Microplastics posted:

I hope everyone's bought their popcorn in anticipation of this summer's content

Before the climate destroys the popcorn crop

sleep with the vicious posted:

Smokes over, grow up.We need to cut taxes

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

very genuinely: this is the first time i have looked at what's going on and thought "oh no"

like in an immediate, i see an out of control truck coming at me sorta way. as opposed to knowing that i should be looking out for traffic.

Microplastics posted:

I hope everyone's bought their popcorn in anticipation of this summer's content

Before the climate destroys the popcorn crop

Crazypoops posted:

El yes hahaha yes!

Just a Moron posted:

I think this is the summer I stop worrying about my cholesterol

Hexigrammus posted:

Corn sex

Just a Moron posted:

I think this is the summer I stop worrying about my cholesterol

actionjackson posted:

at the doctor about my cough

if it's related to the fires I'll be a climate change victim. that owns lol

Hexigrammus posted:

I keep thinking about the palliative care nurses who cared for my mother in law while she was dying of cancer. Amazing people, they know how things will end but they still smile and treat the world with kindness and understanding while watching some of the most hosed up poo poo imaginable going on around the patient. I hope some day I can develop that grace. Hopefully sometime before the Goddess of Firenadoes gets me.

In my in-laws case the hosed up poo poo was my dementia-suffering father in law trying to deal with Mom being in bed all the time. I watched the doctor give him Mom's prognosis twice during a 15 minute visit because his brain just couldn't process the idea even 6 months after the initial diagnosis. I had to regularly intervene when he'd decide that Mom's problem was that she was depressed and in the best tradition of toxic extroversion needed to be physically dragged out of bed so she could sing and dance and be normal. The fact that she was screaming in pain when he did this didn't register at all. Yeah, she was depressed but...

AceClown posted:

I'm on the isle of Rhodes right now, booked a trip to butterfly valley which is a tropical microclimate where each June thousands of butterflies emerge and hang out there.

Got told today that the trip is cancelled becuase in the 2 weeks before we got here they had like 4 months of rain all at once and it's washed out the valley and there's no butterflies.

I just feel sad now

cash crab posted:

well they don't contribute to industry so it's fine actually

skooma512 posted:

A reminder that society can remain functional longer than you can remain solvent.

skooma512 posted:

A reminder that society can remain functional longer than you can remain solvent.

quote:

Washington D.C., June 9, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released a new safety video on its investigation into the April 2018 explosion and fire at the Husky Superior Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin. The incident injured 36 workers, caused roughly $550 million in damage to the facility and released 39,000 pounds of flammable hydrocarbon vapor into the air. Over 2,500 residents of the City of Superior were evacuated from their homes, and the City of Duluth, Minnesota, issued a shelter in place order.

At the time of the incident, the Superior Refinery was owned by Husky Energy, which had purchased the refinery less than six months earlier in November 2017. In 2021, Husky Energy merged with Cenovus Energy.

The CSB's new safety video includes an animation of the series of events leading to the incident, and interviews with both the CSB’s Chairperson Steve Owens and Lead Investigator, Melike Yersiz.

The incident at the Superior Refinery occurred while the refinery was shutting down its fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit to perform planned maintenance. Two vessels within the FCC unit exploded sending debris flying into the air. One piece traveled about 200 feet and hit a large aboveground storage tank, puncturing the side of the tank, and releasing hot asphalt. The asphalt later ignited causing a huge fire.

In the safety video Chairperson Steve Owens states, “Refinery shutdowns, as well as startups, can be particularly dangerous because processes are not in normal operation mode. Our investigation found that critical safeguards were not in place during this shutdown, and the procedures followed at the refinery were not correct. The result was a massive explosion and fire that injured dozens of workers, caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, and threatened surrounding communities.”

The CSB’s final report notes that in addition to smoke from the fires at the refinery, the City of Superior’s evacuation was based on the potential risk of a release of highly toxic hydrofluoric acid (HF), which was stored and used at the refinery. Although no HF release occurred, the HF storage tank was about 150 feet away from the two vessels that exploded, about 50 feet closer than the asphalt storage tank that was damaged. Therefore, the CSB considers this incident to be a serious near miss that, had an HF release occurred, could have been much worse.

Chairperson Owens closes the video by saying, “The incident at the Superior Refinery should serve as a wakeup call to other refineries, especially those that have hydrofluoric acid alkylation units. During transient operations, refineries must have necessary safeguards in place -- and follow correct procedures -- to prevent disasters from occurring.”

bawfuls posted:

lol, lmao there is no escape you fools

https://twitter.com/dwallacewells/status/1667291829031653376

Nichael posted:

🎵The summer wind *hack wheeze*
came blowin' in
From across the sea
*cough cough wheeze*
from across the continenttttt 🎵

actionjackson posted:

at the doctor about my cough

if it's related to the fires I'll be a climate change victim. that owns lol

skooma512 posted:

A reminder that society can remain functional longer than you can remain solvent.

sleep with the vicious posted:

Smokes over, grow up. Take some personal responsibility and go for a run in the haze. It's over. It was never real in the first place. Forest fires are good for you. We need to cut taxes

a strange fowl posted:

i'll always remember when sydney had a 48c day and along with all the usual lycra-clad suspects i saw a lady jogger at the park in the full afternoon heat, jogging while pushing a stroller, with a baby in it

Hubbert posted:

some colleagues and i were talking about how nice it was that we finally had some rain since we've had nothing since the end of april basically, so i'm real glad we're all on the same page

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

quote:

Until this week, when she thought of her wedding, the 28-year-old lawyer, who is getting married at the historic Daughters of the American Revolution building near the National Mall, pictured herself and her 100 guests celebrating among the elegant beaux-arts style columns on a clear summer day.

"Just beautiful skies and a beautiful view of the Washington Monument, which we are supposed to have from our venue," she said, noting that "it might not be as clear a view now."

Wheeee posted:

el nino all grown up into el hombre

a strange fowl posted:

i'll always remember when sydney had a 48c day and along with all the usual lycra-clad suspects i saw a lady jogger at the park in the full afternoon heat, jogging while pushing a stroller, with a baby in it

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

my guess is within 5 years some super wealthy person or group of people starts aerosol injection

woulda typed '10' but, sooner, faster, etc.