Reaction?
So my last post about the runaway chlorine car was interesting but the so called ‘reaction’ by our city and national officials is just off the charts.
Oscar Goodman was very upset by the idea. Good. But his response to fix it?
In response, the mayor never wants to be blindsided by a runaway car again. He says he will amend a city ordinance so the railroad must notify authorities before chlorine or any toxic chemical will be shipped through the city.
Yes, if murderers called ahead to let you know they were coming over that would be dandy too. I think having notice to the city that HAZMAT containers are coming through should have been the standard already but would it have stopped anything that happened with this case? I think the answer is no.
Of course Harry Reid had to weigh in and completely miss the point as well:
“The incident involving a runaway railcar yesterday is just the latest example of the serious danger that Yucca Mountain poses to Nevada and the rest of the nation.”
Leave it to Harry to declare something completely unrelated to the incident to blame for the incident and further his own posturing and senate sound bite chest.
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