Hoʻomaka ka makaʻu ʻana o ke kaʻaahi Ohio ma waena o nā kamaʻāina liʻiliʻi e pili ana i nā mea ʻona

ʻO ke kaʻaahi kaʻaahi Ohio e lawe ana i ka vinyl chloride e hoʻoulu ai i ka pollution a me nā pilikia olakino

He ʻumikūmālua mau lā ma hope o ke kaʻaahi e lawe ana i nā kemika ʻona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Ohio o East Palestine, ke koi mau nei nā kamaʻāina hopohopo i nā pane.

"He mea koʻikoʻi loa ia i kēia manawa," wahi a James Figley, ka mea e noho ana ma kahi mau poloka mai ka hanana. "Aia ke kulanakauhale a pau i ka haunaele."

He mea hoʻolālā kiʻi ʻo Figley, 63 ona makahiki. I ke ahiahi o ka lā 3 o Pepeluali, e noho ana ʻo ia ma luna o ka sofa a lohe koke ʻo ia i kahi kani metala weliweli..

"Aia kekahi mau pahū i hoʻomau a ʻoi aku ka weliweli o nā ʻala," wahi a Figley.

"Ua puhi anei ʻoe i ka plastic i loko o kou pā hale a (he) uahi ʻeleʻele? ʻO ia nō," wahi āna. "He ʻeleʻele, ʻeleʻele loa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike he ʻala kemika. Ua wela kou mau maka. Inā ʻoe e alo ana i ka makani, hiki ke pōʻino loa."

ʻO ka hanana i hoʻāla i kahi ahi i hoʻoweliweli i nā kamaʻāina e noho ana ma kahi mamao.

Ua paʻa ka uahi mai kahi kaʻaahi ukana e lawe ana i nā kemika weliweli ma East Palestine, Ohio.

I nā lā ma hope mai, ua ʻike ʻia ka uahi ʻawaʻawa ma luna o ke kaona i ka ʻimi ʻana o nā luna e puhi i kahi kemika weliweli i kapa ʻia ʻo vinyl chloride ma mua o ka pahū ʻana.

I nā lā aʻe, ua ʻike ʻia nā iʻa make ma ke kahawai. Ua hōʻoia nā luna ma hope mai ua holo ka helu i nā tausani. Ua haʻi aku ka poʻe kamaʻāina i ka nūhou kūloko ua make koke kā lākou mau moa, makaʻu nā alopeke a ua maʻi nā holoholona ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻopiʻi ka poʻe kamaʻāina i ka ʻeha o ke poʻo, ka maka a me ka ʻeha ʻāʻī.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kāpena Mike DeWine ʻo Ohio i ka Pōʻakolu ʻoiai e palekana ana ka maikaʻi o ka ea o ke kūlanakauhale, pono e inu nā kamaʻāina kokoke i ke kahua o kahi wai ʻawaʻawa i mea e mālama ai. Ua hoʻohiki nā luna mokuʻāina a me nā luna aupuni e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ana lākou i ka lepo haumia mai ka pūnaewele a ua hoʻi hou ka maikaʻi o ka wai a me ke kaona.

ʻO ka ʻokoʻa loa ma waena o ka mea a kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina e haʻi mai nei iā mākou a me nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki e hoʻomau nei nā luna i alakaʻi i ka haunaele a me ka makaʻu ma ka hikina Palestine. I kēia manawa, ua hāpai ka poʻe loea kaiapuni a me ke olakino i nā nīnau e pili ana i ka palekana maoli o ka pūnaewele. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi poʻe hoʻohana i ka ʻoihana pūnaewele, ʻoiai ua hāʻawi pinepine nā luna aupuni i nā mea hou e pili ana i ke kūlana a hōʻike i ka huhū i ka hui kaʻaahi, ʻaʻole haʻi nā luna i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i nā kamaʻāina.

Ua hoʻokipa kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina i ka nānā ʻana. "He nui nā mea a mākou i ʻike ʻole ai," wahi a Figley.

Manaʻo nā luna o ʻAmelika he 3,500 mau iʻa mai 12 mau ʻano ʻano like ʻole i make ma nā kahawai kokoke ma muli o ke kahe ʻana..

