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fire__ant t1_j8n60su wrote

Reply to comment by STDMachine in Maine will need weeks to determine impacts of Ohio train derailment on air quality by STDMachine

Is everyone forgetting about 9/11? They deemed it “safe” for emergency responders to go into the wreckage. Thousands have developed cancer and other illnesses.

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mymaineaccount46 t1_j8n6vg8 wrote

Even if it's worse than expected we are so far away. This is going to be bad for the immediate area, but all the way up here any impact seems incredibly unlikely.

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WalkerBRiley t1_j8o2f5y wrote

Research how far winds carried dust during the Dust Bowl and get back to us.

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mymaineaccount46 t1_j8olkr2 wrote

The amount of particulate from the dust bowl is on a completely different scale to a train derailment. People are making this about themselves when the actual risk to anyone not in the area of the disaster is likely to be vanishingly small. If you want to worry about this feel for the poor people in the watershed or around where it happened. Don't panic for yourself some 700 miles away

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