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Should the gov be providing the residents in Ohio with temp housing because of the train derailment releasing toxic chemicals?

Posted - February 16, 2023
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  • 3830
    Yes.
      February 16, 2023 9:45 AM MST
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  • 34441
    We agree. But sadly they are not. The told people to go home. The air and water are safe. I would not trust either one. 
      February 16, 2023 9:51 AM MST
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  • 3830
    I wouldn't trust them either.  The EPA said the air at Ground Zero after 9/11 was safe and you can see how that turned out.  
      February 16, 2023 10:45 AM MST
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  • 34441
    Exactly.
      February 16, 2023 10:50 AM MST
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  • 44651
    Yes, if paid for by the railroad company.
      February 16, 2023 10:46 AM MST
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  • 34441
    Yes it should be paid by the RR co.  But in the meantime, these people need help now.

    Were you effected by it? 
      February 16, 2023 10:49 AM MST
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  • 44651
    No...it is in Eastern Ohio; I live in the NW.
      February 16, 2023 10:53 AM MST
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  • 34441
    Glad you hear.

    I would still be using bottled water, if I were you.  
      February 16, 2023 10:58 AM MST
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  • 44651
    I'm 200 miles away and we draw our water from Lake Erie. Their water comes from wells.
      February 16, 2023 3:22 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Well, well!
      February 16, 2023 8:39 PM MST
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  • 34441
    OK. Sounds like you maybe far enough away. 
     
      February 17, 2023 3:44 AM MST
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  • 13277
    effected affected
      February 16, 2023 11:36 AM MST
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  • 34441
    ...
      February 16, 2023 12:33 PM MST
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  • 11154
    Maybe Donald Trump and the GOP should be made to provide the residents in Ohio with temp housing. The Trump administration repealed a safety rule that  required  a electronic brake system on certain trains. Cheers! 
      February 16, 2023 3:12 PM MST
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  • 34441
    Obama/Biden and co can pay their part as well.  
    "Though the Obama administration did originally enact a rule requiring those better brakes on some trains, its regulators sided with lobbyists and ignored the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) request that the safety rules apply to rail cars carrying the kinds of dangerous, flammable chemicals onboard the Ohio train. Under the rules weakened by both the Obama and Trump administration’s decisions, that train was not being regulated as a “high-hazard flammable train.”
    https://www.levernews.com/there-will-be-more-derailments/ 

    Biden has been in office for 2+yrs and most of that with control of BOTH the House and Sen. 
      February 16, 2023 8:13 PM MST
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  • 3025
    Yes, additionally help with their medical bills and relocation expenses if the land is too toxic to live on.  


     This post was edited by Honey Dew at February 17, 2023 12:21 PM MST
      February 16, 2023 5:16 PM MST
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  • 13277
    It actually happened in Michigan, 30 miles west of Detroit. Not sure how Ohio was affected.
      February 16, 2023 9:31 PM MST
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  • 34441
    Nope....that was yet another derailment. You are talking about Van Buren Mich. That train has only one car carrying hazardous material and it was not damaged.
     
    My question is about East Palestine, Ohio.
    Carrying several cars of vinyl chloride. Which did leak and explode. Gov then burned all of it. Producing phosene. A gas used during WWI, it is a war crime to use. But it is supposedly safer than the vinyl chloride. 
    FEMA is refusing to help, claiming air and water are safe. 
    This post was edited by my2cents at February 17, 2023 12:22 PM MST
      February 17, 2023 6:35 AM MST
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  • 44651
    It is not chemically possible to create phosphene from the combustion of vinyl chloride.

      February 17, 2023 12:41 PM MST
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  • 11092
    Don't residents have homeowners insurance? A good policy should pay for accommodations when you can't stay in your home. 
      February 17, 2023 11:02 AM MST
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  • 34441
    Some would and some won't. A renter will not have that kind of coverage.  
     
    And with the gov (FEMA) claiming air and water are safe, ins will deny any claims. 
    This post was edited by my2cents at February 17, 2023 12:22 PM MST
      February 17, 2023 11:18 AM MST
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  • 44651
    How convenient for the insurance companies.
      February 17, 2023 12:23 PM MST
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  • 34441
    Isn't it....
      February 17, 2023 2:05 PM MST
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  • 11092
    Why should taxpayers pay for people who didn't buy insurance? If FEMA says it's  safe, the government  wouldn't pay either.  It's too bad the average person doesnt have emergency savings to tide them over, but why should they if they expect the goverment to bail them out. And yes, as a renter, I  have that kind of insurance. 
      February 17, 2023 12:50 PM MST
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