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MASSIVE railroad accident / derailment on CSX just south of Louisville, KY. We're talking county-wide evacuations and a HUGE fire.
Affected train was en route from Birmingham, AL to Louisville.
BudMan - I know you're based in B'ham... I hope you weren't on there and if you were I hope you're OK!
http://www.wlky.com/news/10759995/detail.html
(and CNN, AP, etc)
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 Posted - January 16 2007 : 1:31:28 PM
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| it says no fatalities thats a good thing,but what are the fumes chemicals or petrol ken
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Posted - January 16 2007 : 2:12:00 PM
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FOX NEWS IS COVERING LIVE AS EVENTS DEVELOPE. THE TOWN IS SHEPHERDSVILLE KY. THE TANKS CARS ARE HYDROGEN PROPANE BURNING AND CYCLOHEXANE ARE OTHER TANKERS AT RISK OF EXPLOSION. FOX NEWS IS REPORTING THAT THE CYCLOHEXANE ATTACKS THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IF INHALED.
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Posted - January 16 2007 : 2:14:40 PM
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lets all hope and pray they do not ignite ken
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?011607/011607_train_presser1&FOX_Online&Toxic%20Train%20Wreck&acc&US&-1&News&634&&&col
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Posted - January 16 2007 : 2:58:51 PM
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| CYCLOHEXANE IS A VERY NASTY CHEMICAL-IT ATTACKS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM- IT IS A CARCINOGEN-DEADLY!! FOR MORE INFO GOOGLE CYCLOHEXANE
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Posted - January 16 2007 : 3:28:54 PM
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| THERE WERE ALSO 2 TANK CARS CARRYING BUTADIENE WHICH IS ALSO A HUMAN CARCINOGEN
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Posted - January 17 2007 : 03:36:12 AM
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Im in the other part of Alabama....WAY DOWN SOUTH! Im 45min from Florida and 30min from Mississippi. I work out of Pensacola Florida.
A lone amature built the ark! A large group of professionals built the titanic!
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Posted - January 17 2007 : 09:02:13 AM
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| it seems reading todays news that the danger is over,firemen stated they were letting it burn out,no danger from the chemicals stated earlier thank good,ken
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 Posted - January 17 2007 : 12:19:49 PM
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Oops, well I can't remember where I connected you to Birmingham from. And the ultimate carnage was less than initially feared, but still a pretty big mess.
That flame trench was pretty awesome. Bet the military would love something like that.
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Posted - January 17 2007 : 12:25:23 PM
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| hi g in c from your local news link you placed at top,could not find anything on fox this morning,hope i did not undermine a big problem,ken
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Posted - January 17 2007 : 12:27:26 PM
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This is the Louisville Paper, http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/NEWS01/70116062&theme=TRAIN0116&template=theme
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Posted - January 17 2007 : 12:30:43 PM
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have read your posting,which both say fire to be let go out,but on the ground,how are the people reacting to it,fox seem to be playing it down ken
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Posted - January 17 2007 : 12:31:19 PM
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quote:hi g in c from your local news link you placed at top,could not find anything on fox this morning,hope i did not undermine a big problem,ken
Originally posted by catfordken - January 17 2007 : 11:25:23 AM
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Link at top still works, that was to Lousiville's FOX-TV afiliate, WLKY. Poke around for the video, there were some impressive shots (as far as gaping at train wrecks goes).
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Posted - January 17 2007 : 12:36:58 PM
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| hi i think from pictures i have seen,it is a tragedy,what i am waiting to hear is why,i was thinking of a similar type of accident i saw on discovery,which happened in a town centre,its the long term damage to peoples lives etc,i really do hope i have not undermined anything by earlier statement if i have,a very big appology ken
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Posted - January 17 2007 : 12:45:12 PM
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| The main concern was toxic vapors and the threat of another explosion. It seems to have "taken care of itself" for the most part. Of course long-term effects from exposure to what levels of what fumes is anyone's guess at this point, but so far so good all things considered.
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Posted - January 17 2007 : 12:59:17 PM
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| we here in uk had a disaster at a factory in 1974 with the same chemicals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flixborough_disaster,so i would not take anything lightly regarding these chemicals ken
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