2024 Wheel of Horrors Thread (Earthquakes, Train Crashes and more...)

[TheGreatBuzz]

Felt it here in Baltimore. Buzzette yelled down asking what I was doing that was shaking the whole house.😂

[ixcuincle]

Felt absolutely nothing in DC, it was just a normal morning surfing reddit and looking at tweets and then you see the timeline blow up with "WAS THAT AN EARTHQUAKE"

 

[Skins24]

Yeah, nothing felt in the DMV...

 

Biggest on the east coast in 13 years. Not bad.

[China]

On 2/14/2023 at 11:47 AM, China said:

Life After the Ohio Train Derailment: Trouble Breathing, Dying Animals, and Saying Goodbye

 

On February 3, a devastating 150-car train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, leaked noxious chemicals like carcinogenic vinyl chloride into the surrounding air, soil, and water. Officials say it’s now safe for people to come home. But the harm has not stopped: People in East Palestine and neighboring towns are suffering from respiratory issues, skin reactions, and more, while animals have been found dead. And it’s not clear what support residents have—or who even qualifies for that support.

 

After the derailment, the Norfolk Southern train had to undergo a “controlled burning” in order to safely release the cargo’s toxic chemicals. Before this was done, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued a one-mile evacuation zone surrounding the crash site. Norfolk Southern has been tasked to clean up the mess. After an initial $25,000 donation to the community, the company said they would give $1,000 “inconvenience checks” to residents within the evacuation zone; the company also has offered to reimburse expense receipts for residents within East Palestine.

 

But residents have reported inconsistencies with the policy, and frustrations with the one-mile qualification bar, as many far beyond that zone had to evacuate and are suffering symptoms. While air tests commissioned by the rail company, and some conducted by the EPA, have thus far deemed chemical amounts to be at safe levels, some experts have warned that impacts could be enduring if and when the chemicals seep into the soil and groundwater. And people feel that neither Norfolk Southern, nor the government, offers clear guidance.

 

Amanda Greathouse, who resides near the crash site, evacuated about one hour after the incident. She only returned home on February 10, a full week later, to retrieve personal effects like bank and ID cards. Even then, as she and her family walked through the home donning N-95 masks and gloves, an ominous odor pervaded. After leaving, her eyes burned and itched, her throat was sore, and she had a rash; her husband and both her sisters had migraines.

 

The next day, the family went to Norfolk Southern’s community family assistance center to obtain the $1,000 inconvenience check. After a four-hour wait, Greathouse was informed they needed more documents. The family was forced to return to their home again to retrieve additional documents, and left with renewed symptoms.

 

Reports of suffering animals, from dogs and cats to fish and chickens, continue to accumulate. Taylor Holzer, an animal caretaker, lost one of his foxes. Others are in poor condition with faces swollen, stomachs upset, and eyes watering. Holzer’s dog, who hadn’t returned home until after the evacuation order was lifted, has begun coughing and gagging. “He will go into coughing fits so hard his front legs bow and he looks so uncomfortable,” Holzer said.

 

After the derailment, Andrea Belden noticed her two-year-old cat Leo lying motionless, heart racing and breathing labored. He remained that way overnight. Leo was found to have congestive heart failure. Fluid filled around his heart and lungs, and his liver enzymes shot up 690 percent higher than normal levels. Medication wasn’t working. He seldom moved, ate or drank, or went to the bathroom. To continue treatment, Belden would’ve had to come up with up to $18,000. She sought help from Norfolk Southern, with a letter from the vet explaining Leo’s issues likely to be connected to the vinyl chloride. The company said they would not pay for it now, but would possibly entertain it in the future. Belden couldn’t afford to continue the treatment. Norfolk Southern’s delay forced her to make an impossible decision. Leo was put to sleep. Belden still owed $9,678.23 for the treatment Leo received.

Chelsea Simpson, who also lives near the site of the derailment, has suffered from a sore throat while her 8-month-old baby has suffered respiratory issues. Urgent care doctors gave the baby a steroid while Simpson was prescribed an antibiotic. After Simpson visited her home for 10 minutes a few days ago, her eyes were bloodshot and burning.

 

Simpson was told by the company that she would receive reimbursements for expense receipts, but would not qualify for the $1,000 check despite residing within the one-mile zone and being among those forcibly evacuated. Meanwhile, a cleaning service the rail company has commissioned to serve those residing within the radius still reached out to Simpson—so it remains unclear why the company will not also offer her family the $1,000 check.

 

While Simpson has been denied compensation duly owed by Norfolk Southern policy, others outside the mile radius deserve just as much care.

 

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Norfolk Southern reaches $600 million settlement to settle East Palestine derailment suit

 

Norfolk Southern has reached a $600 million settlement that, if approved by a court, will resolve all lawsuits covering thousands of residents within 20 miles of the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, derailment that spilled more than a million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the soil, water and air.

 

The rail company said the settlement is intended to offset costs related to the spill that sent a plume of toxic smoke into the air and displaced many residents and businesses. But Norfolk Southern didn’t admit to any liability or wrongdoing as a result of the settlement.

 

“Individuals and businesses will be able to use compensation from the settlement in any manner they see fit to address potential adverse impacts from the derailment,” the company said in a statement. “This could include healthcare needs and medical monitoring, property restoration and diminution, and compensation for any net business loss.”

 

The settlement of the class-action lawsuit, which subsumed 31 separate cases, also allows residents within 10 miles of the derailment to receive additional compensation.

 

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[China]

A human head was found in an apartment refrigerator. The resident is charged with murder

 

A New York City man has been charged with murder in connection with the discovery of a human head and body parts in a Brooklyn apartment refrigerator, police said Friday.

