#WhitewaterTownship. #Ohio, chemical leak: Evacuation orders remain in place as crews work overnight following chemical leak

"EMA officials say the leak is not from a train derailment but a #train car that has a valve open, releasing #styrene gas. It is still not known what led to the leak."

by Emily Sanderson
9/25/2024

WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — "A dangerous chemical leak in Whitewater Township has prompted an evacuation order for people in the area, according to Hamilton County emergency management and fire officials.

"The leak is happening near State Route 128 and U.S. 50, near the Great Miami River in western Hamilton County.

"Hamilton County EMA states that per Whitewater Fire officials, a 'dangerous chemical leak' occurred near State Route 128 and U.S. 50.

"In an update Wednesday morning, officials say they are continuing to maintain a half-mile evacuation zone for public safety and saying roads will be closed for an 'undetermined amount of time.'

"Authorities say crews worked overnight to put water on the car, but have not yet removed it from tracks.

"In Wednesday's update, officials did not provide specifics on what they're seeing in air quality or water samples, saying that they're being monitored.":

https://www.wlwt.com/article/chemical-leak-hazmat-state-route-128-shelter-in-place/62353528

#WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #ToxicSpill

I'm working on a piece of #Gorkamorka terrain (a fort) and it needs access to a mine shaft (Orks build their forts around buried scrap metal). If you're curious it's built on the power adapter for a Iomega Zip drive - parallel port version.

When working on it I had the lifts from Fallout and Fallout 2 floating around in my head. I was flabbergasted this morning to see someone on the Gorkamorka FB group pick up on that.

#scratchbuild #scratchbuilding #wargaming #wargames #warhammer #styrene

The new #deWalt interlocking #drillBit cases with clear covers are nice.

Whether these bits are any good on #styrene or #polycarbonate is another matter. The deWalt bits I had were no good (and one set I just got is likely identical to one I had, except for the case).

I don’t do much HW stuff, but sometimes am drilling into thing to house hokey little #electronics projects (such as my #JFET #opAmp continuity detector for making sure I didn’t screw up the connections in the next version).