I don't know. Hopefully not, but American "News" Media has been accidentally not doing a great job of covering it. Been reports of lots of dead animals.
Crews released toxic chemicals into the air from five derailed tanker cars that were in danger of exploding Monday and began burning it after warning residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line to leave immediately or face the possibility of death.
Flames and black smoke billowed high into the sky from the derailment site late in the afternoon, about an hour after authorities said the controlled release would begin.
The slow release of vinyl chloride from five rail cars into a trough that was then ignited created a large plume above the village of East Palestine but authorities said they were closely monitoring the air quality.
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Officials warned the controlled burn would send phosgene and hydrogen chloride into the air. Phosgene is a highly toxic gas that can cause vomiting and breathing trouble and was used as a weapon in World War I.
Holy shit. What is this?
The death cloud from the derailed train a few days ago. A taste of things to come.
has the cloud just been like that for days on end??
I don't know. Hopefully not, but American "News" Media has been accidentally not doing a great job of covering it. Been reports of lots of dead animals.
Doubtful. I think this is immediately after detonation
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio —
Crews released toxic chemicals into the air from five derailed tanker cars that were in danger of exploding Monday and began burning it after warning residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line to leave immediately or face the possibility of death.
Flames and black smoke billowed high into the sky from the derailment site late in the afternoon, about an hour after authorities said the controlled release would begin.
The slow release of vinyl chloride from five rail cars into a trough that was then ignited created a large plume above the village of East Palestine but authorities said they were closely monitoring the air quality. [...] Officials warned the controlled burn would send phosgene and hydrogen chloride into the air. Phosgene is a highly toxic gas that can cause vomiting and breathing trouble and was used as a weapon in World War I.
https://www.wtae.com/article/east-palestine-ohio-train-wreck/42768369
Hydrogen chloride turns into hydrochloric acid when it touches water, which is already in the air plus combustion produces water.
There are massive amounts of dead fish and other animals there now.
It's absurd.
in North Korea, the government unleashes chemical weapons on its own population, blighting its landscape.