Guns, Butter, and Led Zepplin

[Occhidiangela]

Evacuations began two hours after the explosion. In total, 218,000 residents had been asked to leave their homes. It was almost a week before many would return home. With no fatalities or serious injuries, many considered the derailment the "Mississauga Miracle."

The city immediately used Transit buses to conduct evacuations.  Many had nowhere to go, and schools and community centres were utilized.  The two evacuees that I did know fared better than that. 
Would we fare as well now?  I don't know.  I do know that there are contingency plans in place.  But that is not the same thing as actually following through with them in flawless execution, as occurred back in 1979.

Brilliant! Get this on the Guinness commercial, soon! :) How about that, city governments can have and execute emergency evac plans. That's great!

*Forwards Shadow's post to Mayor of NO . . .* OOPS, too late!!!

Now, as to what I perceive as the main thrust of your argument:  Our backyards are in fact not clean.    There is poverty here, and mis-management of government resources here too.    Surely this does not mean the the likes of Ninjadruid have no right to comment on problems they see elsewhere?
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Ninja may comment all he likes, so long as he is willing to handle the heat when he spouts BS: which I think he can. Cold winters take people made of stronger stuff to survive . . . ;)

Occhi