 

Nicolas McGee, 45, was arrested Thursday afternoon and also charged with robbery, concealment of a human corpse and tampering with evidence, city police said in a news release.

 

The remains of 40-year-old Kawsheen Gelzer were found Jan. 22 in an apartment McGee shared with Heather Stines, 45, who was arrested on a charge of concealment of a human corpse, police said.

 

Officers said they responded to a request for a wellness check at the apartment and found multiple black bags with body parts in the refrigerator and freezer. Medical examiners were later able to identify Gelzer through fingerprints, according to a criminal complaint.

 

Police did not provide additional details about the case Friday, including how and when Gelzer was killed.

 

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[China]

This video came out a couple of months ago:

 

 

 

Here's an update:

 

Harvard Morgue Manager’s Wife Admits to Transporting Stolen Body Parts

 

he wife of Harvard Medical School’s disgraced former morgue manager pleaded guilty Friday to interstate transport of stolen goods, which included hands, feet and other body parts stolen from the institution’s morgue, the Associated Press reported.

 

Federal prosecutors brought conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods charges in 2023 against Denise Lodge, her husband, Cedric Lodge, who managed the morgue until Harvard fired him last year, and five other people for their alleged involvement in buying and selling human remains taken from both Harvard’s morgue and a mortuary in Arkansas.

Online buyers of the body parts sent payments to a PayPal account that Denise Lodge appeared to manage. Some of the memos describing the various sales included “head number 7” and “braiiiiiins” another, Boston-area ABC affiliate WCVB reported in June 2023.

 

Another co-conspirator, Jeremy Pauley, has already pleaded guilty to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property and is awaiting sentencing, according to the Associated Press.

 

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[China]

Chilling last words of pilot who let kids control plane before horror crash killed 75

 

A pilot's haunting last words have been revealed before the jet crashed killing everyone on board after the pilot let a child play with the aircraft's controls.

 

Aeroflot Flight 593 from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia was meant to travel to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong but an in-flight disaster saw the plane crash before it reached its destination.

 

A total of 63 passengers and 12 flight crew members were killed in the horror incident which saw captain Andrew Viktorovich Danilov hand over the controls to a child who had been given a tour of the ****pit.

 

Relief Captain Kudrinsky's two children had been on board the flight and were flying on their first international trip. Most of the passengers were asleep when the captain's children were left to feel like they were "flying" the plane.

 

Kudrinsky's 15-year-old son manipulated the control stick for over 30 seconds with inputs up to 10kg, which contradicted the autopilot's input to keep the aircraft stable and straight.

 

This then changed the flight control settings to manual without anyone in the crew realising the teen boy was in charge of the controls.

 

Kudrinksy could be heard talking to his kids on the plane's black box.

 

He said: "Eldar, get away. Go to the back, go to the back Eldar! You see the danger don't you? Go away, go away Eldar! Go away, go away. I tell you to go away!"

 

As they were getting into difficulties first officer Igor Vasilyevich Piskaryov urged Kudrinsky to give 'full power' to the doomed jet.

 

The last thing the radio heard was Kudrinsky saying: "Get out now! All is normal! Pull up gently, gently I say!" The radio then cuts out.

 

A non-audible warning light was missed by the captain as he and the co-pilot scrambled to regain control. Though the pair regained control and recovered from the 90 degree angle dive it caused an overcorrection which led to a vertical climb.

 

Because of this the plane stalled and dropped its altitude, spinning beneath the minimum safe height for a flight over mountainous terrain. Novokuznetsk air traffic control had been waiting for updates on the flight path but received nothing more.

 

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[TradeTheBeal!]

Damn, Omaha is catching a big one.

 

 

[China]

Man ends up in hospital after being bitten by rat lurking in his toilet

 

A 76-year-old man narrowly avoided death after being bitten by a diseased rat found lurking in his toilet bowl.

 

What a toilet rat may look like

 

The unnamed man, from Montreal, Canada, rushed to hospital after the rodent bit two of his fingers while he tried to fish it out of the loo, where he was given a tetanus jab by doctors and sent home.

 

But 18 days later, the man was back in the hospital having experienced severe fever, headaches and abdominal pain for several days.

 

Although his finger wounds had mostly healed, the man’s blood pressure was low and his heart was beating extremely fast.

 

Initial blood tests showed that the patient’s kidneys were damaged and that his blood had a low number of platelets — the fragments of cells that form clots to prevent or stop bleeding. 

 

The man was admitted to the intensive care unit, where he was found to be suffering from multi-organ dysfunction and sepsis- a dangerous phenomenon in which an infection sends the immune system into overdrive. 

 

After taking blood and urine samples, it was eventually discovered he had contracted an infectious disease called leptospirosis, believed to have been transmitted by the rat bite.

 

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[China]

CDC says 3 women diagnosed with HIV after receiving 'vampire facial'

 

Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting "vampire facial" procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles, federal health officials said.

 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its Morbidity and Mortality Report last week that an investigation into the clinic from 2018 through 2023 showed it apparently reused disposable equipment intended for one-time use.

 

Although HIV transmission from contaminated blood through unsterile injection is a well-known risk, the report said this is the first documentation of probable infections involving cosmetic services.

 

The New Mexico Department of Health began investigating the spa in the summer of 2018 after it was notified that a woman in her 40s had tested positive for HIV even though she had no known risk factors. The woman reported exposure to needles through the procedure at the clinic that spring.

 

The spa closed in fall 2018 after the investigation was launched, and its owner was prosecuted for practicing medicine without a license.

 

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