Next time there's a derailment combined with a hazardous spill, I'll be demanding my government hire randoms from places like Twitter to get in there and take care of it. People on the internet from thousands of miles away always know more about these things and would have done a better job in a shorter period of time.
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Ignoring your hilarious sarcasm that masks your actual position: I'm going to go on official record here and point out that out of all the sources I used, the Associated Press and the New York Times were clearly the worst place to get information. I'd like anyone who reads this comment to reflect on how batshit insane that is.
I'm not sure it's insane. Reporters just do their job. They're not experts on anything other than, reporting. I once heard a reporter ask a scientist, "How did the water on Mars get there? Did it rain or something?" They often don't know what they're talking about, and don't know what kind of questions to ask.
If I was taking a position, when it comes to information, I'd say everything, from all directions, is unreliable.
Just looking around this comment section I see a tweet suggesting there were two more toxic spills involving trains. Doing my own research led me to discover that's not accurate. Also learned there are roughly 1700 derailments annually but looking around the internet, I'm seeing people acting like it's unusual or alarming.
Toxic spills are nasty and quite common on their own, without alarming clickbait headlines. I'm seeing this being compared to Chernobyl. That's pushing it but of course that sort of thing gets high ratings in social media. Volcanoes release hydrogen chloride as well. Millions of years worth compared to one tiny manmade train car explosion. Hydrochloric acid works great removing hard water stains from the toilet. And most of that shit was probably in the cigarettes I smoked for twenty years...
Maybe I'm just desensitized.
ha.ha! tricked you into adding value to my post!
sucker
HA! Tricked you into revealing your ulterior motive!
How do you always beat me at 4D chess?
Time travel.
Reporters are just paid to push propaganda mostly.
People on the internet push propaganda, for free.
Id like to watch from the bushes.
Take some friends with you. Gets lonely out there...
Anyone could do a better job. Another one in Michigan today,this is insanity
I disagree. Majority of the population hasn't even taken a basic WHMIS course. Majority of the population, if presented an emergency including fire, would pull out a phone and record it, rather than grab a fire extinguisher.