Well I haven't been on reddit so I can't say what's being said there, but I would say that the reason people are getting so upset over this is because we don't believe anything meaningful will happen to punish those responsible or prevent it from happening again. Norfolk Southern spent $10b on stock buybacks last year, and so far they have only given $25k to the local red cross and are trying to buy people off with $1k to sign an NDA. It's a cover up.
Frankly I wouldn't care if the tankers were filled with water - they fucked up and should be punished in a way that hurts them.
That's true, but lying and fear mongering is not a good means to an end.
People on reddit were advising Ohioans to take their family and choice valuables and immediately leave the state. To head west to avoid "chemical fallout". Totally detached insanity.
Like I said, the disaster was was bad. It shouldn't ever happen. But eastern Ohio is absolutely not an exclusion zone now. By now the site is already mostly clear.
Why are you talking about reddit though? If everyone there is so wrong, why bring it up on a totally different website? No one here is making those claims, and most of the comments in both of these threads are about the points I mentioned.
Because I'm speaking to why the previous post was removed, and why this one likely will be too (its velocity is already crazy compared to other posts).
Someone is funding a social media blitz to amp up public fear about this event to 11. I am telling HN, use your head not your knee jerk.
Preventable accidents that result in explosions, any amount of unneeded pollution, fear and anxiety, among others is worthy of this attention. Further, it is being noted that safety regulations were ignored. There's also the fact that people have come to expect the people responsible will face no consequence and will instead probably receive a raise for a "job well done."
There is lots to be upset about. Not everyone lives on the internet to know events happen as they happen.
What you are suggesting is nothing more than a conspiracy theory and I hate that term. Provide some bloody evidence, anything other than "my gut."
Yes, I have the same feeling. It doesn’t seem organic to me at all. There were no larger outrage in comments than under any standard outrage posts. But still, this pops up continuously with such a speed all the time, that the comments under it seems like totally underwhelming. And nothing new happened for the past almost one week.
Frankly I wouldn't care if the tankers were filled with water - they fucked up and should be punished in a way that hurts them.