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posted by mrpg on Saturday March 24 2018, @01:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-to-see-here-read-the-summary dept.

A toxic onslaught from the nation's petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed by the record-shattering deluge of Hurricane Harvey as residents and first responders struggled to save lives and property.

More than a half-year after floodwaters swamped America's fourth-largest city, the extent of this environmental assault is beginning to surface, while questions about the long-term consequences for human health remain unanswered.

[...] In all, reporters catalogued more than 100 Harvey-related toxic releases—on land, in water and in the air. Most were never publicized, and in the case of two of the biggest ones, the extent or potential toxicity of the releases was initially understated.

Hurricane Harvey's toxic impact deeper than public told

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  • (Score: 1) by DECbot on Saturday March 24 2018, @02:38PM (3 children)

    by DECbot (832) on Saturday March 24 2018, @02:38PM (#657518) Journal

    Clickbait. 50 characters is perfect for generating clickbait to entice you to read the fking comment. On the other hand, 124 characters is the perfect limit to be vapidly expressive and convey the following has nothing of value.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 24 2018, @02:42PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 24 2018, @02:42PM (#657521)

    but he had 494 including the spaces; he couldn't express his vapidity in the first 124. it just doesnt make enough sense otherwise because he builds into it.

    its like hes a professional vapidist.

  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by cocaine overdose on Saturday March 24 2018, @02:52PM

    You said the same thing, but twice. You used 229 characters to say that neither brings anything of value. You could've save 100 chars, by just omitting the second which was just the first line, but longer and more vacuous. Kinda like subjects.