Any planned "Faceoff On The Lake" attendees reconsidering due to air quality concerns?

Submitted by JWG Wolverine on February 15th, 2023 at 9:49 PM

The fallout of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, OH's exposing of carcinogenic materials into the atmosphere continues to be an ongoing situation.

I hesitate to even ask this considering the abnormality of these circumstances, but is this having any sort of impact on anyone's plans to travel to Saturday's hockey game, with FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland being 91 miles away from the crash site?

I feel like if this situation posed a very imminent safety threat the game would be postponed/canceled, but the vast amount of conflicting information continues to make things complicated, so I'm curious to hear where people's heads are regarding this. Obviously many on here live in Cleveland (or closer) and this is a much more encompassing concern right now, but I'm starting to wonder if the quality of the air that those in attendance would be breathing might be worth avoiding if possible.

BlueintheLou

February 16th, 2023 at 12:01 PM ^

Bottom line, unless the prevailing winds are highly anomalous, the air quality will not be impacted by the train derailment. It would require a very unique meteorological setup to push winds from the SE into Cleveland. And even in that case, it would like be part of a larger storm system that would mix the atmosphere and dilute the effects of the derailment fumes. 

Now, standard Cleveland AQ issues are another story...