Terry Blanton writes: "2) The power company says that they can restore the grid in 4 to 5 weeks after the water is removed.
But, as others have stated, the pumps run on electricity." I am sure they thought of this! There must be a way to restore critical parts of the grid, including the pumps. The power often fails in Atlanta, and they restore it section by section, sometimes over many days. Maybe I should not be too sure though. One of the worst and most expensive nuclear power generator accidents in the U.S. (the runner-up to TMI) was caused because all three redundant control systems ran down the same hallway, which was destroyed by a fire. - Jed
