#south carolina train derailment

[quackels]

I was going to put three but apparently four happened

[thingstrumperssay]

I guess trains are getting derailed all over America I live really and have been months before the strike started. I live really close to some train tracks (they’re kind of all over the place) so I’m kind of in a state where if I’m jumping every time I hear a train now.

And “authorities” are telling people that it’s safe to go back to Ohio so they won’t have to compensate, so more people and animals are dying now.

Also there’s this truck that was carrying nitric acid that turned over and now there’s a fucking toxic cloud there too.

And people are mostly talking about how Elon is ruining Twitter and Jimmy Carter for some reason.

I understand why this is happening- America is such a fucked up capitalistic nation that they’re trying to cut corners to make up from the lack of labor during the early days of COVID instead of just continuing where it left off.

Then again it’s so fucked up anyway they’re probably just using COVID as an excuse. CEOs know that they don’t have to worry about getting hurt so they try to force their workers to do 80 hour weeks by themselves.

Fuck what Biden said. I’m hoping that railroad workers will be striking again. I don’t think he can be so ignorant this time.

[rjzimmerman]

Pollution from East Palestine train derailment rained down in 16 states, study says. (Washington Post)

On Feb. 3, 2023, a train carrying toxic chemicals crashed in northeastern Ohio, sending up a large black cloud over Ohio and Pennsylvania after officials decided to burn off the hazardous materials. As the chemicals lofted into the air, the pollution spread as far as 16 states, according to a new study.

“I didn’t expect to see an impact this far out,” said David Gay, lead author of the study. “There’s more going on here than most people would have guessed, including me.”

Toxic chemicals rained down from South Carolina to Wisconsin to New England following the accident, according to the new analysis in the Environmental Research Letters journal. Overall, the pollution spread over 540,000 square miles, or 14 percent of U.S. land area.

People closer to the accident reported rashes, nausea and headaches — but Gay said the low chemical concentrations farther away from the accident weren’t “toxic, but are pretty unusual at a lot of places.” Many of those pollutants can run off and affect marine and plant life.

The accident occurred around 9 p.m. on Feb. 3 near East Palestine, a town of almost 5,000 residents on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. The train, operated by Norfolk Southern, experienced a mechanical issue that caused more than 50 cars to derail. Some of the trains were carrying hazardous materials, including a known human carcinogen called vinyl chloride.

In an emergency decision, officials authorized a controlled burn of the hazardous chemicals to prevent a catastrophic explosion. But as the vinyl chloride burned, it broke into separate chloride and hydrogen ions in the atmosphere that got carried by the wind to other locations.

When it began to rain in various places, the pollutants were pushed from the air and deposited on the ground. The National Atmospheric Deposition Program, at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, collects these ground depositions weekly across 260 sites across North America. Gay, who serves as coordinator of the program, routinely analyzes the data to monitor air pollutants.

He and his team analyzed ground depositions from the week of and following the train accident (Jan. 31 to Feb. 14), and then compared them to the previous decade or so. Many samples taken during the week of the accident in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and New York were flagged for contamination, showing soot, ash and dirt.

Initially, Gay expected to see only a few abnormally high chloride signals nearby in Pennsylvania, but the impact was much higher than he anticipated. High chloride concentrations spanned as far as Virginia, South Carolina and Wisconsin. The highest concentrations were located near the Canada-New York border, which was downwind of East Palestine.

The pollutants disappeared within two to three weeks after the accident.

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

Everyone is talking about the Ohio train derailment but no one is talking about the fact there has been 4 other trains carrying Toxic Chemicals crashed in the past two weeks.

That's

Enoree, South Carolina

Splendora, Texas

Tucson, Arizona

East Palestine, Ohio

Detroit, Michigan (this one didn't leak and chemicals but still. It was carrying toxic chemicals)

All in the span of a couple weeks.

Why?

A rule was passed under President Barack Obama that made it a requirement for trains carrying hazardous flammable materials to have ECP brakes, but this was rescinded in 2017 by the Trump administration.

...

