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2006-02-04 Home Front: WoT

More on defense of plutonium pile in Livermore CA

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Posted by Whutch Threth6418 2006-02-04 04:06|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 To anyone who lives in the Bay Area, Livermore is in the middle of nowhere.

Posted by Penguin 2006-02-04 11:18|| 2006-02-04 11:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, but I know where Livermore is. Put the lab someplace really remote, like the Jornada del Muerto.

Posted by Whutch Threth6418 2006-02-04 11:47|| 2006-02-04 11:47|| Front Page Top

#3 To anyone who lives in the Bay Area, Livermore is in the middle of nowhere.

Not in recent years. The exorbitantly high price of housing here in the South Bay has driven many people further eastward, Livermore among those destinations. If you're ever in the area, take a drive on Vasco Rd. south from I-580; after about a half a mile LLNL (that's what it's called on signage in the area) will be visible on the left. But to the right is the eastern edge of a tract of homes built within the last ten or fifteen years.

As for the machine guns, here's a video of a news clip on this from a local TV news prog. (click on the link labeled: "Lawrence Livermore Adds Big Gun")

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-04 13:20|| 2006-02-04 13:20|| Front Page Top

#4 B-A-R

Just because people move to Livermore doesn't matter. It's still nowhere.

The big issue is the Hayward fault.

Posted by Penguin 2006-02-04 13:23|| 2006-02-04 13:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Just because people move to Livermore doesn't matter. It's still nowhere.

Even when Livermore was less populated, it was never really considered to be a nowhere sort of place, because its proximity to the Bay Area is well within what would be considered a reasonable drive distance.

Looking for a perfect example of Nowheresville? I have just the place: Hawthorne, NV.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-04 14:02|| 2006-02-04 14:02|| Front Page Top

#6 As for the Hayward Fault, it poses more of a danger to UC Berkeley itself (the fault runs firectly under Cal's Memorial Stadium) than LLNL.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-04 14:07|| 2006-02-04 14:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey Bomb-a-rama, where do you live? I live in Antioch just over the hills from Livermore and know the area well.

I also work at LBNL and the Hayward fault runs about 50 meters from our main gate.

Send me message off-list if you've a mind to.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-02-04 20:01|| 2006-02-04 20:01|| Front Page Top

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