But the center for effective government says more can be done. Amanda Starbuck center for effective government one simple thing facilites can do to be safer is just switch to safer chemicals. Mauricio Marin or asks them to use liquids instead of gas chemicals. Something brenner says he urges companies to consider as well to minimize risk for catastrophe. Richard Brenner hazmat coordinator clark county fire. Dept. a gas is a bad thing because if it gets out into the air then its going to expand usually and effect people. liquids chances are theyll stay on the ground. We can mitigate the situation by using dams and dikes and things so it doesnt get on the roadway. Mauricio Marin because theres always risk when using any type of chemical. Brenn er says he works with facilites and First Responders to train for the unexpected to keep nearby communites safe. Richard Brenner hazmat coordinator clark county fire. Dept. theres always room for improvement. Mauricio Marin we reached out to reddy
News now. Denise Valdez karen, any word on who all lives at the home . karen Castro Police are not saying who exactly lives at the home. But they say several people witnessed the murder. paul joncich at least 36 people died in the blizzard that weekend. Denise Valdez and today, its the big dig out as cities struggle to return to normal. Cbs news correspondent Craig Boswell is live in washington d. C. Which took one of the hardest hits. Craig Boswell its going to take days, maybe longer, for themselves out from underneath a weekend blizzard. Im Craig Boswell. Snowblower snowblowers shovel shovels bulldozer and bulldozers are a necessity in the Nations Capital monday to clear paths through about two feet of snow. Nats truck wheels turning some vehicles still couldnt make it through. Wheel turning residents helped this truck driver get back to work. Were almost there. Were moving. Craig Boswell washingto n dc huge mounds of snow are piled next to roadsconditions are still so treacherous t
Mauricio Marin its a sight hard to forget. The pepcon explosion in 1988 killed two people and injured more than 300 people. Chemical catastrophes like that is something Clark County Fire Department hazmat coordinator Richard Brenner works to prevent. Richard Brenner hazmat coordinator clark county fire. Dept. it created a huge mess for clark county and henderson. It affected the whole Southern Nevada area. Mauricio Marin according to the center for effective government. At least 15 facilities that use chemicals across the valley pose a big risk to the surrounding community. One of them is reddy ice las vegas. They use large amounts of ammonia to keep things cold in their facility. Amanda Starbuck center for effective government why they are so dangerous is because they store hdyro ammonia used as refregeriate. This is a deadly toxic gas it can spread several miles from its source if its a major release. Mauricio Marin the company is required to abide by strict rules and regulations. Bu
Cars buried under snow. So now the shoveling begins and many cities on the east coast. Im going to have a stroke now thinking about it. Along the jersey shore, dealing with flooding from the powerful storm. Chris christie said new jersey did pretty well. Hes out of his mind. This is crunch time. I just hope you get out there and caucus and do your thing. The week before the campaigns first vote, donald trump has regained his lead in iowa. On the democratic side, the race is neck and neck. We are going to win here in iowa. Denver wins it. Heading to super bowl 50. The panthers are going to the super bowl. I dont know who were playing yet, but well be ready to go. Playing denver and Peyton Manning. In southern california, intense manhunt for three dangerous inmates who managed to escape a maximum security jail. Emergency landing in canada, the aircraft encounters severe turbulence. I thought that was it. The snowfall made for a day of fun as people took advantage how deep and how fluffy
Weekend blizzard. On sunday, baltimore mayor, stephanie rawlingsblake said the clean up will take time mayor stephanie rawlingsblake, baltimore, maryland im asking for residents to continue to be patient. In philadelphia, the airport resumed Service Sunday and septa officials said most mass transit will slowly get back online throughout the day jeffrey d. Knueppel, septa general manager we havent operated these trains in a couple of days now. Were doing what we can to bring people in early to make sure they operate, but it is going to be a slow start. The new york travel ban was lifted and area subway and rail lines will run today but mayor deblasio encouraged residents to avoid driving mayor bill de blasio, new york city leave your car where it is. Dont try to shovel it out today. And though they didnt get much snow, some residents along new jerseys shore said they saw damage from the storm worse than from super storm sandy in 2012. resident there was more debris than there was from s