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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Erin Brockovich tells residents of East Palestine to 'get out' if they don't feel safe after toxic train explosion and warns locals not to rely on feds for anything as local wildlife begins to drop dead
2023-02-15
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • A train carrying toxic fuel from Madison, Illinois to Conway, Pennsylvania derailed on February 3 in Ohio, near the town of East Palestine

  • The EPA say the area is safe to return to but residents are reporting fish and chickens dying in large numbers, and some locals complain of coughs

  • Erin Brockovich, whose environmental crusade was turned into a Julia Roberts film, on Tuesday told residents their priority was taking care of their own health
Posted by:Skidmark

#21  They did a burn to avoid an explosion that can only seem to happen if water is sprayed on it: “Undergoes violent chemical change at elevated temperatures and pressures, reacts violently with water, or may form explosive mixtures with water (e.g. white phosphorus, potassium, sodium)”
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-02-15 19:49  

#20  Winky blinkey sucks ass. I hope this derails his 2024 primary bid.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 19:28  

#19  Maybe Dewine can chuggalug a mug full of local well water to reassure us.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-02-15 19:24  

#18  Ohio train derailment: Mike DeWine assures air, village water are safe following toxic chemical spill
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-02-15 18:43  

#17  Responding to those reports, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told reporters that if he lived in East Palestine, “I’d be drinking the bottled water … I’d be alert and aware… but I think I’d be back in my home.”

Later, DeWine said that the controlled burn of materials on the train was deemed the best decision after he was told that chemicals on the train could trigger a catastrophic explosion.

Epoch Times, behind the paywall.
Posted by: Bobby   2023-02-15 17:48  

#16  Without knowing the particulars, there are lose-lose big scenarios, and this could be one.

That said, I wouldn't return for a while, especially when the people making the call don't seem to have a grip on it - the Daily Mail picture of the two in some real basic Hazmat protection, yeah I saw your empty boots in the picture, changing in the fall out area really? - Boogie bag, turn the HVAC off and close the windows on the way to your cousin's for a week. Everything down wind of the boom and watershed is a hazmat scene.

And with Uncle Joe's story about how Beau died from brain cancer because of a knife fight with a Yeti next to a burn pit is a cornerstone of Uncle Joe's.....personality, you ain't gonna get it square.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-02-15 17:14  

#15  Make a burn pit?

If FEMA didn't make the call, they were at table.

We gamed something similar, quite a bit smaller but so are we so I'd say to scale.

There should be a skeleton plan for something like this, if not an actual decision tree. Should be Go-No Go process for a burn, depending upon the ingredients. Should.

Lot of shoulds not getting should nowadays.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-02-15 17:04  

#14  Who decided to ignite the toxic stuff and make it airborne? The Feds, the State, or the railroad?
Posted by: Bobby   2023-02-15 15:13  

#13  TW's Silver Hammer...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 12:40  

#12  
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751   2023-02-15 12:37  

#11  Dancing nurses. We don't miss 'em.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 10:55  

#10  CDC recommends TikTok dance to resist toxins.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-02-15 10:55  

#9  Erin Brockovich is like a million years old now. Even present day Julia Roberts looks better without makeup.

And that, there, is a scary thought.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 10:21  

#8  Wow, I'm kind of impressed in a way that Daily Mail has someone on their staff who was like, "Hey, you know what we need? Erin Brockovich's take on this."

I'm not saying she's wrong, or that the True Covidians shouldn't put on their face diaper and go help clean up, its a long reach into the past with just Julia Roberts nevermind Erin Brockovich.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-02-15 10:19  

#7  report yesterday of a lady's chickens dying

Married Ohio couple and their toddler daughter suffer RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS after toxic train derails and explodes - as local woman's chickens all die suddenly
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-02-15 09:37  

#6  The gummint efforts to say "nothing to see here" are not working. Time to switch the narrative to "What supremacisses / nazis / J6ers caused this."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 09:35  

#5  These days I'd not make that assumption.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 09:34  

#4  /\ Am I safe in assuming there were no Bidenballoons nearby ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-02-15 09:33  

#3  Aerial photo over East Palestine the day of the accident.

Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 09:29  

#2  Read a report yesterday of a lady's chickens dying up in North Lima, which is not all that close to the accident site. No authoritative proof that there's a connection at this point, but since COVID, who would trust any report put out about it either way?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-02-15 09:24  

#1  Something problematic for those that need to be told.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-02-15 09:22  

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