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Bucksport, Maine, is a quaint coastal town halfway between Bangor and Bar Harbor. Historically it was a shipbuilding center “eighteen miles from everywhere,” but over the past generation, the backbone of its economy has been a mill run by the International Paper Company. Every year the city council dutifully reviews and updates its emergency plans if, God forbid, a fire, explosion, hurricane, or some other disaster were to destroy the mill. Elaborate preparations are made for routes of escape, entry points for fire and police vehicles, and requisition spots for airlifts of the injured. And yet for the one disaster most likely to occur and most likely to destroy Bucksport, there is no planning whatsoever. What happens ...
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