"Would ECP brakes have reduced the severity of this accident? Yes," Ditmeyer said.

This was talking about the Ohio incident specifically but point still stands.

-fae

[espys-art-stuff]

This has been brushed under the table by Wall Street (who own Norfolk Southern) and the Ohio/Pennsylvania govts, but reporting on it because it's a disaster: As a result of rail corruption/mismanagement (and USgov thanos snapping the rail strikes), a Norfolk Southern chemical freight train was derailed and spilled its load on Feb 3 near East Palestine (a town on the very eastern side of Ohio), which then apparently exploded. [Apparently. Lots of claims going around, but I can't find a source.] They decided to burn the vinyl chloride to stop it from leeching into the environment further, because letting it leech into the air was better I guess. This is relevant for anyone living in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and potentially Western New York. The chemicals reported to be carried were Vinyl Chloride [carcinogen with a boiling point of 8F/-13C that releases dangerous gases into the atmosphere], Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether, Ethylhexyl Acrylate [carcinogen], and Isobutylene. The train was 50 cars long.

Immediate effects have shown up in East Ohio and West PA, including reports of "acrid smells", as well as smoke clouds and fish, birds, and foxes turning up dead. Contaminants are confirmed to have reached the Ohio River and have leeched into the water supply of vulnerable towns in West Virginia. Local water sources and well water should be avoided and treated with scrutiny, as far as Eastern/southern Ohio, Northern WV, and Western PA. It is unclear what other water supplies have been contaminated, but veering on the side of caution for now is better - tests are still being taken and the situation is developing.

As a result of the burn, Phosgene gas and Hydrogen Chloride are spreading into the atmosphere. Hydrogen Chloride, now pumped into the air as a result of the burn, bonds with water vapor and turns into Hydrochloric Acid. This may cause acid rain. The wind is blowing west to northeast and affects Eastern Ohio, Pennsylvania and potentially, should it reach far enough, parts of Western NY (though it's unclear how far this is going to spread). This will affect people and animals over the long term on a scale comparable to 9/11 and some of the worst oil spills, and was entirely preventable had rail companies not cut corners on the operation and safety of their trains and train routes. Additionally, two more trains with hazardous material have derailed in South Carolina and Texas, though no known burns have occurred from those yet.

[offender42085]

Post 0570

Riley McDermott, South Carolina inmate 367945, born 1990, incarceration intake in 2016, at age 26; scheduled for release February 2030

Felony DUI resulting in Death

A former police officer, charged with lying, could have derailed or at least seriously hurt the prosecution of a man charged with killing three young people in a DUI wreck, but instead, Riley McDermott decided not to try to take advantage of that situation and pleaded guilty in an Anderson County courtroom in 2016.

As part of a plea deal, McDermott pleaded guilty to three counts of felony DUI with a death and two counts of felony DUI with great bodily injury, but an additional charge of felony DUI with a great bodily injury was dropped.

McDermott, 26, has insisted since the beginning that he would not try to have bond hearings or move to have critical evidence thrown out, even if that meant skipping a chance to shorten what became an 18-year prison sentence, his attorney Druanne White said.

McDermott was driving drunk, shortly after midnight on Nov. 8, 2014, when his pickup truck — going 73 in a 35 zone — crossed the centerline and plowed into another car, said assistant 10th Judicial Circuit Solicitor Lauren Price.

The wreck killed 22-year-old Corey Austin Simmonds, 17-year-old Amber Hope Perkins and 20-year-old Jessica Ann Roberts.

The wreck happened at Boulevard and Williamston Road, near a residence hall at Anderson University where McDermott was an assistant baseball coach.

The cars collided with the force of a bomb blast, said attorney Steve Krause, who represents Perkins’ younger sister, Cheyenne Perkins, who was 11 at the time of the wreck.

Cheyenne was trapped in the car, counted by officials as a fourth fatality until Deputy Anderson County Coroner Don McCown felt a faint sign of life. Also a trained paramedic, McCown gave Cheyenne Perkins an emergency tracheotomy in the back of the car and is credited with saving her life.

