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Hazmat transportation be like (i.ibb.co)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is this a general indictment of railroad companies, or am I about to read about something ghastly in the news?

[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 months ago (2 children)

No, but apparently you missed the largest chemical spill in US history while you were asleep over the last year or so.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ohio-derailment-chemicals-spilled-impact-residents-rcna71561

and the one that happened after that.

and the other one that happened again right after that.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Oh, I don't doubt that they have a horrible track record, I know how that scene from the meme ends.

You know how sometimes you hear about breaking events from memes? I was wondering if this was that.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

track record

I see what you did there

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There was a massive ammonia spill in the last few days.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Thanks, I found a story about that: article

That's scary stuff, ammonia's no joke. It sounds like if the wind was blowing the other way several people could have been teargassed to death. Imagine if that happened in a city...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I wish i could sleep for about a year or so.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's not a US only issue

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-M%C3%A9gantic_rail_disaster

Railroad companies need to be shut down and the whole thing needs to be nationalized.