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> Why is a tank this large of a chemical that can have runaway thermal reaction allowed in an area 500ft from residential areas? Because the tank was there fir
by mschuster91 5mo ago
> Why is a tank this large of a chemical that can have runaway thermal reaction allowed in an area 500ft from residential areas?
Because the tank was there first and morons came later on and said they wanted to build housing, the land was cheap and no zoning was in place to prevent someone from building housing there.
Zoning saves lives.
- MereInterest 5mo agoBased on this comment’s [0] comparison of historical aerial photographs, the houses were there first. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48254291 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48254291