Thanks to an emergency text alert, word quickly spread on Sept. 18 about an “acid cloud” in Curtis Bay. There was a recommendation to shelter-in-place for a large part of South Baltimore as crews responded to a leak at a chemical plant. After two hours, the order was lifted, and most lives proceeded as normal.
However, that wasn’t the end of the response.
There’s lots more that goes into the investigation of such an incident. On Nov. 8 at Spark Baltimore, a talk organized by Baltimore Women in Tech will delve into efforts to get to the root cause, and take steps to prevent future emergencies.
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