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Who remembers the Eunice train derailment?
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:16 am
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:16 am
right behind the country club.
In May 2000 a chemical freight train derailed in Eunice, spilling numerous hazardous chemicals and causing about 15 tank cars to explode and burn; approximately 3,500 residents of the town were evacuated for as many as five days. Over 10,000 residents settled in May 2004 for $65 million with the Union Pacific Corporation in a class action suit, claiming that the corporation had failed to repair a defective section of track
Got into a wikipedia wormhole earlier and landed on Eunice, LA. I had no idea it was such a big derailment.
In May 2000 a chemical freight train derailed in Eunice, spilling numerous hazardous chemicals and causing about 15 tank cars to explode and burn; approximately 3,500 residents of the town were evacuated for as many as five days. Over 10,000 residents settled in May 2004 for $65 million with the Union Pacific Corporation in a class action suit, claiming that the corporation had failed to repair a defective section of track
Got into a wikipedia wormhole earlier and landed on Eunice, LA. I had no idea it was such a big derailment.
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Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:20 am to goofball
I do. I was one of the people who had to evacuate
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:21 am to goofball
quote:did everyone in Eunice get cut a $6,500 check? 70% of Eunice residents don’t make that in a year.
Over 10,000 residents settled in May 2004 for $65 million
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:21 am to Philthy
Did you get paid?
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:21 am to goofball
The lawyers that made bank on it
This post was edited on 3/21/21 at 9:22 am
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:22 am to SuperSaint
Lawyers get a substantial cut upfront. Likely got 4K or so.
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:23 am to goofball
Fricked up the fish population in the lake on side of the Country Club for years if I remember correctly.
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:24 am to Indiangensing
Yes. I got a check that was around $2000 or so
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:24 am to HermanBoone
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derailment? by HermanBoone
Fricked up the fish population in the lake on side of the Country Club for years if I remember correctly.
Fixed now
Anyone remember the Livingston derailment in 1982?
This post was edited on 3/21/21 at 9:26 am
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:36 am to goofball
may 26th 2000. i remember the day well. the day my child was born.
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:42 am to udtiger
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The lawyers that made bank on it
I think Johnny Cochran was in in that.
Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:59 am to goofball
Thought I’d missed something about her from back then-
Posted on 3/21/21 at 10:02 am to goofball
I was a kid when it happened. My mom has a bunch of family in Eunice and she was worried about their safety. Everyone ended up being fine.
Posted on 3/21/21 at 10:04 am to goofball
I remember the Livingston Parish derailment more so. Very similar circumstances with hazardous materials being carried into the air and threatening residents nearby. It was pretty bad.
Posted on 3/21/21 at 10:18 am to goofball
Yepp; I was 9 at the time and it happened right down the road from our house.
I remember in my kid brain being scared that all the fish in that lake were radioactive now.
I remember in my kid brain being scared that all the fish in that lake were radioactive now.
Posted on 3/21/21 at 10:34 am to SuperSaint
How many checks have you received from OPP?
Posted on 3/21/21 at 10:36 am to redstick13
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How many checks have you received from OPP?
Posted on 3/21/21 at 10:41 am to goofball
Johnny Cochran and his crew rolled into town. He played up how he was a home town LA guy and was there for his LA peeps. Sold the people on a class action, the citizens got enough to cover their hotel expenses and barely anything else. Cochran made tens of millions and disappeared in a puff of smoke as he hauled arse back to L.A.
"Suckers" was the last thing anyone heard him say.
"Suckers" was the last thing anyone heard him say.
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