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TylerJWhit t1_j8s63kz wrote

In your experience, does media reporting of an environmental disaster effect the quality of the disaster response?

What event would you consider the worst environmental disaster response? What event had the best?

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Few-Ganache1416 OP t1_j8s75ug wrote

I wanted to go ahead and just say that is a complicated question. I will attempt to answer it later as I am at work right now, but I don't have the time to answer that right now. I will go ahead and answer the media question though. In general the media is just as uninformed as anyone else not in this industry, without reviewing the actual site data, all they can rely on is what the company reps and government agencies release as statements. It does also seem that the media likes to hype up events out of proportion and that can create public concern that isn't really necessary.

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Few-Ganache1416 OP t1_j8v5580 wrote

For the worst environmental disaster check out Times Beach, Missouri. As far as response goes, I dont really have one that I can think of as the worst. The best responses are the ones you never hear about and they happen all the time :).

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yesmrbevilaqua t1_j9lqgtv wrote

Oh yeah that was the guy who mixed agent orange with old motor oils and sprayed it on all the dirt roads in the town to keep the dust down. Just one bubba and a lot of passing the buck killed a whole town, there was a 60 minutes on this a few years ago

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