If only our country had enough excess wealth to take care of these people so that being able to work isn't their main concern after an explosion killed 7 of their colleagues.

Gotcha good thing VA doesn’t require signatures so we good then! Ty

850 people out of work.

Yep. And nearly any atomized substance can be explosive. In this environment, sugar, powdered milk, cocoa, and a host of other materials could have been suspended sufficiently to trigger the blast.

One report I saw, maybe the Reading Eagle, said the Easter production rush was over, most Easter candy essentially having already been shipped to their customers.

Not enough traffic? Surprising.

My girlfriends mom works/worked there. She wasn't there on the day it happened so she's fine, but the current theory going around is apparently a gas leak.

Too soon. Hilarious, but too soon.

I can’t help but wonder if corners were being cut due to ramped up production from Valentines to Easter.

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My bet is on a dust explosion. Look up Imperial Sugar to see how devastating those kind of explosions can be. The root cause is typically poor housekeeping and process engineering, creating an environment where airborne dust reaches a combustible concentration in a closed space and finds an ignition source.

Old building that utilities probably refused to upgrade and we’re never forced too. It’ll be interesting to hear what actually happened for sure.

According to Aqua PA there was only 1 plant effected and they shut it down immediately upon hearing of the spill. The rest of their intakes are all up river from the spill, meaning the surrounding area’s water supply is safe. Regardless, they are testing constantly.

According to Aqua PA there was only 1 plant effected and they shut it down immediately upon hearing of the spill. The rest of their intakes are all up river from the spill, meaning the surrounding area’s water supply is safe. Regardless, they are testing constantly.

Pretty intense explosion. I’ll be watching this for a cause or reason as to how this happened. But I’m putting my finger on deregulation. Since profits matter way more than anything else in the US, like making sure your facilities don’t explode.

Water in Wynnefield Heights, Somerton, Rhawnhurst, and Bustleton all tasted like worms cooking on pavement to me. Grew up on it, hated it. I split time between the city and suburbs, which is probably why I noticed the nasty taste. I trust the water from a quality standpoint, but the flavor was ass all over.

Never found goats to be snuggly. Animal activists generally aren't, either. This publicity hound farmer probably isn't snuggly.

Correct.

>I do miss being right across from the art festival during the summer.

They had to move Arts Fest. The park was getting beat up from heavy usage, so the DCNR issued new rules saying events couldn't be more than 7 days, and there needed to be a recovery period between events (usually 2 to 5 days depending on how long the preceeding event was). Arts Fest is usually ~10 days, so they had to move it to the Cultural District.

Fuck off and die fascist. The world needs less of you.

Younse would like to say HI!

Happy cake day.

News on the internet moves like lightning.

I'd be more worried about the Ohio spill than this one, if you mean like, Pittsburgh

I’m on the other side of the state, should I worry?