I live in Ohio 45 minutes north of the train derailment. There is no chernobyl going on within 100 mile radius.The site is contaminated it’s been contained people have been allowed home days ago. pic.twitter.com/ieAIHvchyW— CCG Melissa (@patriot_melissa) February 13, 2023
Everyone should be horrified by train derailments, they're almost always completely avoidable, in freight especially ones which lead to releases/burning/off-gassing of materials hazardous to health.
Investigation needed to confirm safety/damage is what should be performed, at a minimum. It's unreasonable to suggest otherwise.
I'm also very realistic about the contamination caused in this East Palestine derailment, I think, which makes this whole situation even stupider. It's not they'd ever be on the hook for relocating everyone in a 10 mile radius around the site, or even a 1 mile radius. They're really just trying to avoid compensating and relocating a few dozen families, instead they're going to make them sue them and fight them for decades. Fucked.
Everyone should be horrified by train derailments, they're almost always completely avoidable, in freight especially ones which lead to releases/burning/off-gassing of materials hazardous to health.
Investigation needed to confirm safety/damage is what should be performed, at a minimum. It's unreasonable to suggest otherwise.
I'm also very realistic about the contamination caused in this East Palestine derailment, I think, which makes this whole situation even stupider. It's not they'd ever be on the hook for relocating everyone in a 10 mile radius around the site, or even a 1 mile radius. They're really just trying to avoid compensating and relocating a few dozen families, instead they're going to make them sue them and fight them for decades. Fucked.