20

I hear you. I lived in the Great Lakes snow world for 50 years. But I'm pretty sure there will come a time when we ancianita Nov 2023 #21

K&R Think. Again. Nov 2023 #4

That makes sense, Uncle Joe Nov 2023 #5

We have the knowledge and the tools to make a difference if only everyone would get on board Rhiannon12866 Nov 2023 #7

"solutions are within reach." Duppers Nov 2023 #6

That's the thing, time is of the essence Rhiannon12866 Nov 2023 #8

Truly! Thank you! Duppers Nov 2023 #9

And I remember watching the returns that night, think it was Dan Rather and Bob Scheiffer Rhiannon12866 Nov 2023 #10

At least George W. Bush acknowledged "Climate Change" OKIsItJustMe Nov 2023 #11

Thanks for posting, I didn't remember this about W. though I remember Jimmy Carter Rhiannon12866 Nov 2023 #12

In 1982 I went to the Knoxville World's Fair, its theme was "Energy Turns the World" OKIsItJustMe Nov 2023 #15

Yikes! Thanks! I have Jimmy Carter's autobiography, "A Full Life: Reflections at 90," on disk Rhiannon12866 Nov 2023 #17

Jimmy Carter has a very rare dstinction OKIsItJustMe Nov 2023 #18

The Assessment OKIsItJustMe Nov 2023 #13

Great find! Thanks so much for sharing! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2023 #14

Many more record highs than record lows OKIsItJustMe Nov 2023 #16