Despite the movie’s finale, the real town of Hinkley had no happy ending: Part 3
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- Residents said they face major health concerns after being exposed to contaminated water. PG&E is continuing its remediation efforts to clean the Hinkley water, but experts say it will take decades.
I'm a Hinkley resident. My family lived next door to PG&E during the late 60s to 1973... mom was exposed during her pregnancies with my sister and I. My sister died at 3 months old. I survived but not unharmed... my DNA fused with cr6 and my kids are reapimg that mutation as well.
The money didn't help. After the lawyers took their portion... and a lifetime of constant medical issues.
We can't afford to move and others are too sick and are alone so they have no help. . . I live about 3 miles West... our well is tested regularly, but we still don't drink it. The levels are " with in government standards level"... I've lost most my family to cancers and lung issues.
That's so very sad. I'm so sorry. I always wondered what percentage of the settlement Hinkley residents received, but I didn't think it would be as much as it should have been. I figured if the lawyers took one third, and then the rest was split between so many people, it really wouldn't be that much money. And as you mentioned, medical costs would eat that up pretty quickly. When something like that is exposed, the government should step in and ensure the water is cleaned up and that everyone is taken care of, and also that those who did this are put in prison. But sadly, that never seems to happen.
@@deborahblackvideoediting8697 exactly! What’s the point of our government if we can’t protect our residents?
@@SL-lz9jr because our government is not concerned about its people. The last year and a half should prove that. “It’s all about protecting your health” while babies are torn limb from limb in the name of health. Please 😡
The lawyers cut was *huge* too! Not trying to spit in old wounds but Erin was supposedly upset over not getting a big bonus off this case. I get lawyers do the footwork but the portion they demand is outrageously high! You're not doing good it sounds.....but Erin is living super large.
@@TheINFJChannel do you know how much though, or is it hearsay? I really wonder. I mean, in the movie she got $2 million dollars, out of the entire settlement if her lawyer decided to give her that, isn't that his right? She did a lot of the work, actually most of the work. And lawyers typically get 30%. I had to retain a lawyer myself, it went about the same. Thinking that I would have gotten rich was just silly. Those residents should have taken that money and moved out asap, in fact I'll bet most of them did, we just don't really hear their stories. But if you find any other stories I would love to listen to those too.
FedEx driver here, and I’m here to tell you Hinkley is one of the most heartbreaking towns to drive through. Deliveries are miles and miles apart and each home I visit is in utter disarray.
Didn’t know anything about the disaster before today, but I was weighted with grief: I wanted to leave as soon as I got there.
Wowwww
Wow that's what I assumed
💕🙏🌍🙏💕
Before they finished the bypass around it 10 years ago you'd go right through Hinckley and it was creepy AF
@SeanMHollowsOfficial - Tell us more FedEx driver - - Has the Gov. or anyone done anything more to Help the town of Hinkley since your last post - one year ago?
In Erin's autobiography, she mentioned she had spent half of her $2 million on her son going in and out of various rehabs for substance abuse. There's the answer as to why she couldn't "give half her money" to the residents as some people are stating.
Edit: forgot to mention Steven Soderbergh decided not to include that Erin was also affected by the toxins and hospitalized for a period of time, which undoubtedly cost money in medical bills. People need to stop acting like they know everything about someone's life by telling them what they should and should not do with their hard earned money. Remember, Erin was instrumental to this case which took many years and without her these people would have received nothing.
I totally agree with you. If anyone deserved that money, she did. A million dollars seems like a lot of money to spend on rehab, though. I hope it worked for her son.
@@mattyd3079 She said he was in and out of rehab for many years. Still, I agree it seems like a lot. Hopefully it worked for him as you said.
I do agree @J.
People get greedy .. a reason why the class lawsuit works so well is that there are high rewards in it for extremely hard working legal counsel. The plaintiffs don’t pay a cent for their legal representation in advance typically, but for the case of success they turn over a relatively large share. The remaining piece of the pie wouldn’t be there to distribute without the legal team who would have received NOTHING for years of work had the case failed. Now plaintiffs could keep all for themselves if they hired a legal team the traditional way. That s hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover before the case even goes to trial, and a risk to become liable for the Opponents legal cost. Take the risk - receive all the reward.
Paying the lawyers high shares of the success is a risk mitigation strategy. Can’t have your Pie and eat it at the same time !
Not to mention she would have had a very hefty income tax bill. (Thanks for sharing the information about Erin having to spend time in the hospital. I'd never heard that before.)
