Mother Nature is beautiful
and she can also be very destructive. This year she is pissed off, so
she brought us El Niño. El Niño has brought floods, strong winds,
rain down pours and mudslides to California with a vengeance. Mother
Nature is so unforgiving.
On Tuesday March 8, 2016
the last commuter ACE train No. 10 was headed from San Jose to
Stockton, with stops in Fremont, Pleasanton, Livermore, Vasco, Tracy
and Lathrop. The 214 passengers on board were traveling home after a
long work day in the San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Mt. View
areas. Probably thinking what they were going to have for dinner, how
was the family and how they had to do this again tomorrow. Little did
they know they would be in a train derailment? The train was
traveling on the Altamont pass between Fremont and Pleasanton.Then all of a sudden the lead train car hits a mudslide derails and falls into the Alameda Creek 1
mile west of Sunol. The second train car is also derailed but not into the
creek. Out of the 214 passengers on board, it’s a miracle no one
was killed. Nine people were hurt. Four people suffered serious
injuries and five people suffered minor injuries. The passengers on
board who weren’t hurt showed compassion and courage. By helping
their fellow passenger escape the derailed train. It was first
thought that a down tree or human error caused the derailment. Upon
further investigation the cause was a mudslide on the tracks.
El Niño Weather is truly
here, some people are already complaining about it. California needs
all the rain El Niño is bringing and then some. So all you who are
complaining stop it, could get worse.
LM
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