Recent comments in /f/Pennsylvania

xscumfucx t1_j9v9s6g wrote

Reply to comment by akennelley in Survey on Pennsylvania Dialect (“cot” and “caught”) by pretty_hooligan

I just realized I do say “creek” when referring to one by its full name like “Swamp Creek”. It’s very rare that I need to use the full name though (+ calling it that just sounds weird to me) since anyone that knows me irl knows what I’m referring to when I say “the crick” because they all know where I grew up, aka next to “the crick”.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j9v7i8d wrote

Reply to comment by PrittedPunes in Changes to SNAP will impact nearly 2M Pennsylvanians by byndrsn

Your Facebook Grandpa post is indistinguishable from what people were saying in the 1980s about food stamp recipients. Impressive.

 
> 90% of the transactions I see are straight up abuse.

 
Pennsylvania has been recognized in the past by the federal government for running a tight ship with regards to SNAP fraud, you're just seeing what you want to see, and you made it quite clear what you think is abuse:
 
> it seems like everyone and their brother has an EBT card with high balances, most of which can't speak a lick of English

 
You think that abuse is when people who aren't like you receive benefits.

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AllThree3 t1_j9v70r5 wrote

Reply to comment by PPQue6 in Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio Train Derailment by susinpgh

In an early press conference, DeWine said both he and Shapiro were given the options by Norfolk Southern, and "they" decided to move forward with the vent and burn. Skip to 7:20 for DeWine's opening remarks.

But I can't find any information on who actually has the authority to make that decision. Even if both governors support the plan, is it their call to make? Or is that decision up to Norfolk Southern, EPA, NTSB?

I can't tell if DeWine is saying he and Shapiro gave official approval for NS to process with the vent and burn, or is he saying both he and Shapiro were advised of the plan and did not object to it? That's the biggest question: in what capacity did Shapiro and DeWine actually "approve" of the plan?

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Ashamed-Reflection-9 OP t1_j9v6u63 wrote

Reply to comment by ButtBlock in I am tracking and mapping observations of the mysterious odor and residue that is being reported across the Northeast. While most reports are concentrated in NY, I have heard anecdotal reports of the event in PA since the first night the odor cloud rolled in. by Ashamed-Reflection-9

So, check this out. This is a map that I'm working on whenever I can grab a minute. This isn't my main goal but it does track dates and locations without exposing any personal information that I may have. It may have duplicates because it combines survey results with info that I scraped from comments across social media platforms. It also only contains observations that have enough location data and an accurate date.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1EAtpU7eacd8TZbvjH59ccMsQjcEInWQ&usp=sharing

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Ashamed-Reflection-9 OP t1_j9v5vv0 wrote

Reply to comment by ButtBlock in I am tracking and mapping observations of the mysterious odor and residue that is being reported across the Northeast. While most reports are concentrated in NY, I have heard anecdotal reports of the event in PA since the first night the odor cloud rolled in. by Ashamed-Reflection-9

I appreciate that. I can get worked up sometimes. I'm trying very hard to stay in my lane with this especially because my posts keep getting deleted and I really want to sort this out.

I know that there are many things that could be the cause but this is out of the norm. I'm 44 years old and I've lived in Orange County my entire life. I have a pretty good idea of what is normal and what is not.

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