From Quebec City, Toronto to Windsor, Ont., trains remained immobilized into Saturday morning.
Source: Passengers reach destinations after storm strands hundreds on Via Rail
to be fair, the “hunger games” refeernce in this article (not sure if same as aread before noon today) is fropm a tweet, so some rando on twitter, whose word i accepth as an alledely sufferer of this.
reminder to alsys have 1 days food & water and pills etc when travelling by any means. recall my mother’s adventer in ’77 or ’78? TO-DO: link to mom’s stranding story
and although i am not an expert, why so long? must have crane car somewherre near? discinnect at either end most accessbile be crane/dragger equipment, pull cars away to siing, return with cran, hook to pull up away from train; pull cars from behiund; disconnect the one or 2 cars that might have damamage, replace if possible, otherwise just squeeze everyone in. relax, you’re getting a refund, so shut the f cuk and endure a biut. not long later trree is move to side and is being broekn down for firewood
it’s like that 7-storey acrylicv waterfall in german hoitel how did no one think what if al that water becoane uncontained. arguemtns will always be bne but its always worked, calculationa na dsimulations show, etc, etc, but still, you have to thibnk of the consequqnce of al that water becoingh uncontained. and how will one of these every be d0one again, and ho many existign will be removedf? how can marine land or etc afford the liaqbility insurance that will be much higher soon? if niot now, soon on renewal? TO-DO: this para should be it’s own post (or might already be, so find and lnk to it. linking rocks! )
do i expect too much from my governemt to ensure this sort of service
