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intheflow

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4. Are they all too young to remember the Cuyahoga River fire?

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 12:26 PM

23 hrs ago

The river caught on fire near Cleveland, because of industrial waste. But of course, everyone knows that water naturally burns so I guess we don't need to worry.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/story-of-the-fire.htm

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Ohio EPA weighs allowing datacenters to dump wastewater into rivers and streams [View all] Marthe48 23 hrs ago OP

Oh geez. blm 23 hrs ago #1

It needs to be renamed the Ohio Environmental Destruction Agency nt Wicked Blue 23 hrs ago #2

No concerns in Indiana from planners of datacentrs Captain Zero 23 hrs ago #3

Are they all too young to remember the Cuyahoga River fire? intheflow 23 hrs ago #4

Eh! Drinking water is overrated! So is breathing clean air Ray Bruns 21 hrs ago #5

My grandparents in Marion, Ohio.... OhioBack2Blue 20 hrs ago #6