Experts on the ground have compared this to a nuclear bomb being set off over the town. While this is also hyperbole, you can’t blame people for freaking out about this. This event was much worse than just “bad” for the people affected by it.

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How many Scaramucci's are we talking about?

Your are almost correct.😊 If the actual half-life (50%) was 1.5 days, then 25% would be 2.25 days. So the high volatilization of vinyl chloride and it’s short half life allows for it to dissipate in roughly 2 days. Could be slightly more but we are splitting hairs at that point.

Half life is not just used for radioactivity. Half life of a chemical reaction is the time it takes to reach 50% of its original concentration. That being said, in the environmental and toxicology space, they utilize that term to denote the timeframe where the chemical is of less concern to be in the atmosphere. Vinyl chloride’s volatilization takes 1 to 2 days in air. “If vinyl chloride is released to the atmosphere, it can be expected to exist mainly in the vapor-phase in the ambient atmosphere and to degrade rapidly in air by gas-phase reaction with photochemically produced hydroxyl radicals with an estimated half-life of 1.5 days.” Direct quote from this technical fact sheet: https://semspub.epa.gov/work/05/437069.pdf

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I thought half life referred to the time it took for the radioactivity, or in this case potency(?), of something to reduce by half

“Ha ha I’m just kidding why are you mad bro”

Awfully tough to de-escalate with someone committed to doing violence.

Look, I applaud your belief that no one needs to die at the hands of police and I agree that policing in the US is deeply broken right now. But when you take more extreme stances and use hyperbolic examples/statements you undermine the goals of actual change.

Yes the police should reduce their use of force, yes they should improve their training to avoid these types of incidents, but also yes, sometimes lethal force is necessary to protect themselves and the public for violent people with weapons (not just guns).

I second this suggestion. Spring is near, so patio season is picking up.

I feel like every restaurant is hiring right now.

Except he was “not complying” by continually reaching somewhere/for something in the Jeep. So of course that’s going to make the cop nervous, because there’s no idea what the guy might have been trying to reach for: Snickers bar, firearm, take your pick. You keep doing something that makes the officer nervous and potentially poses a risk to them, there’s gonna be consequences…

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the preferred term is bastards but you've got the right spirit haha

the driver of the car said she fled because she was nervous - understandable after someone starts shooting

this cop unjustly shot an unarmed man - he's a criminal

where would this conversation have gone? no one asking that question has an open mind because it has an obvious answer and doesn't serve any purpose but to regain rhetorical footing.

a silly question gets a silly answer

a knife could be thrown, but it's mostly a melee weapon. cops should keep a little distance and de-escalate when a knife is out, not shoot. if they can't handle that with all the training they get, they don't deserve the gun in the first place.

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Plot twist, rural Ohio just minutes from the next derailment

In that particular neighborhood I’d say try Blagden Alley. There’s 3-4 different restaurants there,( Tiger Fork,The Dabney, Calico , Amazonia) plus a couple bars (Never looked better, The new Eighteenth Street Lounge, Lost & Found) between all of them something is available.

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I don’t think your thought is as stupid as the downvotes make it appear. It’s a legitimate concern to have and I appreciate you asking this question.