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(Twitter)   The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a GET THE FARK OUT OF DODGE BECAUSE A TRAIN IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE Warning   (twitter.com) divider line
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Original [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:56:50 PM  
Original Tweet:
 
Mad Canadian
2023-02-06 4:09:10 AM  
And of course there will be human suffering incredible by modern standards because, well, it's Ohio...
 
karl2025
2023-02-06 4:19:49 AM  
Exploding trains is weather?
 
Concrete Donkey
2023-02-06 4:20:34 AM  
And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter?
 
whatisaidwas [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 4:22:06 AM  

karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?


Yes because the immediate area of the train derailment may be 5000 degrees Fahrenheit very soon.

/so you'll want sunblock
 
NobleHam
2023-02-06 4:23:51 AM  

karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?


It may start raining shards of metal.
 
Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Swollen Testicle
2023-02-06 4:27:18 AM  

karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?


I'll wait for advice from the National Train Service or the National Explosion Service.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 4:27:53 AM  

Concrete Donkey: And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter?


I checked a map. East Palestine is on the border with Pennsylmania. It's not that far from Pittsburgh. While I doubt that many residents there are subscribed to that specific Twitter account, Pittsburgh media outlets likely are. They'll amplify the message. East Palestine does look to be in their coverage area.
 
Badafuco [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 4:28:37 AM  
Yinz might want to evacuate.
 
Bennie Crabtree
2023-02-06 4:29:05 AM  

karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?


The media sells it and you live the role.

Concrete Donkey: And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter?


Well, they listened to preachers, they listened to fools, so...
 
wxboy
2023-02-06 4:29:11 AM  

Concrete Donkey: And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter?


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Squik2 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 4:29:47 AM  

whatisaidwas: karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?

Yes because the immediate area of the train derailment may be 5000 degrees Fahrenheit very soon.

/so you'll want sunblock


Maybe there is a store nearby at just the right distance where all their frozen pizzas will be cooked to perfection
 
Bennie Crabtree
2023-02-06 4:30:16 AM  

Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Swollen Testicle: karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?

I'll wait for advice from the National Train Service or the National Explosion Service.


And, it was at that moment, the President realized they forgot to fund the center of that Venn diagram. @_@
 
RandomInternetComment
2023-02-06 4:31:15 AM  

Bennie Crabtree: karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?

The media sells it and you live the role.

Concrete Donkey: And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter?

Well, they listened to preachers, they listened to fools, so...


They went to the drop outs who make their own rules?
 
baltimoreblonde
2023-02-06 4:31:40 AM  

karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?


Many people likely follow weather channels, especially in this crazy winter. Good way to get the word out to GTFO.
 
Monkeyfark Ridiculous
2023-02-06 4:33:53 AM  
That sounds pretty BLEVEable
 
Jeff5
2023-02-06 4:35:37 AM  

karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?


In the immortal words of a great American philosopher: "It's not that the winds are blowing, it WHAT the winds are blowing."

In this case, apparently, that may include phosgene.
 
fat_free [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 4:35:45 AM  
Meh, the train derailed 2 days ago and has been on fire since then. <aintnothingonhappen.jpg>
 
RandomInternetComment
2023-02-06 4:39:19 AM  

Monkeyfark Ridiculous: That sounds pretty BLEVEable


Clever. Also terrifying.
 
LesterB
2023-02-06 4:40:10 AM  

Bennie Crabtree: Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Swollen Testicle: karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?

I'll wait for advice from the National Train Service or the National Explosion Service.

And, it was at that moment, the President realized they forgot to fund the center of that Venn diagram. @_@


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powhound
2023-02-06 4:59:21 AM  
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Mr. Coffee Nerves [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 5:24:09 AM  
I eagerly await the mangled news coverage about "chemical explosion in East Palestine" on Newsmax
 
Nana's Vibrator
2023-02-06 5:40:59 AM  
 They don't know sh*t.  If they think the liberal media and government can tell me what to do they can go to hell.  If anything I'm walking toward that train.  I bet they're hiding something.  But what?
 