Circuit Court Judge Cordell Maddox said it is highly unusual for people accused of crimes to meet with their victims before the case is resolved.

"That’s a first for me in 15 years on the bench," Maddox said.

McDermott’s mom, Laurie, told the judge she knows about a lifetime of kindness her son has given to neighborhood children, elderly family members, classmates and to her when she had cancer.

“I know he would do anything in his power to undo that night,” she said.

McDermott’s best friend, his pastor and his former girlfriend also spoke to his compassion and love for others. His head coach at Anderson University, Jim Miller, said he had charged McDermott with recruiting not for talent, which anyone could do, but to recruit for character.

There was little doubt, family members of several of the victims said in court, that McDermott was, until that night, a good kid.

But so too were the people he killed, they said.

Hanging over the hearing like an elephant, Maddox said, were the actions of an Anderson Police Department officer, who was not named in court but was identified based on the charges mentioned by prosecutor, the judge and other attorneys for family members.

The officer, Gene Frank, was charged earlier this month with misconduct in office related to his work on the case and was fired from the Clemson Police Department, where he had been working after leaving the Anderson Police Department.

Frank is accused of telling his supervisors and prosecutors that he had tried to get a judge to get a warrant for McDermott’s blood after the wreck, according to prosecutors. Phone records showed he did not call the judge and instead made a decision to authorize the blood withdrawal at AnMed Health Medical Center citing exigent circumstances, Price said.

Maddox said he felt compelled to make the unusual step of commending the police department, in the court record, for being honest after discovering what happened.

“It needs to be said on the record that your department has acted in the way we all want police departments to act,” Maddox said. “You didn’t give up and stop, you didn’t hide any facts once this case went off the tracks.”

The judge said if McDermott had tried to get evidence withheld, Price would have been scrambling at a trial, which wouldn’t have happened for years, to get a conviction.

He told McDermott that his life could still be worthwhile if he were to try to stop others from driving drunk.

McDermott was given a chance to speak to the victims.

He turned away from the judge, toward the crowd.

“From the bottom of my heart I’m sorry,” he said. “The good thing about being in jail is I don’t have a mirror so I don’t have to look at myself in the face.”

While several family members had expressed forgiveness or wished peace on McDermott, Charlie Harris said he wanted a longer sentence.

Harris is raising his two-year-old granddaughter since his daughter Jessica Roberts’ death.

After the sentencing he said there aren’t enough laws to protect victims of DUI fatalities.

“He still gets to see his family,” Harris said. “His family can see him, can hug him when he’s out. I can’t see Jessica, and my granddaughter won’t know her mother.”

3y

[anarchistmemecollective]

Just thought I'd share some information for the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio that has contaminated the Ohio River downstream as well as the air heading north east towards Lake Erie due to hazardous chemicals being 'safely' burnt by 'authorities'. I feel like it's important, it's so fucked up. These are the water supply for millions. The environmental repercussions are horrific.

Collection of information

https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1625214707727765504?t=1NlJ_JcrYfNer7hCarWu7w&s=19

Thread of more information

https://twitter.com/ThatSadCat3/status/1625003411904114690?t=99mckoD2c4s8AS4wFw1GMw&s=19

Context for the situation, how policies and exploiting railroad workers for productivity and profit against the union's wishes contributed

https://twitter.com/LeverNews/status/1625198723654361088?t=EToCpVIXi6fSLaq6cMV0ug&s=19

I know it's Twitter so grains of salt taken, but independent citizen journalists are at least making it known and collecting information. Just giving it another boost. There are other derailments as well in South Carolina and Texas. It's fucked, animals dying within 100 miles of the site due to exposure. No large scale evacuations. It's angering. I have loved ones in these areas.

