Palestine Oh and Wildwoodood train tracks
 

Any concern on possible train derailments close to The Villages? Not that I except it should happen concerned. No one expects it to happen in their backyard.

I do not worry about things that I have no control.

Not worried about it at all. Can't think of any wreck worse than the recent one in Ohio which led to an evacuation of those within one mile - I live over three miles away.

I would be more concerned about truck accidents on the Turnpike and I-75 that seems to be where all the action is around here.

Sinkholes, hurricanes, tornados, lightning strikes, crazy drivers, dog poop and meth heads concern me more.

Large rail yard in Wildwood off 301 near 44. Just yesterday I got caught by a train. No exaggeration, it must have had 125+ cars. Many of them were tankers. This train was so long it had another running locomotive in the middle of the thing.

I was very close to the train as it was passing, and Ohio incident was constantly on my mind.

Those poor folks in that town. No doubt the State and Feds would be handling this matter differently if it happened in an affluent area.

Usually not one to worry about things that "probably" won't happen, but, the Ohio tragedy, made worse by the decisions of the "leaders" to turn the chemicals into deadly gases, etc. DID get me thinking how close we are to the major line in close proximity to Oxford, Churchill golf course, Wildwood, etc. Not at all confident that the "villages", or the local politicians, have any kind of contingency plan. Our plan might be to always keep our auto gas tank topped off, and a bit of cash on hand ?

Concerning the latter part of your post. YES, people (and POLITICIANS, OFFICIALS) definitely DO think no one is capable, or interested enough, to look things up ! Just as ONE small example, look at the number of judges who make horrendous decisions (regardless of what party to belong to, you HAVE to care at least about judges) and yet, year, after year, after YEAR the sheeple go to the poles and do the easiest thing... put an "X" in that box that says "retain" ! On the chemical tragedy, good you live 3 miles away from any tracks, but not sure that gives any of us a guarantee of ground water contamination, etc.

Hopefully we will be told what caused the derailment. Mechanical failure of one of the train cars or something wrong with the tracks. My money is on poorly maintained rail tracks. A prudent person would have an inspection done of the rail line before a train carrying dangerous chemicals was allowed to move. Unfortunately, does a prudent person exist?

But what if a satellite loses orbit and a large chunk falls on your garage and ignites your topped-off fuel tank? You will never be safe against the threat of a "what if."

It was a bad axle. They have video of it sparking before the crash.

Yup. A bad bearing that caught fire...

Last train to clarksville
 

gators, sinkholes, trains were here first and yet we came. The die was cast by us

Yes, about as concerned as I am of being hit by space debris!

The truth is out there
 

still waiting for explanations or lies

you're better off asking that about the turnpike. it has a history of that.

another worry to keep me up at night ,Turnpike tanker trucks along with chemical carrying railroad tankers bursting into flames with a south wind blowing… possibly at the same time..

How our wonderful government takes care of its citizens
 

I would worry more about the government lying about the danger to the residents and Declaring there is no danger WHEN there is. The EPA declared the air safe after 9-11 - I lost count how many people died from cancer and serious respiratory issues and how many are still alive today and ill.

Plenty of gas and cash are great ideas. You might also keep a case of bottled water in your car. You could also keep a “go bag” ready. If there were an immediate evacuation notice, if you can be on the road in five minutes instead of an hour, you may be ahead of the worst traffic. You might even purchase a good detailed road atlas of Northern Florida and plot and mark escape routes going various directions. There are back roads where you can travel fast when the Interstate is blocked, but you need to know them in advance. You could scout them as nice day drives.

What should be in your “go bag”? Here’s a useful idea list published for people worried about forest fires in California a couple years ago.
Build a Personal Go Bag - Sonoma County Emergency and Preparedness Information

Is not the Villages responsabilizó, it is the County, State and Feds. For years, I was a member of CERT that stand for Community Emergency Response Team, which a number of counties and cities around the Nation do have this program. when I move to TV I noticed that there is no such a thing. In the event of a derailment or truck accident the authorities are responsible for immediately notifying residents to Bunker in-place until a decision is made whether or not you need to evacuate the area. It is all dependent on weather conditions particularly the wind direction and the chemicals involved in the incident.

