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The Lac-Mégantic Disaster
🕑 Added 2022-01-25 11:15:01 +0000 UTCThis is a disaster I've been asked to cover many times over the last year or so... but I always had to put it off because there was so much reading to do, so much material to cover, and so many details to get to grips with.
If you want to learn more, the official accident report is a great place to start. It lays everything out very clearly and in great detail.
But there's another source I think is vital to understanding this disaster. It's this one, which tells the stories of specific survivors. It really drives home what the disaster felt like to live through, and what effect it had on everyone involved... even people who weren't injured or killed.
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Fascinating Horror
That's interesting to hear. It's a good thing, I think, that it's still talked about within the company - hopefully it means the changes brought in afterwards have really stuck!
Really interesting, thanks! My husband works in the railway industry (not in Canada) since 2015, and many colleagues working on the safety systems mentioned things that have changed "since 2013". Now I know why!
Fascinating Horror
Thank you! I'm enjoying learning (very slowly) how to use Google Earth and a few other tools to make better visuals, so I'm looking forward to including these kinds of things in future videos too.
Warhorse
Brilliant vid. Really loved seeing the red line traveling through the city, totally gave you the perspective of what was about to happen. Great visuals on explaining the hand brake & air compressor brakes too.
