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A bomb on a train doesn’t bring down the train
by ClumsyPilot 2y ago
A bomb on a train doesn’t bring down the train
- defrost 2y agoRussia opens terrorist investigation after freight train derailed https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-opens-terrorist-investigation-after-freight-train-derailed-2023-11-12/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-opens-terrorist-... Millions of Americans face risk of a toxic ‘bomb train’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/01/29/vinyl-chloride-trains-chemical-report/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/01/2... Less than a year ago, a disastrous train derailment sent a massive plume of dangerous chemicals billowing over East Palestine, Ohio, startling the town of nearly 5,000 residents and onlookers nationwide. Now, a new report warns that more of these catastrophes may loom: At any given moment, more than an estimated 3 million people are unknowingly at risk, as toxic trains full of a highly combustible and carcinogenic chemical used to make plastic move between Texas and New Jersey.
- mindslight 2y agoDoes it matter? The terrorists (eg TSA) are attracted to anything popular they can make up a plausible panic narrative about. If trains became popular, they'd set up shop at train stations. In fact I think they're already doing "spot check" performances to trains.
- FinnKuhn 2y agoMore importantly you don't need to be on the train, you could just be next to the trains rails...