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“You want them to be able to have those memories,” says Conard, who returned to East Palestine six years ago to raise her family where the sound of trains was the backdrop to her own childhood. Can they remain in the town where “generations upon generations” of family have lived? Or play at the park where the chemicals are being removed from a stream. Jessica Conard, a 37-year-old speech therapist, wonders whether her boys - ages 3, 8 and 9 - will ever be able to fish in the pond separating their property from the railroad tracks. It’s also establishing funds for health care and to help sellers if their property value falls because of the accident.īut it’s the unknown that worries people.

The railroad says testing shows drinking water is safe, though it’s establishing a fund for long-term drinking water protection. “Nothing jumped off page for us yet,” Durno says, adding that testing would continue just to be sure. The EPA’s Mark Durno says continual air monitoring at the derailment site and in the community and soil tests in parks, on agricultural land and at other potentially affected areas have not yet detected concerning levels of any contaminants.

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The railroad also handed out $1,000 “inconvenience checks” to residents within the ZIP code that includes East Palestine and surrounding areas, but most did not qualify for further assistance and went home. “I pledge that we won’t be finished until we make it right,” Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw told an Ohio rail safety committee last week. The railroad also must remove toxic chemicals from two creeks, which could take longer. Norfolk Southern Railroad is paying for lodging for some families but won’t say how many still are out of their homes while the railroad excavates tens of thousands of tons of contaminated soil, a process the Environmental Protection Agency expects to take another 2-3 months. “So it’s trying to find something to keep yourself busy, to keep from going crazy.” FEARING THE UNKNOWN

“I have nothing here,” says Drummond, sitting on an orange plastic chair outside the Davis Motel in North Lima, Ohio.

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The retired truck driver and Gulf War veteran misses mowing the lawn, puttering around his yard and chatting with regulars at the tavern next door. Others, like Drummond, are not allowed back in their homes because of the ongoing cleanup. Some are staying away until they’re sure it’s safe. Most have returned, though many complain about illnesses and worry about soil, water and air quality.