Them some strange bed fellows.

elvisaintdead: this is a snapping turtle -

Why does that make me think --

"I love to sing-a. About the moon-a and the june-a and the spring-a"

/hotter than a control rod.

One gets sucked in an intake and turned into crocodile sushi?

basemetal: Them some strange bed fellows.

Clean power and the environment strange bedfellows? Wtf?

"The crocodiles use a 6,800-acre system of canals used to cool the power plant -- which the crocodiles are only too happy to use."

Redundancy is redundant.

Go wrong? This is laying the groundwork for the most awesome action movie EVER!

Wasn't this in a CSI: Miami episode? Horatio saves Miami from radioactive crocodiles or something?

What could possibly go wrong?

I dunno, something like this?

I'd like to hear how happy the crocs are in 10 years when they are sporting feathers and sweating root beer

queezyweezel: Go wrong? This is laying the groundwork for the most awesome action movie EVER!

Yeah, I was thinking - Throw in a bunch of terrorists and Samuel L. Jackson "I'm tired of these motherfarking crocodiles in my motherfarking power plant" and we've got one heck of a flick.

who the gandhi keeps posting these upi links? what a greenlight whore

kbarham: "The crocodiles use a 6,800-acre system of canals used to cool the power plant...."

So, the crocodiles are running the plant? They must have have eaten the plant staff. Disturbing developments, indeed!

This is a smart plan, putting two NIMBY things in the same area. How about adding a chemical plant to the mix?

So the Miami mob(s) have an even better place to dump bodies.


/...and then there's always the rest of the Atlantic ocean as backup

Oh, probably nothing.

Was hoping it wasn't the one 15+ miles away from me.

/it's not.
//although, Turkey Point is only about 3 hours away.

Two headed crocodiles. *shudder* Only thing scarier than that is a Zombie Steve Erwin.

cksewell: I'd like to hear how happy the crocs are in 10 years when they are sporting feathers and sweating root beer

crocs don't sweat, they're reptiles.

Pretty sure this was a level in Sonic the Hedgehog.

"I was told it would be a happy place"

McManus_brothers: Was hoping it wasn't the one 15+ miles away from me.

/it's not.
//although, Turkey Point is only about 3 hour away.

Dear God, man! The crocs could drive to your house and back on just a day trip!!
Get the women and children into the basement and tell them not to open the door for ANY reptiles!

thalidomide new and improved: cksewell: I'd like to hear how happy the crocs are in 10 years when they are sporting feathers and sweating root beer

crocs don't sweat, they're reptiles.

Ohhh, so now you're a mutant croc expert?

I blame my 27 eyed walleyed crocodile on St. Smithen's medical facility. They are dumping waste on my maggot farm.

Who are all these neo-con a-holes telling me that Simpsons episode isn't science? Can't we have them banned? Come on Drew...you're slipping

What could go wrong?

Perhaps this . . .

cksewell: "I was told it would be a happy place"

poor bastard.... more info?

Crocs that live this close to a nuclear plant don't have to drive.

Nuclear Crocks would be a sick-ass band name.

What a crock

/had to be said

ZOMG! Nuclear power is EVIL!

I, for one, welcome our new radioactive mutant crocodile overlords.

This was news a few decades ago, wasn't it?

By the way, cksewell, WTF is wrong with the croc in your picture?

At least they aren't alligators.

Lessee...

Nuclear power plant
Swamp
Crocodiles
Dead bodies (I mean, where else do you put them?)
Swamp


Anyone sold the option to George Romero or Rob Zombie yet? DON'T TELL UWE BOLL!!!!

subby: Nuclear power plant is home to 400 crocodiles. What could possibly go wrong?

Nothing, considering that they're not in the plant itself, and that they've been there for 30 years.

halcyon thought: "I love to sing-a. About the moon-a and the june-a and the spring-a"

I don't know ---
but I really appreciate how you're thinking.

Wait.... FU for sticking that damn song in my head for all nite

--summbeeotch

MBA Whore: This was news a few decades ago, wasn't it?

By the way, cksewell, WTF is wrong with the croc in your picture?

I dunno but it is amazing what GIS "mutant crocodiles" throws at you

nobodycaneatfiftyeggs: Crocs that live this close to a nuclear plant don't have to drive.

Dammit...I want one of those to carry in a big purse

Conan the Librarian: queezyweezel: Go wrong? This is laying the groundwork for the most awesome action movie EVER!

Yeah, I was thinking - Throw in a bunch of terrorists and Samuel L. Jackson "I'm tired of these motherfarking crocodiles in my motherfarking power plant" and we've got one heck of a flick.

I was thinking of a family of specius gozilli coming out of the moat.

dholway: At least they aren't alligators.

We'll be okay as long as we keep our naked, screaming, provocatively-posed women out of the swamps.

I'm wearing a Blinky T-shirt, so I'm getting a kick out of this thread.

Now you see, that's how you do security at a nuke plant.
Go ahead you towel heads let's see you sneak up on that power plant.

The Invisible Sky Wizard: We'll be okay as long as we keep our naked, screaming, provocatively-posed women out of the swamps.

You do that, I'm going to have to stop hanging around swamps.

lol, these American crocs aren't even as aggressive as American alligators. Ain't anything to be worried about.

I call the big one Bitey.

McManus_brothers: Was hoping it wasn't the one 15+ miles away from me.

/it's not.
//although, Turkey Point is only about 3 hours away.

OH NOES! ONLY 3 hours away??

After living in Homestead for 10 years and spending quite a bit of time in and around Turkey Point, I can assure you that you need not worry.

The Columbians down there are MUCH scarier.

/kidding

Many nuclear power plant sites double as wildlife protected areas.

Move along, nothing to see here.

I've worked in the industry and yeah, this is normal. In fact feel free to file this under 'farking DUH.'

My dad does regulatory compliance for the industry and was down there on an audit. Apparently he was delayed getting to his car once because security was trying to find a gator (or a croc, I guess) that had gotten into the parking lot.

DC Cook, a local plant, has a fearless populous of absolutely huge deer. They aren't generally a problem except for eating the landscaping. Cook also once shut down because their inlet bay filled with millions of Alewives (tiny fish that apparently got confused).

As for everyone posting signs of mutilated wildlife, nuclear power plants don't generally have radioactive runoff. There's laws, you know. Everything has to go out at a neutral pH within certain chemical bounds and below a certain radioactivity (generally lower than background). But, don't let me ruin your fun.