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Ua hāʻawi mai nā luna i kekahi mau kikoʻī e pili ana i ka haʻalele ʻana o kahi kaʻaahi Norfolk Southern i ka lā 3 Feb e hele ana i Pennsylvania.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo DeWine ma kahi hālāwai kūkā i ka Pōʻalua ua loaʻa i ke kaʻaahi ma kahi o 150 mau kaʻa, a he 50 o lākou i hemo. Ma kahi o 10 o ia mau mea i loaʻa i nā mea ʻona.

ʻAʻole i hoʻoholo ka National Transportation Safety Board i ke kumu kūpono o ka hili ʻana, akā ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena ua pili paha ia i kahi pilikia mechanical me kekahi o nā axles.

ʻO nā mea i lawe ʻia e nā kaʻaahi he vinyl chloride, he kinoea kala ʻole a ʻino i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana ʻana i nā huahana PVC a me nā huahana vinyl.

ʻO Vinyl chloride kekahi mea make. Hiki i ka ʻike nui ʻana i ke kemika ke hoʻoulu i ka noʻonoʻo, ka hiamoe a me ke poʻo, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻike lōʻihi e hiki ke hōʻeha i ka ate a me kahi ʻano o ka maʻi maʻi ate.

Ma ka lā 6 o Pepeluali, ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka wahi koke, ua hana nā luna i ka puhi ʻana o ka vinyl chloride. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo DeWine, ua manaʻo ka poʻe loea federal, mokuʻāina a me ke kaʻaahi ua ʻoi aku ka palekana ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mea e pahū a hoʻouna i nā ʻōpala e lele ana ma waena o ke kaona, kahi āna i kapa ai ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea ʻelua.

Ua hoʻopuka ka puhi ahi i ka uahi apocalyptic ma ka hikina o Palestine. Ua hoʻolaha nui ʻia nā kiʻi ma ka pāpaho pūnaewele, me ka nui o ka poʻe heluhelu haʻalulu e hoʻohālikelike ana iā lākou me kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōʻino.

I nā lā ma hope mai, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Gov. DeWine, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro a me Norfolk Southern ua kūleʻa ke ahi a ua ʻae ʻia nā kamaʻāina e hoʻi i ka wā i manaʻo ai nā luna he palekana.

"No mākou, i ka wā i ʻōlelo ai lākou ua hoʻoholo ʻia, ua hoʻoholo mākou e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻi mai," wahi a John Myers e noho ana ma East Palestine, e noho ana me kona ʻohana ma kahi hale kokoke i ke kahua o ka derailment.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole. "Hono ka ea e like me nā manawa a pau," wahi āna.

Ma ka Poalua, ua ʻōlelo ka US Environmental Protection Agency ʻaʻole i ʻike i nā pae koʻikoʻi o nā mea ʻino i ka lewa. Ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena ua nānā ʻo ia ma kahi o 400 mau hale a hiki i kēia manawa a ʻaʻohe mea kemika i ʻike ʻia, akā ke hoʻomau nei ka nānā ʻana i nā hale hou aʻe ma ia wahi a mālama i ka nānā ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea.

Ma hope o ka ulia pōpilikia, ua ʻike ka US Environmental Protection Agency i nā ʻāpana o nā kemika i nā wai wai kokoke, me ka muliwai ʻo Ohio. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana ua komo ka wai i hoʻohaumia ʻia i nā ʻauwai ʻino. Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o Ohio e hoʻāʻo lākou i nā lako wai o nā kamaʻāina a i ʻole e ʻeli i nā luawai hou inā pono.

Ma ka Pōʻakolu, ua hōʻoia ka Ohio Environmental Protection Agency i nā poʻe noho i nā pūnāwai i loko o ka ʻōnaehana wai kūloko i hoʻāʻo ʻole ʻia me nā kemika mai ka derailment a ua palekana ka wai o ke aupuni e inu.