There are no train tracks on the turnpike and a single tanker truck won’t cause the same level of harm as a 3 mile long train.

Don’t you think that Mayer Pete the secretary of transportation will be all over the issues associated with this train wreck so we can feel safe?

Yep, soon. Or maybe never. He is too busy blaming others right now.

About as concerned as I am about aircraft falling out of the sky over Lady Lake. Not. The sky is falling, the sky is falling.

Thank you.

Has it been determined exactly what was in the air after 9-11 that caused those cancers? What did the EPA measure as dangerous but then lie about when they declared the air safe?

Of course, not all three-miles of train derailed or burned. It seems like five of the derailed cars carried the toxic material that was intentionally burned. No, it is not likely that there would be a crash on the turnpike involving five trucks carrying this particular toxic material. On the other hand, the frequency of accidents on the turnpike involving trucks is much higher than the frequency of train derailments and there is always the possibility that one of those trucks could be carrying something toxic.

Taking emotion and fear-mongering out of the equation, the simple fact is that freight train operations are safer than ever.

Freight Rail Facts & Figures - Association of American Railroads


"Between 2000 and 2021, the train accident was down 33%. The rail employee injury rate in 2020 was an all-time low."

More than 99.9% of all hazmat moved by rail reaches its destination without a release caused by a train accident. Between 2012 and 2021, the hazmat accident rate was down 55%.

Yes, as mentioned it was an overheated bearing on one car. CSX has upgraded the tracks here at least twice since we moved here 5 years ago. In fact they just did a major tie upgrade and you can see the old ties along the tracks driving on 301. They rebuilt the grade crossings and also closed the crossing at 105 which was a high hump that often causes trucks to get hung up and can lead to a collision and derailment. The tracks near the Villages are very well maintained.

I'm more worried about my golf game.

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The train tracks have been there for over 100 years. No problems. If it keeps you awake at night you should have thought of that prior to moving to the Villages.

Three-mile long train? lol, no.

That's Drudge Report material.

You have WAY too much time on your hands to worry about things that probably wont happen.

Nope. GAO.

Rail Safety: Freight Trains Are Getting Longer, and Additional Information Is Needed to Assess Their Impact | U.S. GAO

“Thirty-eight cars in the 141-car train, stretching two miles long and operated by Norfolk Southern, were carrying a variety of chemicals including vinyl chloride.”

And just for the record, I do not read The Drudge Report.

Wait--we are comparing numbers to 2020-2021 during covid when the economy slowed down. Thank God the rate was down then -- nothing was moving.

Say the same to the East Palestine residents I'm sure they didn't expect it to happen either. Let’s worry about dog poop.

The truth is probably "yes", depending also on the predominate political philosophy of the area also. I've posted I don't live my life thinking what "might" happen, but you are correct, how can one be the first car stopped down by the Oxford crossing where so many LONG, LONG, trains go through at least once, usually more, each day... a MAJOR route. The sad "drip, drip, drip" has started; seems the railroad employees have been alarmed for some time at the length railroads are going to to save money, lengthening trains to dangerous levels, putting off track repairs as often as possible, and NO contingency planning (even it it never happens) on the part of railroad officials, officials of the communities close to such major tracks (The Villages, Oxford, Wildwood, etc. etc), and the Federal and state governments. Do you think the leaders of these communities (Villages does not even HAVE a mayor or city council so would be dependent on each of the counties to KNOW what do) would be at the top of their game and have FACTUAL information on what to do ? The whole situation in Ohio and Pennsylvania just highlights how expendable human life is to the political class regardless of philosophical direction. Hopefully, as usual, religious organizations, volunteer organizations, etc. will step in and give some REAL help in this disaster.

Yes but obviously does not work for the govt

Why do my Federal tax dollars need to pay for everything?