[reynita9]

The hypervigalence of my brain makes me think like.: 3 train derailments in 1 week. It’s MORE than OHIO. Which is fucked. (Texas & South Carolina) mixed with this “ufo” (psyop) they’re about to be like, “domestic terrorists” “threat to national security” and further oppress people within the US borders. at the same time say it’s for our safety and further suppress freedom of speech/thought/movement and build up support for going to war with China. There was a military general who said we’d be at war with China by 2025. So now when I think of, my position, I know I’d be considered redacted. And that scares me. And I domt think war will be fought body to body. Militaries all around the globe are investing lots and lots of money into bio weapons and subversion through mixed information and creating deep insecurity. Every day my grandma tells me she’s ready to die and this current world is too scary for her. She’s healthy and 79 but is losing the will to live because she doesn’t know who she can trust and it eats away at her. I think many people can relate. It’s just. Insane. U know? …. “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” Somehow humans always persevere. I can’t tell if we are still in weak men create hard times or hard times create strong men. I really love so many of you and wish peace and health and security for you and your loved ones in these times. We are young still and we are going to see a lot being alive in this time specifically.

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

Apparently two other trains carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Texas and South Carolina.

Seems like no chemicals spilled in either of those incidents though, luckily.

[bighermie]

DEVELOPING: Emergency Officials Responding to Two More Train Derailments - One in South Carolina, Another in Texas (VIDEO) https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/developing-emergency-officials-responding-two-train-derailments-one-south-carolina-another-texas-video/

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

A Norfolk Southern Corporation train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed after an axle malfunction in East Palestine, Ohio. The 50-car train, which had been on fire for miles before it ran aground, produced clouds of noxious fumes that led to the evacuation of nearly 5,000 people, some of whom were extras in the film adaptation of White Noise, and the deaths of domestic and wild animals in the area. Norfolk Southern, which has paid its executives millions, spent billions on stock buybacks, and declined a shareholder demand to “assess, review, and mitigate risks of hazardous material transportation,” agreed to pay the city of East Palestine $25,000. 

Aid and rescue workers could not immediately reach victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks, some of which were nearly as big as the first quake, in Syria because of sanctions against the country, which were suspended by the U.S. government days after the disaster; more than 37,000 people across Turkey and Syria have died and tens of thousands have been injured by the quakes. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan—who came to power over 20 years ago after a previous administration’s mishandling of an earthquake response, and has himself been criticized for slow rescue efforts as he faces an election in three months—announced that he would allocate more than $5.3 billion to relief. “It’s an issue that will take a coalition to solve,” said Microsoft, a computer manufacturer and software company worth $1.9 trillion, in response to a report outlining changes to small-scale cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is plagued by fatal cave-ins and child labor. Thirty-three members of Congress pushed for the U.S. Labor secretary to punish automotive companies whose Alabama factories have been employing children as young as 12, while lawmakers in Iowa and Minnesota have introduced legislation to allow minors as young as 14 to work in slaughterhouses, demolition, roofing, and other jobs that require the operation of heavy machinery. Missouri’s state house voted against prohibiting children from open-carrying firearms unless under adult supervision.

Attorneys for Richard “Alex” Murdaugh, the third consecutive member of his family to serve as South Carolina Lowcountry solicitor, who is accused of murdering his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul (who was implicated in the death of Mallory Beach in a drunken boating accident) and of diverting millions of dollars in damages-settlement money intended for his clients and their families, including the sons of the family’s maid, who died in a trip-and-fall accident at one of the Murdaughs’ residences, to a bank account he controlled, moved for a mistrial over hearsay, but were denied. The majority-white, Republican Mississippi House approved a bill that will create a new district court in the majority-black, Democratic city of Jacksonville, whose judges will be appointed rather than elected, and the mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, said she supported the police chief’s proposed community oversight board, whose members he would select. “People are scared, upset, & are believing crazy things being said on the internet,” tweeted Marjorie Taylor Greene, who carried a white balloon around the Capitol the day of the State of the Union address, as she questioned the timing of three downed unidentified aircraft over North America: “[T]here is a lack of transparency from the Biden admin and simple explanations are owed to the people.” The White House denied the existence of aliens and a report that the United States had blown up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. A farmer advocacy organization said that record-high egg prices are being caused by collusion among egg producers, who are exaggerating the effects of avian flu on their industry, and the McDonald’s corporation agreed to remove an advertisement for its McCrispy sandwich inside a bus shelter in Cornwall that is opposite a road sign for the area’s crematorium.

