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ohio train accident

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greenacrylicpaint · 16/02/2023 09:58

well, that's scary.
and even scarier that it's not more prominent in the news.
too busy with balloons?

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WestendVBroadway · 16/02/2023 10:01

I had no idea to what you were referring. I googled it, so post this link for others who may be equally unaware...en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ohio_train_derailment

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greenacrylicpaint · 16/02/2023 10:01

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64642046.amp

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TightFistedWozerk · 16/02/2023 10:07

It is awful, the photos of the mushroom type cloud are apocalyptic. Could be seen from space.

OhBeAFineGuyKissMe · 16/02/2023 10:15

The cloud is horrific (from a controlled burn) but it isn’t a mushroom cloud from a massive (usually nuclear) explosion.

Those poor residents, I would not want to be living in that area. They allowed people back in very quickly.

Phrenologistsfinger · 16/02/2023 10:22

It’s genuinely awful and even worse, not mentioned in the news at all here!

Utilitaparking · 16/02/2023 10:24

I've been following this for the last week or so it's horrific that it's basically being brushed under the carpet. Those poor families with no choice but to return to their homes.

Velvian · 16/02/2023 10:27

Have you watched the film White Noise? It is a film about the same scenario, set in the same town, with some of those evacuated as extras. It is a very freaky coincidence.

Utilitaparking · 16/02/2023 10:28

For anyone wanting to follow more closely there's a lot on Twitter, Erin Brockovich has been sharing a lot.

Shinyandnew1 · 16/02/2023 10:30

I can’t believe this hadn’t been all over the news

Sparklfairy · 16/02/2023 10:31

Officials are saying pollution levels are within normal range and everything is fine with the controlled burn but hundreds of fish have died, foxes, chickens getting sick and dropping dead, and reports of breathing difficulties and asthma type symptoms in humans.

Trinity65 · 16/02/2023 10:33

Velvian · 16/02/2023 10:27

Have you watched the film White Noise? It is a film about the same scenario, set in the same town, with some of those evacuated as extras. It is a very freaky coincidence.

Yes I watched it yesterday

Eeerily similar.

Norugratsatall · 16/02/2023 10:34

It's just been on the news now - BBC.

Newyearnewus · 16/02/2023 11:05

It normally takes a lot to shock me but why is this not all over the news? Very odd. Those poor people. And the similarities to that film are actually eerie

Galadriel90 · 16/02/2023 11:09

It was prominently covered in the Guardian yesterday. Not seen much else about it though.

Utilitaparking · 16/02/2023 11:09

Sparklfairy · 16/02/2023 10:31

Officials are saying pollution levels are within normal range and everything is fine with the controlled burn but hundreds of fish have died, foxes, chickens getting sick and dropping dead, and reports of breathing difficulties and asthma type symptoms in humans.

Even the testing that is taking place isn't being carried out by independent firms, the water testing contractor is being paid by Norfolk Southern so of course the results will be favourable to them Angry

larchforest · 16/02/2023 11:19

It has been covered several times online by the BBC, I saw it as I tend to check the news in the USA, as we have family in the States.

It is an environmental and public health disaster.

Maroon85 · 16/02/2023 11:23

Shinyandnew1 · 16/02/2023 10:30

I can’t believe this hadn’t been all over the news

I can, when they arrested a reporter who was trying to cover the story

Workinghardeveryday · 16/02/2023 11:33

Maroon85 · 16/02/2023 11:23

I can, when they arrested a reporter who was trying to cover the story

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What? Who, when?

the plot thickens. Why try and keep such a big incident hushed…

Maroon85 · 16/02/2023 11:38

A NewsNation reporter called Evan Lambert was arrested at a press conference, there's a video of him saying he has a right to be there reporting and he was being told he had to leave or he'd be arrested. He refused to leave and was arrested and charged with trespassing and resisting arrest. Charges have now been dropped but they obviously didn't want some details being reported.

Badbudgeter · 16/02/2023 11:42

It is awful. John Stewart has a good podcast on it on Amazon prime or wherever you get your podcasts. A massive problem is lobbyists and donations mean there isn’t the political impetuous to regulate. Lack of investment in infrastructure those trains have civil war era brakes, wait till it breaks attitude to maintenance.

I was surprised to learn that freight train derailment is surprisingly common in the US. There have been more than a dozen derailments this year alone. There was a previous derailment in the same state in January of a 97 car freight train. This one is news because of the mushroom gas cloud.

Also the idea that train tracks don’t go through rich neighbourhoods.

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greenacrylicpaint · 16/02/2023 11:48

and those freight trains are long.
I remember being stuck at a crossing in arizona waiting for a train to pass that was almost a mile long.

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SaturdayGiraffe · 16/02/2023 11:54

"Passenger photo while plane flew near East Palestine, Ohio ... chemical fire after train derailed."
twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1625880894509572096?s=20

BellatrixLestrangesHeatedCurlers · 16/02/2023 12:16

Horrific incompetence all round - the police deciding to do a "controlled release" of CHEMICALS is totally, utterly insane. Reminds me of the ongoing stuff in Flint MI with the poisoned water. Collective shrugs by most of the media for years.

notimagain · 16/02/2023 12:17

Phrenologistsfinger · 16/02/2023 10:22

It’s genuinely awful and even worse, not mentioned in the news at all here!

The original accident was covered in some of the UK media pretty much within a day or two of it happening..

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/04/blaze-from-50-car-train-derailment-in-ohio-keeps-burning

Might the problem here be how some people get their news?

Wanderingowl · 16/02/2023 14:16

notimagain · 16/02/2023 12:17

The original accident was covered in some of the UK media pretty much within a day or two of it happening..

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/04/blaze-from-50-car-train-derailment-in-ohio-keeps-burning

Might the problem here be how some people get their news?

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There has been coverage. I've been very vaguely aware of it since it happened. However I wasn't remotely aware of the absolute disastrous scale of it until a few days ago. And I learned about that on Kiwi fucking Farms. If people in the US hadn't become aware of how the Chinese are reporting on this, we wouldn't be seeing this starting to just about hit the mainstream now.

I've gone back and checked headline national news in the US in the days around the derailment and there was just about fuck all on there. This is quite likely to be one of the biggest environmental disasters in history which will have multi generational consequences for people. Not just in Ohio, but based on prevailing winds this month, Pittsburgh, upstate New York, Michigan, Ontario and Quebec. This may well be worse than Fukushima and at least Japanese authorities reacted far more appropriately than the US is now.