What's that thing on the horizon anyway?

[mercy_angel_09]

Dear F-list,

There is a mushroom cloud about 5 miles from where I live. Should I be worried?

Sincerely,

Mercy

Comments

[randomdiversion.livejournal.com]

Don't know where you are. It's probably some kind of industrial accident. Turn on your radio to see if there are any evacuation or shelter orders.

It may be a mushroom cloud but you know its merely a chemical explosion of some kind because your computer hasn't been EMP'd.

[mercy-angel-09.livejournal.com]

Turns out it's just a steam cloud...in the shape of a mushroom...from the nuclear power plant. I think it's just more pronounced right now because it's so darn cold outside. And most days it does not take on the shape of a mushroom.

[genetic-drift.livejournal.com]

That's fairly creepy and unsettling. Did you discover what it was? O_O

[mercy-angel-09.livejournal.com]

Steam. The nuclear power plant is always billowing steam but right now it's more pronounced because of the extreme cold.

[cindy-73.livejournal.com]

Even though it is just steam, but it being a mushroom cloud and where it is coming from would really have me spooked. O.o

[mercy-angel-09.livejournal.com]

See, I was waiting for someone to make the connection to the fact that I live south east of a nuclear power plant. And normally it doesn't bother me, but this morning it was really pronounced.

[cindy-73.livejournal.com]

I was about to turn on the news when I read that. I was worried too. Because the wind usually comes from the southwest and that is where you are at. So if you get nuked, I'll get the cloud too. DX

[travellyr.livejournal.com]

You've never seen that before? Maybe it's just because I live on a hill....

Yeah, it's the steam cloud from the cooling towers. It does that a LOT when it's this cold, but from my perspective it usually looks more like a fist.

Anyway, silly Mercy... if it WERE that kind of mushroom cloud you'd never even get a chance to notice, much less worry!

[mercy-angel-09.livejournal.com]

I've seen it up close, actually. ^^ I went out to the CGS for my environmental science class. (We actually got to take a tour of the training room, which is exactly like the real control room. We also got to see a demonstration of a worse case scenario, in which we were informed that if it did actually happen, the best we could do would to be to bend over and kiss our butts goodbye.)

I knew what it was, it just looked more mushroomy than usual. Which, coming from the direction of a nuclear power plant is NEVER a comforting sign.

Apparently my attempt at snarky nuclear humor does not go over well, even with people who live in the area. ^^;;

[travellyr.livejournal.com]

XD At least not with someone who's riding on two days of overtime and not enough sleep.

[forgotten-relic.livejournal.com]

lol