Town Evacuated After Train Derailment

[Bosonic]

Source: NBC

The town of Tiskilwa in central Illinois was being evacuated early Friday after an overnight train derailed and its tanker cars exploded.

Fire officials told the Chicago Tribune the cars were carrying ethanol and maybe other chemicals when the train derailed at about 2 a.m. and the cars exploded. Residents said it sounded like a bomb going off.

The incident happened on the east edge of town, near a subdivision. HazMat teams were dispatched from seven area towns.

Tiskilwa, a town of about 800, is about eight miles south of Princeton. Residents were being taken to Princeton High School.


Read more: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Town-Evacuated-After-Train-Derailment-Report-131317464.html

[Scuba]

1. Not to worry. The "free hand of the market" will sort it all out.

sarcasm thingy.

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Goodness, I hope that thingy wasn't necessary.

Being a woman whose offspring could recognize and define sarcasm by the time they were three, I found your comment remarkably on target.

[Scuba]

3. Thanks, but there's so many RW trolls here now I worry about being mistaken for one. n/t

[Scuba]

4. BTW, I like your Brand quote. Now learning who Brand is. n/t

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Brand is...

Well, I think he's rubbish as a comedian. I don't find him funny at all. He issued a statement about the rioting in England earlier this year and it struck a chord with me.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. I thought he was great in Arthur

and he gives awesome interviews.. but ya, some of his humor I don't get.

[valerief]

8. The free hand of the market has wiped out poverty and war throughout the world already.

And it's made the planet more environmentally safe.

And while the poles are melting, Hell is freezing over.

[Javaman]

6. I always think of "Close Encounters" when I read stuff like this. nt

[Occulus]

7. Super 8 WAS a good movie, but isn't this a little late?

:D

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. It's an Airborne Toxic Event!