Ohio Train Derailment and Chemical Release

[vixen1700]

Not seen or heard anything about this since it happened, but looks and sounds rather nasty.

https://twitter.com/FalconryFinance/status/1624051...

A lot of nasty chemicals.

Mods, could you please amend the typo in the title. Thanks!

[Teddy Lop]

That looks grim.

What is the logic in blowing the tanks up and releasing that cr4p into the atmosphere to spread?

[Earthdweller]

Just been reading some of the Twitter threads on this .. sounds absolutely horrific

[Scrump]

vixen1700 said:

Mods, could you please amend the typo in the title. Thanks!

[grumbledoak]

Wow. Apparently the water is "safe to drink" but everything in it just died suddenly?

Did anyone say "evacuate" ?

[wolfracesonic]

The old toxic chemical release, we’ve been here before haven’t we?

[dudleybloke]

Teddy Lop said:

That looks grim.

What is the logic in blowing the tanks up and releasing that cr4p into the atmosphere to spread?

If they can do a controlled release and burn it will be more controlled than letting it go BLEVE.

[hiccy18]

wolfracesonic said:

The old toxic chemical release, we’ve been here before haven’t we?

Just after they shot down a "UFO" near Alaska, and we all assumed it was Chinese.

[ianrb]

dudleybloke said:

Teddy Lop said:

That looks grim.

What is the logic in blowing the tanks up and releasing that cr4p into the atmosphere to spread?

If they can do a controlled release and burn it will be more controlled than letting it go BLEVE.

I don't think thats the problem with PVC, rather it's the corrosive and toxic byproducts.

[rohrl]

Teddy Lop said:

That looks grim.

What is the logic in blowing the tanks up and releasing that cr4p into the atmosphere to spread?

Probably the same as the Torrey Canyon, better to burn it than have the chemicals, or oil, released themselves.

[dudleybloke]

ianrb said:

I don't think thats the problem with PVC, rather it's the corrosive and toxic byproducts.

It's not PVC, it's a precursor for it.
Nasty stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_chloride

[Don1]

Lots of noise on Twitter claiming the balloon shootings are being used to drown out the noise on this…

Allegations that the company in question has offered each person who has had to be removed from their house…. $5.

[Tango13]

dudleybloke said:

ianrb said:

I don't think thats the problem with PVC, rather it's the corrosive and toxic byproducts.

It's not PVC, it's a precursor for it.
Nasty stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_chloride

I used to machine rigid PVC and that was bad enough to burn the edges off high speed steel tooling.

[BabySharkDD]

Awful. First I saw of this was from some of the farming groups I’m on. One lady is 35 miles away and her flock of chickens are all ill. You’d say it was frost bite to look at (black on the combs, wattles, legs). Others closer to where it has occurred are reporting dead animals.

[lufbramatt]

https://www.levernews.com/rail-companies-blocked-s...

Interesting bit of background reading

[TwistingMyMelon]

Whilst in Canada the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster opened my eyes to how lax and different the rules are to Train safety in USA/Canada. In that disaster essentially the driver parked his on fire train at the top of the hill, before going to the local Travelodge for the night - The rail company seemed more akin to a back street hire car company in the UK

[Pistom]

This reads like it's an environmental and health disaster in the making on a huge scale.

I can't believe I've only learned about this tonight.

The poor families. And just how far will the contamination spread?

The long term health implications doesn't bear thinking of.

[Earthdweller]

Pistom said:

This reads like it's an environmental and health disaster in the making on a huge scale.

I can't believe I've only learned about this tonight.

The poor families. And just how far will the contamination spread?

The long term health implications doesn't bear thinking of.

Oh look over there ….a balloon

[grumbledoak]

Pistom said:

This reads like it's an environmental and health disaster in the making on a huge scale.

I can't believe I've only learned about this tonight.

The poor families. And just how far will the contamination spread?

The long term health implications doesn't bear thinking of.

It sounds nasty. Some commenters are talking about it as a "Chernobyl" level disaster.

Still, UFOs!

[Pistom]

I understand the UFO/balloons comments but I suspect that this rail fire has been underestimated as to how severe it is because there's not loads of people dead straight away, it's not China and it's Ohio.

Looking at history of the reporting - it's been there but I didn't see it.