In my recent post I concluded that the Controlled Burn was justified based on the following premise, which was that there were only two choices - allowing an explosion or doing a controlled release burn.
Appreciate all of the data collection! If I had to provide a guess it seems as if the chemical fire that was already started from the initial crash (the poly vinyl it appears) would spread to the other tanks. I'm not sure if the other reagents are explosive under pressure, but that may at least seem like the approach to let it all burn rather than try to save and move tanks which may take days.
Going scorched earth I suppose. 🤷♂️
As you alluded to in your previous post, and something I added to my follow-up, the Ohio River has been a site of chemical dumping for years. It's one of the most polluted rivers. It'd be hard to assume that privatization would somehow deal with this issue better. The response to one side wanting more regulations isn't to inherently argue for less or more privatization. That just ends up becoming reactionary.
Appreciate all of the data collection! If I had to provide a guess it seems as if the chemical fire that was already started from the initial crash (the poly vinyl it appears) would spread to the other tanks. I'm not sure if the other reagents are explosive under pressure, but that may at least seem like the approach to let it all burn rather than try to save and move tanks which may take days.
Going scorched earth I suppose. 🤷♂️
As you alluded to in your previous post, and something I added to my follow-up, the Ohio River has been a site of chemical dumping for years. It's one of the most polluted rivers. It'd be hard to assume that privatization would somehow deal with this issue better. The response to one side wanting more regulations isn't to inherently argue for less or more privatization. That just ends up becoming reactionary.