Well, that's just lovely

[HEyHEY]

SQUAMISH -- A train derailment has resulted in a toxic chemical spill in the Cheakamus River north of Squamish.
Nine cars of a 144-car freight train went off the tracks in the Cheakamus Canyon this morning.
One of them was loaded with about 51 thousand litres of sodium hydroxide, a highly corrosive liquid.
It tumbled down the steep embankment and broke open, spilling most of its contents into the Cheakamus River.
B-C environment ministry official Harold Riedler says people are being told to avoid activities in or along the River and at least one resident has been told not to use water from his well.
The railway is assessing how to remove the remaining chemical from the damaged tank car and how to deal with residue along the riverbank.
No one was hurt and the cause of the accident is not known.
(CP)
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DWL

Fuck fuck fuck

[ironman202]

1. you canada people sure talk funny

just kidding...

[Bunny]

2. Oh, that sounds nasty.

:scared:

[KerryOn]

3. sodium hydroxide is nasty stuff.....

To bad this didn't happen when it was cold out. Sodium hydroxide usually ships in a 50% solution which will freeze at about 56 degrees F.

[Tace]

4. Link Please -- Unfinding

[HEyHEY]

6. No link - it's just a brief

[WillyT]

7. Here Ya Go (LINK HERE)...

Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050805.wtrain0805/BNStory/Front

:hug:

[newswolf56]

5. At least the Canadians will deal with it properly. Here in Bush World...

the government's primary effort would be to cover up the magnitude of the spill and then do everything in its considerable power to minimize the responsibility of the oligarchy -- not only for the clean-up costs but also liability for the cancer-plague and other genetic-damage illnesses likely to strike the victims years later.

[u4ic]

11. Not necessarily...

Here's another very recent one...http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050805.waltaoil0805/BNStory/National/

Residents protest response to spill near Edmonton

Friday, August 5, 2005 Updated at 10:07 PM EDT


Wabamun, Alta. — More than 100 angry protesters blocked a Canadian National railway crossing Friday to express their anger at what they called the company's poor response to a freight train derailment and oil spill on the lake where they live.

Cabin owner Don Goss said CN appeared to be more worried about getting trains running again than they were in cleaning up what some have described as an environmental disaster.

"There's an army of CN vehicles here with equipment to fix their track, and yet we're fending on our own here," he said.

"The trains are rolling and there's virtually nothing happening as far as cleanup. They're telling us there is, but we're not seeing it."

[NNadir]

8. This spill will self neutralize in almost no time.

Although it will be locally very serious, sodium hydroxide solutions exposed to air quickly take up carbon dioxide from the air forming sodium carbonate, and ultimately, sodium bicarbonate.

[hootinholler]

9. So is that the bush plan to reduce CO2?

I know it's a cheap shot.

-Hoot

P.S. To the OP, love the photo!

[NNadir]

10. Yeah, except that one releases CO2 making sodium hydroxide.

That is at least true wherever electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels.

[HEyHEY]

13. However, it's spawning season

And they fear an entire generation of Spring Salmon may have been wiped out.

[TankLV]

12. Yet we're supposed to trust in the safety of the nuke trains bringing

other other peoples' nuke garbage to screw Nevadans!

Sounds like a "winner" to me - NOT!

Yup!