Train derailment and chemical spill in Ohio

[frantic wanking motion continues]

 

these fucking guys

Norfolk Southern Lets Officials Order Crews to Ignore Safety Alerts — ProPublica

 

Preliminary report coming from NTSB this a.m.

East Palestine and area likely have to be monitored for years, like Ground Zero. Hard to believe how poorly this was handled by Biden & team.

 

Norfolk Southern's chief engineer.



"You didn't see butyl acrylate burning on the ground."
--"I did, sir."
"You didn't! Because it's not there!"

 

Has any president in history ever visited a train derailment? A train derailment without fatalities?

A train derailment with a chemical spill?

Did Trump visit here and not tell anyone?

Overturned tank cars removed nearly 24 hours after train derailment near Highway 99

 

What percentage of chemical spills can be relatively easily cleaned up, and what percentage warrant evacuation and years of contamination?

The last story of the 2020 derailment said the following: "CHP officials said there were no longer any leaks, and the air quality was good and stable."

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-ohio-train-derailment-explained/11304391002/

But experts and national authorities largely minimized the health concerns, essentially saying the derailment and toxic spill on Feb. 3 isn't a full-scale environmental disaster such as Love Canal or the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

According to health experts, the spill, explosions and fire are a concern and warrant careful monitoring of environmental contamination and exposure to the people who live there. But the chemicals involved, which largely evaporate or break down within days, mean acute problems are unlikely.

 

We didn't know how bad Deepwater Horizon or the Valdez were until a bit later on.

I'm glad the experts are so confident that everything is just swell, but let's give it a couple months before claiming all is well.

 

Franklin Pierce visited a train derailment.

 

Don't misunderstand, as I said upthread, these poor folks are in real trouble, maybe for generations.

I was arguing with BTE about what sort of spill or derailment qualifies for a presidential visit. Especially once the "authorities" blow the "all-clear."

As they so often do.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...f-9-11-still-plague-responders-and-survivors/