"bomb trains" transporting oil
Cracking pipelines or ancient trains transporting oil - I don't know which is worse -- where are the regulations to protect the people -as I'm listening to the train whistles - It's really quiet where I live - the only noise at night is crickets, coyotes and train whistles.
Earlier this week, Ring of Fire host and activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. took a trip to Oregon to look into the horrific phenomenon of bomb trains.
Many have begun to refer to the trains in the northwestern United States which are used to transport oil as “bomb trains” due to the tragic and volatile reactions that can occur if the train derails.
All year-round, trains criss-cross the American countryside transporting millions of gallons of crude oil. Just one slip up and the train carrying fuel is instantly turned into a massively dangerous bomb. That is exactly what nearly happened in the town Kennedy visited this week as his own niece was in a playground near where a train derailed just 300 feet away.
“I’m up in Oregon with the Yakima fighting the bombtrains. This one derailed 300 feet from middle school where my 14 year old niece Kate Skakel is student president. She was in the playground when the train exploded. The Fire Chief told me that it was one of the few calm days of the year. If the wind had been blowing, the town would have been incinerated.”
http://trofire.com/2016/06/10/robert-f-kennedy-jr-visits-oregon-expose-horrendous-bomb-trains/