https://nitter.1d4.us/rawsalerts/status/1625253862100594712
:seen-this-one:
Nothing bad could possibly happen by stopping a strike, right?
Looks like a truck crashed into the train, so it's actually an entirely different industry where labour has been squeezed so much that work has become hazardous is at fault.
So this time it's even more similar to White Noise. Wtf
Sir… a 2nd train has hit the World Trade Center
thomas the tank engine theme intensifies
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Holy shit fucking do something lmao. Why is there just silence on this shit
folks, uh, the trains are--they're getting havana syndrome :biden-alert:
This is what they didn't want the Chinese balloons to see.
So glad the US priorities are in the right place.
With regular chemical spills likely to become a thing, is there any reputable source on how to respond as individuals/in a community?
This is what they didn’t want the Chinese balloons to see.
China doesn't even need to send up a balloon they can just check twitter through a vpn and see pictures of the mushroom cloud of mustard gas visible from space over Ohio.
i would say having a good grasp on the general watershed and basin(s) your community is in is a good start, and how/where water falls, moves and exits out of them.
apologize for this being rambling, but i normally deliver this via powerpoint with pics and shit, lol. the HUC (Hydrologic Unit Codes) system is how it works in the US. everywhere in the US falls inside of a watershed/basin/sub-basin/etc/etc. the two digit HUC is the largest. each two digits you add gives you more detail about what "part" of the drainage area you are in, until you max out at the 12 digit HUC, which is like almost neighborhood size in some cases. the two digit HUC is like several states.
this has good pictures. https://nas.er.usgs.gov/hucs.aspx
as you drill down to the smaller and smaller areas, learn the names. look at where water is coming from (besides the sky). where is upstream, where is downstream. look at the communities you share these resources with. and, probably most critically, look at where intakes are for municipal water sources.
become intimately familiar with them and make note of where they are in relation to infrastructure like pipelines (sometimes that data is public) and rail (usually can find on OpenStreetMap data or google maps). in an emergency, you want to be in a position to communicate with your neighbors about risks to the water, because we can't always trust our political leaders to tell us when we're in trouble. google's "mymaps" lets you develop free maps, google earth lets you import HUC shapefiles. a map can be a powerful tool to communicate risks and proximity and there are free tools for developing them (i heart QGIS) for print or electronic distribution.
if there is a risk to your water intake, learn about what filtration techniques are being used in your town. are the ones employed going to do anything about chemical spills? what about if severe flooding overwhelms the sewage system and overflows into storm drains up stream. floods can absolutely overwhelm muncipal water systems. reverse osmosis is supposedly the platinum standard for everything, but it's expensive and discharges a lot of water as waste iirc so it's less common in places with water scarcity, not to mention broke ass places.
find out what's around. communicate about it to neighbors. organize action items and take them to your city council. make a stink. protecting the water supply can surprisingly cut through a lot of noise, especially in times like these where some communities are fucked.
if you are on a well, learn everything you can about your well. how deep it goes, what is "upstream" from you both above and below ground. learn your home's filtration system and consider upgrades based on your risks (biological / chemical contaminants / both). if you're on a well, all it costs is the electricity to pump. so if you have clean, safe water and electricity during an event, you can literally become a lifeline for your community. i used to live in a rural community where we had the only safe water (being at the top of the watershed) after a century of mining and we had a big, heavy duty spigot with a turnabout right at the entrance for anyone who wanted to come fill up whatever containers they had any time of day.
water is life and it is very easy to take for granted when it comes right out of the faucet. everything goes out the window when it doesn't.
Thank you for so much useful information! It's easy to feel overwhelmed with things as they are and seeing advice like this gives me somewhere to start.
If that great post intimidates you, call your local city or county and ask to speak to the environmental services/stormwater department. There's usually a helpful civil servant eager to talk to you about water
LOL. LMAO even. :amerikkka-clap:
Obviously sorry for everyone effected by these tragedies but :amerikkka:
boy i sure do love precision scheduled railing and the elimination of brake regulations
Second one today, another one happened in South Carolina, so far it looks like the one in SC wasn't carrying hazards materials.
Apparently train derailments are incredibly common.
Like, 4-5 times a day common. :this-is-fine:
I wonder where Secretary Mayor Pete is hiding so he doesn't have to talk to the media until the derailments finally stop.
So he can lie and say "Investigations are underway."Oops. What was I thinking? Investigations? That was silly. He'd never say that.So he can lie and say "a review of procedures is underway" or "a committee is being formed to study the issue" or similar claptrap as misdirection. He needs to distract Americans can be distracted until at least the 2024 elections. By then the majority of Americans will have memory holed the derailments and SMP will be doing something else slimy.
Are we living in a time loop of high altitude objects and train derailments?
Finally putting together a steampunk outfit and not being laughed at when I walk in to family dinner
Umm ackshuly sweatie trains of toxic chemicals derail and release clouds of cancer all the time and you're only just noticing it now because of the other one
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Toxic train explosion is not a big deal, why is everyone talking about it all the time?
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:frothingfash: foreign weather balloons are in my airspace again
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This is only going to get worse. Maintenance is a joke and all the experienced crews are starting to leave because they couldn't get even the most basic quality of life demands before the feds crushed the strike.