Nui loa ka paulele a me ke kanalua

Ua hopohopo ka poʻe e pili ana i ka hopena o nā kemika ʻona i ko lākou olakino. (Ke kiʻi ʻia nei ke kiʻi o kahi hōʻailona ma waho o kahi ʻoihana ma East Palestine e heluhelu ana "Pray for East Palestine and our future.")

I kekahi poʻe, ʻo nā kiʻi haʻalulu o ka smog ʻawaʻawa i kū like me ka neʻe ʻana o nā luna i ka hikina o Palestine.

ʻO nā mea hoʻohana pūnaewele media ma Twitter a me TikTok ma muli o ka hahai ʻana i nā hōʻike o nā holoholona ʻeha a me nā kiʻi o ka vinyl chloride puhi. Ke koi nei lākou i nā pane hou mai nā luna.

Ma hope o ka hoʻopuka ʻana o ka poʻe i nā wikiō o nā iʻa make i ka media media, ua ʻae nā luna i ka mea maoli. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ohio Department of Natural Resources ma kahi o 3,500 mau iʻa o 12 mau ʻano ʻano like ʻole i make ma ke kahawai 7.5-mile ma ka hema o East Palestine.

Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo nā luna ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā lākou nā hōʻike no ka derailments a i ʻole nā ​​​​kemika e hoʻopau pololei i ka make o nā holoholona a i ʻole nā ​​​​holoholona ʻāina ʻē aʻe.

ʻOi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka puhi ʻana o nā kemika, ua hoʻopiʻi ka poʻe noho ma ke kaiāulu i ke poʻo a me ka nausea, e like me ka The Washington Post, The New Republic a me nā media kūloko.

Ua haʻi aku ka poʻe loea kaiapuni i ka BBC ua hopohopo lākou e pili ana i ka hoʻoholo a ke aupuni e ʻae i ka poʻe e hoʻi i ka hikina Palestine ma hope koke o ka ulia a me ke ahi i hoʻomalu ʻia.

 "Ke hāʻawi nei nā mea hoʻoponopono moku'āina a me nā kūloko i ka poʻe i ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hoʻi wikiwiki i ka home," wahi a David Masur, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Penn Environment Research & Policy Center.

"Hoʻokumu ia i ka hilinaʻi nui a me ka kānalua i waena o ka lehulehu e pili ana i ka hilinaʻi o kēia mau keʻena, a he pilikia ia," wahi āna.

Ma waho aʻe o ka vinyl chloride, hiki i kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe ma nā kaʻaahi ke hana i nā pūhui pōʻino ke puhi ʻia, e like me nā dioxins, wahi a Peter DeCarlo, he kaukaʻi ma ke Kulanui ʻo Johns Hopkins e aʻo nei i ka haumia ea.

"Ma ke ʻano he chemist atmospheric, he mea kēia aʻu i makemake nui ai e pale aku." Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ua manaʻolana ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu ka ʻoihana mālama kaiapuni i nā ʻikepili kikoʻī e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea.

Ua hoʻopiʻi ka poʻe noho ʻo East Palestine ma kahi o ʻehā mau hoʻopiʻi hoʻopiʻi kūʻē iā Norfolk Southern Railroad, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua ʻike ʻia lākou i nā mea ʻawaʻawa a ua loaʻa iā lākou ka "pilikia koʻikoʻi" ma muli o ka derailment.

"Ke noʻonoʻo nei ka nui o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ... e neʻe paha i waho o ia wahi," wahi a Hunter Miller. ʻO ia ka loio e pani ana i nā kamaʻāina o East Palestine ma kahi hoʻopiʻi kūʻē i ka hui kaʻaahi.

"ʻO kēia ko lākou wahi palekana a me ko lākou wahi hauʻoli, ko lākou home," wahi a Miller. "I kēia manawa ua manaʻo lākou ua hoʻopili ʻia ko lākou home a ʻaʻole maopopo hou he wahi palekana."

Ma ka Poalua, ua nīnau aku kahi mea kākau moʻolelo iā DeWine inā ʻo ia e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻi i ka home inā noho ʻo ia ma East Palestine.

"E makaʻala wau a hopohopo," wahi a DeWine. "Akā, manaʻo wau e hoʻi paha wau i koʻu hale."