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Charleston WV was enveloped in a eye/lung irritating white cloud at about 1 pm....no alarms were sounded...I made calls to police and emailed newspapers. Finally there was a confusing blurb in our Daily Mail indicating that the substance was from the Bayer plant, and was an accidental release of a component of Larvin. The Daily Mail initially indicated a shelter in place for most of our county was called. Still no alarms, and the local emergency AM station was ignoring the massive cloud of gas.

Now the news continues to be confusing, and it is now stated that the cloud is from the giant coal burning John Amos power plant. At the bottom of a news article, it is indicated that a similar plant in Ohio resulted in massive injuries due to a cloud of sulfuric acid, and that the town had to be abandoned.

My lungs are still burning from this release of “whatever” in Charleston, WV.....I am disappointed in the local emergency reaction. If it HAD been more poisonous, then an entire city may have been poisoned without adequate emergency response.