A decade-long study revealed that instant noodles were responsible for nearly a third of all hospital cases of scalded children. Scientists found that female orcas who support their sons into adulthood suffer. Eighty-one bales of cocaine, weighing three and a half tons in total, were discovered floating off the coast of New Zealand. Members of Oregon’s liquor and cannabis commission were found to have abused their power in order to get deeply discounted bottles of Pappy Van Winkle’s 23-year-old whiskey. A 24-year-old man who abducted monkeys from the Dallas Zoo to keep as pets told police he would do it again, and a Nashville man resisted arrest by thrusting his cat into an officer’s face. A robot escaped a Pennsylvania supermarket. King Charles III wore a holey sock to an appearance at a Brick Lane mosque. 

—Violet Lucca  :: [Harpers Magazine :: Weekly Review]

[zerogate]

On August 24th, 1983, the Amtrak Silver Meteor train made its usual journey from Miami to New York, but the trip turned out to be anything but routine. At 7.40 p.m. in Savannah, Georgia, the train struck and killed a woman who was fishing from a bridge. At 9.30 p.m., just sixteen miles further on, it hit and destroyed a truck that was parked too close to the tracks in Ridgeland, South Carolina.

The shaken crew were replaced, but at 1.10 a.m. the following morning, the train hit a tractor-trailer on a crossing at Rowland, North Carolina and two passenger cars were derailed, sending 21 people to hospital – including the engine driver. Once again the crew were replaced and the train travelled on, but at 2.37 a.m. in Kenly, North Carolina it ran headlong into a car that ignored the warning lights at yet another crossing. And the National Transport Safety Board, though they had no reason to doubt the quality of the machinery or to question the skill of the crews, declared Amtrak 117 a “Rogue Train” and cancelled the rest of its journey.

-- Lyall Watson, Beyond Supernature

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 8.17 (after 1945)

1947 – The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed. 1949 – The 6.7 Ms  Karlıova earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 320–450 dead. 1949 – Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge. 1953 – First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California. 1955 – Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people. 1958 – Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country. 1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.2 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana. 1960 – Aeroflot Flight 036 crashes in Soviet Ukraine, killing 34. 1962 – Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall. 1969 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage. 1970 – Soviet Union Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus). 1976 – A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000-8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless. 1977 – The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. 1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. 1985 – The 1985–86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota 1988 – President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash. 1991 – Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself. 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. 1999 – The 7.6 Mw  İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured. 2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country. 2005 – The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts. 2005 – Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. 2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games. 2009 – An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. 2015 – A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. 2017 – Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100. 2019 – A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured.

[anewswire]

Small Business Insurance In South Carolina

Securing Your Future: A Guide to Small Business Insurance in South Carolina Small business owners in South Carolina face a variety of risks and challenges that can threaten the success and financial stability of their businesses. From property damage to liability claims, unexpected events can quickly derail a business's progress. That's why it's crucial for small business owners in South Carolina to secure the right insurance coverage to protect their businesses and ensure their future success. In this guide, we'll explore the ins and outs of small business insurance in South Carolina and provide tips on how to choose the right coverage for your business. Assess Your Business Risks Before you can choose the right small business insurance in South Carolina, you need to assess your business risks. Consider the types of risks that are specific to your business, such as property damage, liability claims, or business interruption. 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[thehiddenworld]

The world 2023 events

Who is to say the world did not die? Who is to say we did not die back in 2012 or all the other times they said things has happened?

 For all we know we are still alive but are we really? This could be a simulation that basically looks like the real world and we would never know it.

Things are falling apart and becoming worst and worst everyday. History is repeating itself and we never know what the next day holds. 

Have you ever not felt of this world. Do you often time feel like your out of place? Don't worry I always feel like that.

You take a look at the bible and they talk about Noah's ark and how they say that they brought one of each and put it on the ark. 

