Photos show larger spill than reported.
From the USGS topo map the original storage cells measure 0.6 by 0.4 miles to the outside of the containment walls. This is an area of about .24 square miles or 150 acres.
According to a fact sheet issued by TVA, ash in the Kingston dredge cell storage areas was about 55 feet above the water level in the nearby ash pond, prior to the failure. Missy Hedgecoth, the manager of coal combustion by products for TVA, said Wednesday that the cell was "a lot higher than any other internal dredge cell that we have in TVA."
Even if the spill is only half the original storage area, about 70 acres, that still more that the billion gallons estimate we have been given in the public press.
Thank you GreenPeace for pursuing this disaster.
Charlie Smith
San Francisco

This is terrible I am writing an article for Earthly Visions newsletter, about the dangers of coal, and the effects on the environment. Linda Safley. This will be the winter Quarter of the newsletter. All thosw fish dead, horrible!