Hi, there JustPiper.
It's going to be 78 in a few days; you'll have to move here.
There's supposed to be a news conference today. The railroad hired a company to contain the leak, finally. 5,400 will remain evacuated for another 3-7 days...they'll see how it all goes. Curfews in effect still. Roadblocks, etc.
Stories coming out of those in the crash site area. Clothes turned white. Cell phones disintigrated.
First responders watched the paint peel off their firetrucks and cars. They watched their hands blister inside the vehicles as they continued to rush to the scene. Their wedding rings turned black. I am in awe of such courage.
Peach what you've been through there sounds like a disaster movie! I hope and pray there are no permanent affects from this
UPDATES...
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http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/pressrel.htm
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143759,00.html
"Toxic Crash Forces 5,400 to Evacuate"
AP
Saturday, January 08, 2005
GRANITEVILLE, S.C.
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "At least eight people died and more than 250 were sickened after a freight train carrying the gas crashed early Thursday near a textile mill. The accident unleashed a greenish-yellow fog that seared people's eyes and lungs.
About 5,400 residents within a one-mile radius of the crash were forced to evacuate, with authorities telling people Friday they would not be allowed to return until Tuesday at earliest. A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed within two miles of the wreck for fear that cool night air would cause the chlorine to settle close to the ground."
sounds like a scene from the andromeda strain . . .