Spill at Kansas chemical plant causes 'smoke,' evacuations
Source: AP
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a chemical plant spill has caused a noxious cloud to form over a northeastern Kansas community, prompting the evacuation of a school and the factory.
The spill occurred Friday morning at the MGP Ingredients plant in Atchison, 50 miles northwest of Kansas City.
Atchison County Emergency Manager Wes Lanter says "smoke" coming from the plant poses a breathing threat.
The St. Joseph News Press reports (http://j.mp/2eOP1do ) that one school was evacuated and several canceled classes or kept students and staff inside. The Kansas Dept. of Transportation has closed U.S. Highways 59 and 73 and Kansas Highway 7 until further notification.
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Re: "Ah, the wonders of neocon-style capitalism."
Chernobyl disaster
Edward Burtynsky
In the photo above, it looks like a war torn city where the buildings have all been reduced to rubble. However that’s not how it happened. This is part of the Three Gorges Dam project in China, the people who used to live here disassembled their city by hand, brick by brick. In fact I think Burtynsky said in the TED talk below that they were even paid per brick. Now that the dam is finished and the reservoir is full, this is all under water, along with a few other cities and even some very old temples. I can’t imagine what that would have been like, to be told to move out, take apart your own home, and have your history submerged in water. I’m sure they were told it was for the good of their country etc… but I don’t think that would have helped if it were my home and my past.
Here is a similar picture from another source. It's from Edward Burtynsky's "Manufactured Landscapes."