Fat Joe Ska
2023-02-06 6:00:32 AM  

Nana's Vibrator: They don't know sh*t.  If they think the liberal media and government can tell me what to do they can go to hell.  If anything I'm walking toward that train.  I bet they're hiding something.  But what?


Hugo Chavez
 
JerseyTim [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 6:04:41 AM  
Where are Denzel Washington and Chris Pine when you need them?
 
Stud Gerbil
2023-02-06 6:07:28 AM  
The NWS is involved because they use their data to compute toxic corridors.

Spoiler:   That region is all toxic corridor anyway.
 
Be polite walk on the right
2023-02-06 6:07:38 AM  
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th0th [BareFark]
2023-02-06 6:38:12 AM  

Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Swollen Testicle: karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?

I'll wait for advice from the National Train Service or the National Explosion Service.


The Grievous Bodily Harm Service is unusually quiet, though.
 
All Latest [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 7:05:33 AM  
Looks like 1020 East Taggart belongs to the Leake Oil Company.
 
Nuclear Monk
2023-02-06 7:23:41 AM  
A warning about an imminent train explosion seems redundant if it's in Ohio.  
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Will Roger's Lariat
2023-02-06 7:31:47 AM  

Nana's Vibrator: They don't know sh*t.  If they think the liberal media and government can tell me what to do they can go to hell.  If anything I'm walking toward that train.  I bet they're hiding something.  But what?


JFK, Jr.
 
raerae1980 [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 7:37:11 AM  
O_o
 
Miss_Dorothy_Kilgallen [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 7:41:34 AM  

Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Swollen Testicle: karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?

I'll wait for advice from the National Train Service or the National Explosion Service.


"National Explosion Service" is the name of my Presidents of the United States of America/The Bomb elevator Muzak mash-up band.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 7:47:37 AM  
Train's filled with chemtrail gas, in its way to airports.
 
callmeox
2023-02-06 8:00:55 AM  

Concrete Donkey: And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter?


Ya know how your phone will go off at any hour with an Amber Alert?  Those are based on the location of your phone at the time of the alert is sent.

East Palestine is in the Pittsburgh CWA, so the civil emergency message will be routed to mobile phones in the zip codes impacted by the evacuation order.   It's not weather but the NWS has the means to get the notifications out.
 
Flat_Panda
2023-02-06 8:03:00 AM  

Concrete Donkey: And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter


NATIONAL Weather Service. This is pretty smart- people will notification on their phones, weather apps, and smart devices, along with TV and radio in the area.
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 8:03:57 AM  

Nana's Vibrator: They don't know sh*t.  If they think the liberal media and government can tell me what to do they can go to hell.  If anything I'm walking toward that train.  I bet they're hiding something.  But what?


Hunter Biden's laptop.
 
Erma Gerdd
2023-02-06 8:12:19 AM  

NobleHam: karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?

It may start raining shards of metal.


Hallelujah.
 
Somacandra [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 8:13:03 AM  

karl2025: Exploding trains is weather?


NOAA All-Hazards Radio is called "All-Hazards" because they relay warnings that come from both NWS sources and those that come from other governmental agencies, including Civil Emergency Messages and Child Abduction Warnings.
 
BrerRobot
2023-02-06 8:19:55 AM  
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not so concerned
 
jake3988 [OhFark]
2023-02-06 8:23:09 AM  

Gordon Bennett: Concrete Donkey: And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter?

I checked a map. East Palestine is on the border with Pennsylmania. It's not that far from Pittsburgh. While I doubt that many residents there are subscribed to that specific Twitter account, Pittsburgh media outlets likely are. They'll amplify the message. East Palestine does look to be in their coverage area.


I used to live very close to there when I was a kid.