As an environmental consultant, I was contacted by an environmental group in Hinkley, California concerning a toxic plume from PG&E. I developed a toxic health survey to serve as a baseline of exposure. This document won the case for Masry. This health survey has been used as a baseline for toxic tort litigation since then.
Oh man, I’d love to learn about your career journey, what it’s like working as an environmental consultant, what that entails. Do you have a website or anything like that? -Megan, Seattle
Hey I'm an environmental consultant as well, but I primarily work in the permian basin oil and gas industry.
PG&E is a terrible company that needs to be shut down. This is just awful. That poor dog. Who are the people running this company? We should put them in jail first.
It's the people controlling it.
@@heythere3780 any more deep insights?
@@kch7051 You call that deep? 😆 you poor thing.
@@heythere3780 guess it flew over your head
@@kch7051 Nope, your wannabe sarcasm was even worse. Now I just feel sorry for you.
Only six miles away? All that she went through and she only moved six miles away?!?!? I mean, what the hell?
Darn right. Can't fix stupid.
She was still within the Hinkley town limits. Then she's shocked when the poison spread to her new expensive home. Unbelievable.
She spent her settlement on a new house basically right next door to her old house.....and the PG&E factory. She can literally see the factory from the front yard.
You said exactly what I said; What the hell???
That lady was nuts to buy a house so close to the contamination. I do feel sorry for her. We all make mistakes, but if it was me, i would have got as far away as possible.
Its took her second house to build and moved and get contaminated again.. no liabilities whatsoever, just buy their property and its solved. Thats environmental catastrophe what PG&E do to Mother Nature.
@@iamdee2615 It's sad. I guess she didn't know that the contamination went as far as her second house when she moved there. But I still think I would have moved to a different state and got as far away as possible. I realise it's not always so easy when you have family, friends, your job, etc, nearby.
Agree. These environmental issues that man has created have no quick fix
I know….Move as far away as possible….
@Matty D - Mqayeb she wasn't as"nuts" as you make her out to be - she may have had a good idea to HELP - but clearly circumstances, illness, drug addictions and safety all mounted up and then she left!!??
As someone who lived 11 miles away from hinkley and it’s beyond heartbreaking. I visited the elementary school and drove around Hinkley and it was haunting. The senior class before me (c/o 2015 or 14) did a research project about the contamination and it open my eyes. I had a friend who had to leave there, uprooted everything and moved. Last time I checked, people still live out there. Also, when this happened, my town was worried that our water could’ve been contaminated, so everyone bought bottled water because of this.
PGE claimed that they are making progress to keep the community safe. They bought out the whole town. Now it’s a barren landscape. Liars! They got away.
Honestly, it's probably the best thing for some of those families, some people have a very unhealthy emotional attachment to places and they have to be forced out.
Some people are “glutens for punishment” if you will
Both of you are spot on!!!
Plenum 112……. It’s as if they suffered from Stockholm syndrome in addition to all the other problems
@@py2724 you're right, probably so. Many financial decisions are unfortunately tied with psychological issues.
@@kbanghart you have great insight... your posts are enjoyable to be apart of!
keep it up!
@@py2724 lol thanks, I appreciate reading yours too!
That lady seriously moved only 2 horizons worth of sight line from the plant and thought she was good? Uhhhhh
Why would you still live in close proximity to a dangerous plant? sorry Roberta but this ones on you. I wouldve just moved out of the desert asap
Some people domy have the money to move
They invest unwisely… it’s hard not to let emotions drive your spending
We were lied to. The whole thing was kept quiet. The plume was made out to sound like it was contained and no one new the real extent of the medical health damages at the actual time of the original EB cases. Many families weren't told anything or included in lawsuits until near the end. Many if the Symptoms wouldn't become apparent until years down the road after exposure. Dr's here still don't know much about. I've had issues with my health and when I tell a Dr that I'm a cr6 exposure patient they look at me in confusion. They have no idea what it is or does to us. Where are the specialists? Why am I in constant pain, discomfort and ill, no one can tell me.
That woman should’ve taken that poor dog to a vet long before the tumour got that big. That’s so cruel.
I was not happy to see how much money the lawyers got until I took into account the almost 5 years of work they put into the case. It was not one case they undertook but hundreds, they need to get paid too. Maybe, it could have been 10% lesser.
do the detective work yourself when & were you can
& in any situation just have a professional lawyer “Deliver the Case” to the Court Room
It was $333 million, lawyers took $111 million leaving $222 million for the resident. This resident got $5 million of the $222 million. And 20 years later, the $5 million is gone (probably lots of trips to the casino) and she is working 3 jobs and still lives in Hinkley.
