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Title: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: Toonces on December 01, 2012, 12:01:52 AM
Of course, it's for a train that derailed and spilled toxic chemicals all over, but still...you're not likely to hear of Paulsboro, NJ any other time on national news.

"PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) — A freight train derailed Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said."

Full story here: http://news.yahoo.com/nj-train-derailment-tips-tankers-sickens-dozens-213425784.html

Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: Longdan on December 01, 2012, 12:23:55 AM
It is Jersey.  How can they tell the toxic chemicals spilt?
They were prolly already there and leaked into the cars.
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: TheCommandTent on December 01, 2012, 01:29:17 AM
Quote from: Longdan on December 01, 2012, 12:23:55 AM
It is Jersey.  How can they tell the toxic chemicals spilt?
They were prolly already there and leaked into the cars.

The man has a point :)
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: LongBlade on December 01, 2012, 12:00:46 PM
Sorry to hear that, Toonces. Hope your friends and family are OK.
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: Gusington on December 01, 2012, 01:07:45 PM
Congrats?
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on December 01, 2012, 01:16:19 PM
congrats on a train wreck and chemical spill?

some days Gus you really make me wonder.
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: Gusington on December 01, 2012, 04:10:30 PM
Note the question mark Star. I was kidding, the same way that Toonces was probably kidding with the cheery first post. Why so crankypants?
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: Longdan on December 01, 2012, 07:29:22 PM
you were cranky the other day.

They were lucky it could have been a trainload of lawyers.
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: Silent Disapproval Robot on December 02, 2012, 12:23:08 AM
Or this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMucmRlPZK0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMucmRlPZK0)
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: Jarhead0331 on December 02, 2012, 08:23:15 AM
Must be a small town.  My girlfriend is from Westfield and lives in Hoboken.  She's never heard of the place.
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: DicedT on December 02, 2012, 08:54:41 AM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on December 02, 2012, 08:23:15 AM
Must be a small town.  My girlfriend is from Westfield and lives in Hoboken.  She's never heard of the place.

That's because your girlfriend is Union County (which is North or Central Jersey, depending on how you look at the tap). Those are suburbs of NY. South Jersey is the Philly suburbs. Jersey is really two states with the DMZ around Trenton.
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: TheCommandTent on December 02, 2012, 06:22:09 PM
Quote from: DicedT on December 02, 2012, 08:54:41 AM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on December 02, 2012, 08:23:15 AM
Must be a small town.  My girlfriend is from Westfield and lives in Hoboken.  She's never heard of the place.

That's because your girlfriend is Union County (which is North or Central Jersey, depending on how you look at the tap). Those are suburbs of NY. South Jersey is the Philly suburbs. Jersey is really two states with the DMZ around Trenton.

Don't forget about the wilds of NW NJ it can get pretty hairy up here. We still have nature where I'm at :)
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: GDS_Starfury on December 02, 2012, 06:45:10 PM
LOL  only Jersey could be said to have a DMZ and it just sounds right.
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: Toonces on December 04, 2012, 09:49:29 PM
I heard on the local radio station here during their news break that they've had to evacuate even more people from the area.  My aunt and uncle were evacuated during the intial evacuation.  My gmom and gpop are still in their house a few blocks away.  My mom is out here with me visiting, so she's good to go. 

My mom's house there is like 5 blocks from where that spill occurred.  Too wierd.  But it is cool to see Paulsboro in the news.  Like JH said, it is a really, really small town.

LOL at the DMZ comment.  Sounds about right to me.
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: LongBlade on December 04, 2012, 11:50:00 PM
Quote from: Toonces on December 04, 2012, 09:49:29 PM
I heard on the local radio station here during their news break that they've had to evacuate even more people from the area.  My aunt and uncle were evacuated during the intial evacuation.  My gmom and gpop are still in their house a few blocks away.  My mom is out here with me visiting, so she's good to go. 


Sorry to hear that. Not surprised. They had a couple of women on TV who worked at a convenience store outside the evac area who were complaining of symptoms. Clearly the area wasn't big enough.
Title: Re: W00t! My hometown made the news!
Post by: Boggit on December 11, 2012, 01:38:10 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on December 02, 2012, 06:45:10 PM
LOL  only Jersey could be said to have a DMZ and it just sounds right.
My wife's aunt and her Biker cousins live in Trenton, NJ... Is it really that bad??? :o