"Outbreak Of Train Derailments: Ohio Reporting Catastrophic Effects On Air, Water, Soil, Fish, Frogs and Animals Dying, Amidst Near Total Media Blackout" by Celia Farber
This is a reposting of Celia Farber’s blog with regard to a spate of train derailments. First there was East Palestine, Ohio then derailments in Houston, Texas and Enoree, South Carolina. I have included additional information at the end.
Queasy feeling: I checked the following sites: CNN, MSNBC, AP and Reuters—none mentioned the catastrophe in Ohio being called our “Chernobyl.” All four headlined the shootings at Michigan State. None mentioned the catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio, being called one of the worst environmental disasters this country has ever known. Front page stories focus on blaming Trump for “pro-Jesus” Super Bowl commercials. Never has a story been ghosted to such ghostly effect.
Yet for some reason the NYT is reporting on it. And even reporting on the Don Delillo angle. Nothing makes sense anymore.
“On Feb. 6, Mr. DeWine extended the evacuation order to include anyone in a one-by-two-mile area surrounding East Palestine, including parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
“One of the evacuees, Ben Ratner, told CNN that he and members of his family had been extras in a 2022 movie adaptation of the 1985 Don DeLillo novel “White Noise.” In that story, a train derails and spills chemicals, causing an “airborne toxic event” that forces the evacuation of a small, Midwestern college town.”
The following was yesterday’s EPA update for East Palestine, Ohio, along with the status for 12th February:
East Palestine Train Derailment
Feb. 13, 2023 Update
Re-Entry air screenings are underway. Community air monitoring will continue operating 24 hours a day. As of yesterday evening, 291 homes have been screened. To date, no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified for the completed screened homes. There are 181 homes that remain to be screened.
U.S. EPA has deployed two more Summa air sampling canisters for continuous sampling. Local schools and the library were screened yesterday.
US EPA’s network of air monitoring stations throughout the East Palestine area did not detect anything above the action level.
Feb. 12, 2023 Update
EPA has posted a document from Norfolk Southern listing the cars that were involved in the derailment and the products they were carrying. EPA was initially informed orally of the contents of derailed cars in order to develop a plan for air monitoring. Upon request, Norfolk Southern provided the attached list detailing the rail cars that may have derailed in the incident. This was created by Norfolk Southern and EPA cannot speak to the design or creation of this document.
Air Monitoring
U.S. EPA continues to conduct air monitoring throughout the East Palestine community. Air monitoring since the fire went out has not detected any levels of concern in the community that can be attributed to the incident at this time. For example, there have been some exceedances of PM2.5 screening values, but those are both upwind and downwind of the derailment site so likely had another cause.
Residents may still smell odors from the site. If you experience symptoms, Columbiana County Health Department recommends calling your medical provider.
The duration of community air monitoring will be guided using a data- and evidence-based approach. As information continues to be collected, EPA, in consultation with local authorities, will develop a plan to eventually phase out community air monitoring.
Indoor Air Screening
EPA provided air monitoring data to health agencies and the local fire department to make the determination whether residents could return to their homes. EPA air monitoring devices used for indoor air screening as part of the voluntary home screening effort can detect vinyl chloride and other chemicals of concern from the derailment.
As of yesterday evening, 210 homes have been screened. To date, no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified for the completed screened homes. There are 218 homes that still remain to be screened.
Screening levels
Screening levels or exposure limits are concentrations of specific chemicals in media (air, water, soil). ATSDR uses screening levels to determine if more evaluation is needed. Levels above a minimal risk level are not necessarily harmful; the potential for harm depends on how high the levels were and how long the exposure lasted, along with personal traits and habits.
Feb. 11, 2023 Update U.S. EPA has issued a general notice of potential liability letter to Norfolk Southern to document the release or threat of release of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants to the environment following the train derailment. The letter outlines EPA cleanup actions at the site and the potential to hold the railroad accountable for associated costs. The letter can be found under the Documents section of this website.
U.S. EPA continues to assist Norfolk Southern and Columbiana Emergency Management Agency with voluntary residential air screening. As of last night, 105 residential homes have had their indoor air screened.
According to World Population Review, the current population of East Palestine, Ohio in 2023 is 4,917 people.
Is this predictive programming? The screenshot of the tweet states:
Here's a movie just made about a trani derailing with toxins in Ohio – filmed in Ohio where it just happened & many of the extras were locals from East Palestine Ohio who in the film, evacuated. Then months later they had to do so in real life...
Despite the images of flames and public evacuations after train cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, late Friday, railway incidents requiring nearby residents to flee possible explosions or potentially toxic fumes are rare, a USA TODAY analysis of federal government data found.
[February 9, 2023]
The following is information from a report published by The Hill on June 28, 2022 following an Amtrak passenger train derailment in Missouri in which resulted in the deaths of at least three.
While fatalities from train derailments are rare, derailments themselves are actually quite common.
From 1990, the first year the BTS began tracking derailments and injuries on a yearly basis, to 2021, there have been 54,539 accidents in which a train derailed. That’s an average of 1,704 derailments per year.
Those numbers might seem pretty staggering, but derailments vary in severity and only a portion result in injuries. During that same time frame, 5,547 people were injured when a train derailed, or about 174 per year. Even then, much of that data is skewed due to a 2002 derailment in North Dakota in which a hazardous materials spill injured more than 1,400 people, BTS said.
If you haven’t already please read David Childer’s article with regard to the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment which I reposted along with some additional information:
