With East Palestine, OH being less than a 4 hour drive there is no doubt the toxic air could (has) reached Baltimore. I’ve been trying to find any news about where the fumes are headed, but haven’t found much. Curious if anyone else is thinking about this.

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atomlinson89 t1_j8uuhl1 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 2:37 AM

In short: we will not be impacted.

"The wind shift from the Northwest will bring in colder air. The hope is that any toxicity will be washed out of the air and not carry our way at this time."

https://justinweather.com/2023/02/15/about-the-toxic-train-derailment-in-east-palestine-and-our-rain-forecast/

okdiluted t1_j8waadx wrote on February 17, 2023 at 12:15 PM

here's a pretty helpful twitter thread about what the actual contents of the spill were and what to monitor water quality for, if you're really concerned.

also contains a fairly bleak reminder that hazmat freight accidents happen like… insanely often in the USA and just aren't reported on very much. a huge hazmat truck just crashed like two days ago and dumped dioxins all over a watershed area! this has just been happening for ages bc our infrastructure is a mess! shockingly, despite this accident, rail is still our best bet for transporting hazmats… when the track is actually maintained and the workers aren't being screwed over (this east palestine disaster is pretty much a direct result of the union rail workers being completely screwed after they just tried to organize all of those rail strikes—a situation like this was exactly the sort of accident they were organizing to avoid, because they know the conditions Norfolk Southern et. al. forces them to operate under are not adequate or safe).

anne_hollydaye t1_j8w8q4a wrote on February 17, 2023 at 11:58 AM

I'm worried about the food situation. Most American dog food companies get their ingredients from around there.

weahman t1_j8w9pul wrote on February 17, 2023 at 12:09 PM

A lot of people are. There's damage but mostly in Ohio. We are fine. Continue normal operations and make good decisions and enjoy life

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z3mcs t1_j8uxblp wrote on February 17, 2023 at 3:00 AM

Yes, this is like the 3rd repost of questions about this, but this is a rare event and people are scared and worried.

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Animanialmanac t1_j8wp5mo wrote on February 17, 2023 at 2:22 PM

I’m a only little concerned about possible impact to our area, they found the chemicals in the Ohio River but that flows into the Mississippi, not close to here. I’m much more worried about the other derailments and hazmat accidents closer to us that don’t get reported. There was a fuel spill near me yesterday, on Caton Avenue at the new Royal Farms. I only heard about it because one of my son’s friends was part of the response team. He said they didn’t get called until there was already fuel spreading over the roadway and into the storm drains. His coworkers didn’t really know what to do or who they were supposed to call. I don’t have faith in the local processes for cleaning up and reporting this kind of problem. I wouldn’t know anything about that if I didn’t hear it from a family friend, I’m a little concerned other spills don’t get reported.