Not good news for the Yellowstone!
Train Derailment
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Wandering Sagebrush
, Jun 24 2023 05:24 PM
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Posted 24 June 2023 - 05:24 PM
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Posted 24 June 2023 - 06:09 PM
Just what the Yellowstone river needs more problems.
Seems like our infrastructure is in bad shape.
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Posted 25 June 2023 - 01:53 PM
Oh no. Jill and I were just discussing rail safety, or rather what seems like the lack of. This was while driving along the Sacramento River near Dunsmuir, CA., which experienced a catastrophic spill some years ago. Hoping the chem cars remained intact.
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Posted 25 June 2023 - 11:14 PM
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Posted 26 June 2023 - 12:59 PM
The sad part (there are many) is that when agencies want to transport toxic waste, etc. they claim that a derailment or other disaster could never happen (or very unlikely) to justify it. Then when it happens and people suffer from it (directly or indirectly) there are other "excuses". You can try to clean it up but really... once it's in the water what can you really do?
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Posted 26 June 2023 - 03:29 PM
Just read a story in am paper..." no danger to environment"..Roflmao then " released substance will only form tar balls" geee so which is it. Of course their not being truthful.
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Posted 27 June 2023 - 04:12 AM
Just watched a Frontline special on why bridges collapse. Scary stuff and its not getting better.
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Posted 27 June 2023 - 05:41 AM
Just watched a Frontline special on why bridges collapse. Scary stuff and its not getting better.
If that was the show about the Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa over the Polcevera River, it was an awesome show and very interesting about the hazards of concrete encased steel cable in a corrosive environment.
You’re right about it being scary stuff. I hope the earthquake driven upgrades that have been happening to Oregon bridges over the last decade or so have found any similar issues here.
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Posted 27 June 2023 - 04:15 PM
well, with all the train derailments that have occurred (this one is at least the second in MT this spring) we made the decision to not buy a house near a railroad. We are 50 miles from the nearest one and two miles and 300 vertical feet above a major highway. Paranoid or good planning?
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Posted 27 June 2023 - 04:24 PM
well, with all the train derailments that have occurred (this one is at least the second in MT this spring) we made the decision to not buy a house near a railroad. We are 50 miles from the nearest one and two miles and 300 vertical feet above a major highway. Paranoid or good planning?
Perhaps a bit of both, but you have a very valid concern. We are about 5 miles from the railroad, and I’d like it to be more.
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