Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in Rockcastle County following a multi-car train derailment on Wednesday that his office said resulted in a chemical spill.
Around 16 train cars were involved in the incident, including two carrying molten sulfur that ended up on fire, according to CSX, which operates the train.
“At approximately 2:23pm today, a CSX train derailed north of Livingston, KY. Preliminary information indicates that at least 16 cars were involved, including two molten sulphur cars that have been breached and have lost some of their contents which is on fire,” a statement from the company to ABC News read.
Based of the amount of miles and incidences the us has a lower rate per installed mile. That doesn’t tell much and I’m not gonna go and do a bunch of math to prove someone else’s point wrong.
Just glancing at the numbers should be enough for people to question it, it’s like looking at a murder rate of a population of 1k vs 1 million. Would it be surprising for the million to have more murders? No it would be concerning if the lower one had more.
I asked because i was having trouble finding the proper figures to make a comparison. You appeared to have a handle on that data, so i asked. No worries though, i wouldn’t want to do math for strangers on the Internet to prove or disprove a point that isn’t that important either.
You won’t find them since they don’t exist, you can build a narrative with misleading statistics.
So I ask, why hasn’t someone done these calculations? It’s done for every other mode of transportion, it’s the only reasonable way to compare traffic accidents.
It’s an important point really, but I don’t like people perpetuating misleading information. Having double the incidences with double the track and double the mileage is hardly anything to be concerned about. So why are we concerned? To paint a negative picture. Why don’t we have the right statistics? Well someone would figure out that they are being misled.
How is misleading someone putting anything into perspective? Cant have perspective with misleading and incorrect stats.