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I saw some good coverage from a meteorologist on twitter jacob wycoff. from the area. I’d like to know if the low cloud ceiling inversion was anticipated and how we can expect to find some of these chemicals in our soils etc in the future. Where are they likely to appear?

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What kind of accountability mechanism can Ohioans engage in? Gov. DeWine said in his presser today that he learned from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that the train was NOT considered a high hazardous train per reporting from Norfolk Southern, meaning the railroad was NOT required to disclose to Ohio what was in the train cars. To this point, he said: "If this is true, this is absurd." DeWine said this is up to Congress to solve and that there's not much the Governor/state can do to take action against Norfolk. He did note that if Norfolk did NOT fully clean up and pay for the mess, "We have an attorney general" and that lawsuits are on the table. But outside of a tweetstorm to elected officials....Do you think getting OSHA to further limit the "permissible exposure" of these volatile organic compounds is a potential path forward to get better working conditions for railroad workers and all others working around these dangerous substances?

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I'm interested to know how the driver of this train is doing and how he feels about this whole thing.

What kind of extra support can they help provide for people both having to move and ones that have no choice but to stay? And if they realize by doing some of the things that they have done and haven't done that not only did they endanger the people of these communities but, also their own employees? And I'd like to hear how some of the other people involved in this feel. Employees of NF, residents of EP and surrounding communities and their stories. It would be nice to hear from people staying, leaving, working in this and around this situation and from the newsnation reporter that was arrested. I'd love to know how he's doing now. Just thinking. So many thoughts on this issue. Thank you!

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