Once you start playing certain video games like Soma where your trying to launch an ark that has basically everyone's minds on it since the earth was wiped out then you start to sit back and think are we really on the earth that they say we are or are we on some kind of ark. 

Nothing is what it seems and nothing is what it use to be. 

That is kind of how it feels. Nothing seems real anymore it kind of feels like one giant simulation to me just like in Soma. 

If you look at the world and all the violence there is, how divided we are rather you are democrat or republican or even the race you are then it is like we are still segregated.

Not by color but by everything else but then again they are making it color based also, Mississippi supposedly activated the Jim Crows laws again. 

Places are banning abortions, threatening the women that if they get an abortion then they will be thrown in jail or far worst executed for their decisions. 

We are being poisoned by our water, the foods that we eat, and the air that we breathed. The taxes and inflation of things are so high to the point we cannot afford anything.

 Rail road workers cannot protest or strike, they cannot do anything because they are legally bond to stay on the job and work. They cannot get any sick day or anything. 

This is inhuman. They have been told to stop following the safety protocols which means they have to overload them and basically do none of the safety protocols they are suppose to follow because they cannot. 

Those who don't have the covid vaccine or refused got fired so there's a shortage of workers every where you go due to this or they don't want to work for a company and get the bare minimum or below it since you don't really get enough money to survive with and pay bills or get the things you need. 

Some of the workers are being worked to death to the point that they are covering multiple shifts and not getting paid for it or they are being over worked to the point they are tired and stressed.

This is how the new world order is being put in place not just that but we have a feeling it's going to be a one world leader, no more governments or monarchy or anything just one dictator that will rule all of the world.

There were about 4-6 train derailments in different states, a wreck with the truck in Arizona, a factory burning down that has eggs and plastic, a metal factory blew up, 3 environmental scientist died in a plane crash trying to get to Ohio to check out the environment and how bad it was when the train derailed. There was a chemical plant that also caught fire.

There is diesel fluid going into one of the rivers poisonings it. 

The inflation is so high we cannot afford and people aren't getting paid enough to be able to survive on top of all of this they are also talking about a financial collapse. There are so many things going on it is way to hard to keep up with it all. 

Ohio, West Virginia, Arizona, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Oregon, Alabama, there is so much going on in all 50 states.

The whole world has something going on from protest to riots, to shootings to war. We do not know what is going to happen next be prepared.

All of this is a coincidence? I think not. It started with covid then they shot down a "Chinese spy balloon" but they are saying it was a weather balloon or whatever else they said it was now all of a sudden trains are derailing, factories are burning, water is being poison, there isn't enough food, grocery stores and other places are running out of things, inflation is at an all time high and things are just to the point we have no idea what is going to happen next. 

Talking of inflation is it just that the cost of manufacturing went up after Covid or could it be that supplies have been running out and they need to drive up prices so people will stop buying it out of want and start buying if they desperately need it. Sounds like they are learning to use physiological methods to control the information that is let out to the people by driving the prices high then people won't know that things are running out. 

 Something is up and it is time to wake up. Some of this is not being told in the news so you are going to have to dig and search for it. They don't want you to know, they do not want you awake. 

Ohio is giving everyone $5,000 if they do not hold them accountable or sue them for anything of the outcome that happens to its people. They are also making them throw out their clothing and furniture and anything that is cloth that could have chemicals trapped into it. 

We had a Russian Submarine that was found on our coast that basically has WWII tactics to fight, no one teaches that tactic anymore. 

Speaking of Russia, is it really surprising that all this time Ukraine was told they were safe from invasion by the Russian Federation but wasn't surprised when they were in fact invaded. Interesting that once they started to push back the Russian Federation events started happening more and more around the world? It went from more shootings, trains derailing, protests in France over pensions, to Russian submarines and fighter jets moving near the United States coasts, but let's not forget that the balloons were coming from the Country famous China. Sounds interesting that all in the middle of this they say the Conspiracy theory was in fact correct and the Covid virus was made in a lab in China, which by all fault doesn't mean China made it nor that it was even in that country to begin with but could have been released there to cover someone's mistakes.