Recent comments in /f/Maine

MosskeepForest t1_j91uwed wrote

>$19 million sounds very inadequate

America is more about PR and optics of helping, than actually solving anything.

So it's just tinkering around the edges while "nothing fundamentally changes".

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metametamind t1_j91usp4 wrote

One of the most interesting things about almost every photo of maine from the 1800’s the lack of trees- the impact of switching from firewood to oil/gas/coal/alt was huge. I’ve read journals from the mid 1800’s describing the Maine coast as “treeless” up to 50 miles inland. It’s truly remarkable how the landscape evolves over time.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j91ufzt wrote

Fumes are composed of chemicals, sure.

But if chemicals are contaminating the water, does that not flow downstream in the water? All surface streams in the burg flow south and west. Away from Maine.

If you mean fumes rise into the air, then you should know that those aerosols diffuse and disperse into the air to the point that they are hyper-diluted. Not to mention that numerous weather systems have moved anything that would cause dirty rain in Maine far beyond the coast, if that particular air mass even moved over Maine.

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ComradeBob0200 t1_j91sbca wrote

So I live in Michigan, but follow this sub because I like Maine from my very limited tourist experiences.

Michigan has a few previously industrial areas and military bases that have pfas contaminating local groundwater sources. $19 million sounds very inadequate if Maine is as contaminated as Michigan. The cleanup areas are all basically superfund sites, and people who live anywhere near them all have to be switched to city water or install something like reverse osmosis systems. Repeat that for a few thousand houses and money gets spent pretty quickly.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j91qlk3 wrote

Who is "they"?

It is well noted by state and federal agencies that the local stream and a few that that emptied into were loaded with dead fish. It has been noted that water authorities along the Ohio River sourced their water from different suppliers for several days as the plume from the wreck moved down the streams and rivers. That plume has now been so diluted and dispersed that it can no longer be tracked.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j91pvd9 wrote

>where do you think the rain is getting contaminated from?

Meteorologists who have been asked similar questions point to dust from OK and TX. They also note that several weather systems have gone thru the east coast since Feb 3 and that if any part of the smoke/debris cloud remains, it is over the north Atlantic and northern Europe.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j91pf47 wrote

NS did not give that 25k to the town; rather, it gave it to the Red Cross. There is reportedly a $1 million fund set up by NS to help townsfolks with relocation costs. NS is also being asked by state and federal agencies to cover the cost of the response and cleanup. That is unlikely to happen absent a consent decree.

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