Posted on 03/07/2024 2:51:10 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The controlled burn that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in February last year did not need to occur, as there was an alternative option, National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy testified to the Senate.
"There was no justification to do a vent and burn," Homendy told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Wednesday.
After the Norfolk Southern train derailed, the public was initially informed that a controlled burn was necessary because the alternative would be an uncontrolled explosion because the train cars filled with toxic chemicals were getting hotter.
The decision makers on the ground of the derailment had only 13 minutes to make a decision on the controlled burn, Homendy confirmed Wednesday.
"There was another option: Let it cool down. It was cooling down," Homendy said.
Experts from Oxy Vinyls, the company that produced the vinyl chloride in the derailed cars, were on the scene providing information to Norfolk Southern’s contractors following the derailment. Oxy Vinyls said a vent and burn was not needed, but the chemical producer was "left out of the room" when the final decision was made.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the East Palestine incident commander "were provided incomplete information to make a decision" about how to respond to the derailment.
Norfolk Southern defended the decision to do a vent-and-burn.
"The successful controlled release prevented a potentially catastrophic uncontrolled explosion that could have caused significant damage for the community. To date, continuous environmental testing in coordination with and alongside US and Ohio EPA has shown the air and drinking water in the community are safe," the transportation company said, according to the Ohio-based 19 News.
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Looks like a typical Nork long range missile test.
It was necessary in order to poison the “rural white voters” who are a threat to our “democracy”.
The Morton Thiokol engineers were "left out of the room" when the final decision to launch Challenger was made.
Jus' sayin' ...
just wow.
the Rrrr-Democracy Pirate Party went rogue and did what pete wanted.
Hindsight is always 20-20. Especially when there’s politics involved.
The peasants are supposed to obey the "experts."
The elite are too privileged to be held to the same expectation.
And whose bright idea was this, anyway?
Dead white rural voters have no rage.
FTA: "Experts from Oxy Vinyls, the company that produced the vinyl chloride in the derailed cars, were on the scene providing information to Norfolk Southern’s contractors following the derailment. Oxy Vinyls said a vent and burn was not needed, but the chemical producer was "left out of the room" when the final decision was made."
Interesting video of a “controlled burn”.
Nothing like being an arm chair quarterback...
You didn’t even glance at the article, did ya,?
Yes I did...
If you believe that they left the expert outside while they made a decision, well....
Either the author of the article is stupid, or.....
The people that made the decision were stupid...
If I have to choose who is stupid, I would choose the author of the article...
That’s just my opinion
You know what they say about opinions and Obamaholes.
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