Submitted by BENSON-L t3_112aaw2 in jerseycity
Few mainstream media reported covered this event. I am just wondering if JC's water supply will be contaminated, and which government website provides the monitoring data.
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pigdog12 t1_j8ivl67 wrote
Our water comes from the Boonton reservoir in Parsippany that the city owns. It's completely unconnected to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
mickyrow42 t1_j8ivec8 wrote
why would our water be affected in any way? The air drifting in the jet stream the issue if anything.
_homegrown t1_j8ivxkr wrote
I think OP is talking about the rain coming Thursday/Friday that could possibly get into the water. (or at least that's my concern)
BENSON-L OP t1_j8iwoq6 wrote
Yes. Rain is exactly my concern.
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bodhipooh t1_j8meot4 wrote
Just now I came across this picture of the cloud that formed over the derailment chemical fire as seen from above (source tweet linked at the bottom) and felt it was appropriate to post it here. Really scary stuff.
source: https://twitter.com/6_Lombardis/status/1625628403620540419
G_Funk_Error t1_j8j1b6o wrote
Reports are showing trace amounts of the vinyl chemicals in water in West Virginia. This is not impossible.
jman457 t1_j8j2yss wrote
Well the West Virginian border is like 30 mins away from east Palestine so I wouldn’t ring the alarm bells just yet
DirectorBeneficial48 t1_j8iwguz wrote
Probably not. It's about 392 miles from the derailment to Parsippany/Boonton where most of our water comes from. The Ohio River flows southwest into the Mississippi, so that's not related to us. The main issue is the hydrogen chloride. Thats a byproduct of the burning vinyl chloride.
The HC bonds to water vapor in the atmosphere and becomes hydrochloric acid. HA has a ph level of 1.1. That and the phosgene are the two huge carcinogens (that we know of) from this crash. In any case, 392 miles is a pretty far length for those gases in those quantities to travel before settling down.
That said, locales in western PA are already seeing the effects of this. If reports of dying wildlife and sick pets start occurring in places like the Pocono Mountains, then we should start worrying about the drinking water.