Central Coast Dilemma
(This doggerel was published in the SB Independent on Thursday, April 14, 2011)
Fukushima makes one wonder
Was Diablo Canyon a mere blunder,
Built on fissures three miles under,
Likely soon to tear asunder?
South along the tidal reach,
Avila, Grover, Pismo Beach,
Folks sip wine and nosh on quiche,
Warier now of seismic breach.
Ditto they in San Clemente,
Just upwind of San Onofre,
Another plant by PGE
Fueled by lethal energy.
Fatal as the plague bubonic,
This plant too spans plates tectonic.
Was its builder just moronic,
Or is the company demonic?
Come the quake, the wind, the tide,
We between can nowhere hide.
We’ll be left but to decide:
Diaboiled or Onofried.
