Hot boxes (the term of art for failed wheel bearings) have been a hazard on the railroad since forever, which is why there are hot box detectors spaced in intervals along the line.

There was nothing “slapdash” about how these materials were included in the makeup of the train, it was a manifest train like any other that runs around the country every day. Watch your local manifests and see which UN placards you can spot. Hazardous tank cars have a placard, a stencil, and an emergency phone number on them.

I was always wondering when they'd change to Be Rich or Eat Shit

This is beautiful!

I grew up looking at Mt. Tom from the south, so this painting is reversed for me. :-)

Do not lease solar panels.

If you can afford paying cash or financing some other way they are a pretty good investment.

If you can’t, you should not get them.

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Good thing I'm trying to file 7 weeks in advance haha

Appreciate that thanks 🙏

Gorgeous!

Yeah, state is usually much longer than Fed for us. But nothing can beat this years Fed turn around of TWO FREAKING DAYS. And again, not one of those "loans" that many of the tax preparers use to get people in the door

Close enough. Ronny Chieng

Your more than welcome! We have such a beautiful state 💕

If you are looking for great food, Uxbridge isn't really the sort of place to look for it.

You can drive up to Milford, though, which has a little more variety. Mendon is similarly rural but closer to Milford and 495.

I always enjoy when you post here, thanks for sharing!

Ronnie Chieng has a bit about this. Fixed the name based on feedback

Thank you 😊

Beautiful!!

Your second sentence describes the exact problem. In a lab, every damned chemical you use is documented. Apparently none of that was available from this train: First responders reportedly didn't know what substance was on the train, and that was coupled with the wheels and brakes overheating causing a clear risk of ignition.

The entire shit sandwich seems to have come about from negligence, both of maintenance of the rail cars and from how they loaded these substances slapdash in the train.

I'd argue this clearly shows a need for tighter regulatory requirements on the trains, but I'm also interested to see the reports from the final investigation when the facts become more verifiable.

You’re going to have to be more specific. Hazardous materials are mixed into general manifest trains every day. Information about the materials is included with the train orders. If there is a special “hazardous cargo protocol” that should have applied here, then tell us what that is.

All of it.

The shipment was not shipped under any sort of hazardous cargo protocol, as I understand it.

Industrial disasters are invariably a result of human choice. We know enough about natural conditions to plan around them.

Sitting in my car on my break after an insane lunch rush. Thinking about the homework I need to get done tonight. Honestly just trying to survive working full time and being a college student.

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Trinity is legit, they have an A+ on BBB, and good reviews on Google, and indeed: What they’re discussing is the PPA, power purchase agreement and it’s a solid instrument. Solar Power , is typically at a floor rate of 19.9 cents, on an escalator of 2.9% per year. It’s a 25 year proposal wherein year by 25 you’re paying almost as much as you’re paying now.

• the only way it’s not too good to be true, is everyone on pole utilities is paying in to a program that only 20% of population qualify for.

• Purchase is not particularly advisable if you don’t plan on being in your current home less than 10 years, or you don’t qualify for itc credits. Pm if you want to discuss more.

The view is from Southampton looking towards Mt. Tom. 💕

The passage and the official motto of the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The phrase is often loosely translated into English as "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty." The literal translation, however, is "she seeks with the sword a quiet peace under liberty."

You’ll still be eligible. The is a medical questionnaire that needs to be filled out by the doctors office and submitted with your application.

Go into it prepped for nearly everyone you speak to at the PFML office being completely useless. I cannot stress this enough. On 4 out of 5 calls we made, we got the most inept people on the other side. Couldn't answer the most basic questions we had.

Beyond that, expect the approval process to take WEEKS. We submitted our docs in perfect order. Took 5 weeks for it to be approved (supposed to be 2). Then took another 5 weeks for my wife to see her first payment.

As is tradition when dealing with the state, they are slow as molasses.

I can see my job from here!