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wogal555 t1_j8eo9i7 wrote

Do not listen to insane fear mongering on Twitter. The air quality effects of local highways and power plants are more impacful than an accident that is already over.

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glopmod t1_j8fgegn wrote

"An accident that is already over" is a weird way to talk about an ecological disaster.

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Chernobyl is already over.

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wogal555 t1_j8fmgi9 wrote

I'm not saying it's not bad. I'm saying that insane fear mongering, such as comparing this to Cherbobyl, is the mark of people unable to tamp down on their anxieties about everything and thus shouldn't be taken seriously.

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chickunsendwich t1_j8i8n9e wrote

Experts on the ground have compared this to a nuclear bomb being set off over the town. While this is also hyperbole, you can’t blame people for freaking out about this. This event was much worse than just “bad” for the people affected by it.

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glopmod t1_j8fmv2a wrote

I'm not comparing it to Chernobyl. I am saying that an ecological disaster isn't over because the immediate explosion has stopped.

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wogal555 t1_j8fneiv wrote

You literally just compared the two! I'm not saying you're wrong about the fact that there will be lasting impacts, but OP is taking about evacuating DC because of an incident in Ohio. That is just patently ridiculous.

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jpenn18 t1_j8ifdlq wrote

Fish and animals are dying….it’s not over. There is no way to predict the long term effects of this given how much nature is interconnected.

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wogal555 t1_j8iia7k wrote

You are missing the context here. OP is talking about evacuating DC due to this incident. That is the insane fear mongering I'm talking about, and my comment about this being over is related to that specific concern of theirs.

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jpenn18 t1_j8iieqq wrote

I’m just talking about how this event at least at the local level is not over.

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wogal555 t1_j8iin64 wrote

And that may be true, but you might also notice that this is the DC subreddit, not the Ohio subreddit, and my comments reflect that context

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