Youngstown does not issue weather warnings.  The national weather service is out of Cleveland and out of Pittsburgh... and as youngstown is closer to Pittsburgh, that area gets the weather alerts out of Pittsburgh (I still love the automated voice's pronunciation of Pittsburgh (Pitts-a-BURGH)... I wonder if it's still like that).

With that said, that area does NOT get Pittsburgh tv channels.  You can obviously tune in Pittsburgh radio stations (although some, like DVE, just barely) but do not receive local pittsburgh tv channels.  This was true even before digital became a thing and significantly shrunk the range.

/But I'm guessing this emergency alert is alerted in the same way that a weather alert would be... so they're probably just relaying the message as they would a weather alert.
 
vilesithknight
2023-02-06 8:29:51 AM  
East Palestine? Israel to attack with incendiary bombs in 3....2...
 
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 8:33:16 AM  
I love that the gas station name is "Leake Oil."

/Also that Google Maps lists it as "temporarily closed."
 
KidGoat
2023-02-06 8:34:51 AM  
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ekdikeo4
2023-02-06 8:37:07 AM  

Flat_Panda: Concrete Donkey: And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter

NATIONAL Weather Service. This is pretty smart- people will notification on their phones, weather apps, and smart devices, along with TV and radio in the area.


as well activation of the alert system, every tv and radio around there is screaming BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT THIS IS NOT A TEST
 
hardinparamedic [OhFark]
2023-02-06 8:41:17 AM  
Ah well, you know that's how it is.

You go to bed and you feel safe

And then the next morning you wake up, and you're on fire!
 
callmeox
2023-02-06 8:46:45 AM  

vilesithknight: East Palestine? Israel to attack with incendiary bombs in 3....2...


In the tradition of odd Ohio place name pronunciations, it is East pala-STEEN.

Lime-a
Menner
muh-DINE-a
 
vilesithknight
2023-02-06 8:48:40 AM  

callmeox: vilesithknight: East Palestine? Israel to attack with incendiary bombs in 3....2...

In the tradition of odd Ohio place name pronunciations, it is East pala-STEEN.

Lime-a
Menner
muh-DINE-a


Ha! I have a friend originally from Lime-a, OH. I forgot about that weird pronunciation.
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 8:59:09 AM  

Nana's Vibrator: They don't know sh*t.  If they think the liberal media and government can tell me what to do they can go to hell.  If anything I'm walking toward that train.  I bet they're hiding something.  But what?


Roethlisberger.
 
Mrtraveler01
2023-02-06 9:01:42 AM  

jake3988: Gordon Bennett: Concrete Donkey: And ummmm, what exactly are the chances anyone in ohio even follows the pittsburgh nws twitter?

I checked a map. East Palestine is on the border with Pennsylmania. It's not that far from Pittsburgh. While I doubt that many residents there are subscribed to that specific Twitter account, Pittsburgh media outlets likely are. They'll amplify the message. East Palestine does look to be in their coverage area.

I used to live very close to there when I was a kid.

Youngstown does not issue weather warnings.  The national weather service is out of Cleveland and out of Pittsburgh... and as youngstown is closer to Pittsburgh, that area gets the weather alerts out of Pittsburgh (I still love the automated voice's pronunciation of Pittsburgh (Pitts-a-BURGH)... I wonder if it's still like that).

With that said, that area does NOT get Pittsburgh tv channels.  You can obviously tune in Pittsburgh radio stations (although some, like DVE, just barely) but do not receive local pittsburgh tv channels.  This was true even before digital became a thing and significantly shrunk the range.

/But I'm guessing this emergency alert is alerted in the same way that a weather alert would be... so they're probably just relaying the message as they would a weather alert.


Interestingly enough, the derailment happened less than a mile from the OH/PA border. So even if something happened in OH, it would most definitely be felt on the PA side of the line which does get all the local Pittsburgh TV channels in addition to the Youngstown ones.
 
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