None of these people could ever pass a Marshmallow test. That is the problem. If you gave me a million, ten years later, I would still have the million. You give these people $5 million, ten years later, they are broke.
@@paulcolburn3855 how can we know that’s how they spent it though?
@@fairytale143 doesnt matter. they are now broke and they shouldn't be
@@paulcolburn3855 True dat. Think about this. 5 million dollars, equals 125,000$ a year for FORTY years... the rest of her life. If you let THAT kind of money slip through your fingers, I don't know what to tell you. I could easily retire on ONE million dollars.
The lady with the dog with that huge tumor should be ashamed of herself. She knew that water was bad yet gave it to her dog, now not taking the dog to vet to get it removed when it was way smaller when she noticed it is appalling to say the least. Don't get a dog if u won't protect it / can't afford to take care of it etc
You would take away dogs from her? Dog seemed happy, living better than a short life in the shelter. Nobody lives 100% tumor proof, not even in California.
You didn't watch the whole thing, at 6:33 she says she's been giving it better water.
Like her own experiment huh
Stop judging people. Not all people that don't take their animals to the veterinary hospital are cruel. Some people cannot even get through sick pets to the hospital because they are that poor
why would you stay in the same town and build your dream house . . . not a smart move on her part.
Ikr? I feel bad for her, but she chose to sink her money into building a large house in Hinkley. Why not use all the money to buy a house for cash somewhere else? If i didn't have a mortgage, I'd be able to live comfortably working part time. I think that's true for most people.
I feel bad for her too :(. Wish she had hired an advisor.
@@Ay-B does she not have a mortgage? I'm assuming so, or maybe very small, but yeah why TF stay there, I mean 6 miles??? With those health problems, I would get as far away as I could asap. I don't understand the choice. I mean look, the health problems that won't go away, yeah not much can be done about that, but you have to do what's best for your kids or maybe their grandkids as well.
@@kbanghart She wouldn't hkave even had to go that far. She could hkave moved 20 miles away and been safe.
Same as lottery winners; with the money one needs a financial advisor and a plan to move somewhere healthy, safe and affordable otherwise you will return to the status quo quickly.
Thank you. Much appreciated. South Australia. Sending all the residence good blessings. ✨
Paradise, San Mateo, Hinkley. These are all areas that PG&E murdered people through their negligence.
Thank you for this comment! PG &E is an evil company they need to shut down
There is also a video called Radium girls about employees exposed to radium.
Don’t expect anyone to come even after you clean up! I wouldn’t trust PG&E if they gave me the land for free!
Well, if this lady who suffered from chromium-6 was paid not 5, but 6 million, and Brockovich not 2, but 1? Or let her be paid $6,999,999 and Brockovich $1. What would happen then? She would have moved not 6, but 7 miles from this ruined place? I have no words. Perhaps Brockovich also owes them some brains? A typical story about how inert people, having got their own without making an effort, want more. And from whom? Not even from the polluting company, but from the one who helped them. Disgusting.
several years back, i worked for a drilling company in Northern CA., they worked directly in Hinkley, let's just say they were hired by a company who worked directly for PG&E, one could also say that these issues are not over, and they may very well never be............. I can't say anymore as I was made to sign several non disclosure agreements
LOL was the company owned by trump?
@@kbanghart no it wasn’t
I can tell you health departments are covering up lots of infections & infestations
Drain the stagnation!!!
In Ohio you can record city officials without need of telling them!!!
@@kbanghart you think Biden, Clinton or bush are any different? They didn't like that trump beat them at their own currupt game. If you really want change stop falling for the two party system. It has failed
@@Oddbisket the only game Trump can beat anyone at is how many hamberders he can stuff in his mouth.
I mean seriously, the guy actually wanted his followers to kill his vice president.
The facts are not what are portrayed here. There was a settlement without Erin's had work this would have never been brought out and would probably still be going on today.
I would move. Period. There’s ways out. I was stuck in my situation for a long time but I found a way out it was hard but I did everything I could to move and escape. Take action and leave. The entire town should be bulldozed. Let it go. Start over. It’s literally poison.
Sadly, there are people like this all over, they have a deep emotional unhealthy attachment and they literally have to be forced to move. Having their house bought out from underneath them is probably the only and best way to go.
It’s a Chernobyl style failure
Might as well be radiation poisoning
The first Hinkley resident in this interview, she got $5 mil of that $333 mil. They cut that part out from this segment. And now she works 3 jobs? That is on her. She should have left, vacated, goodbye. And she shouldn't have moved anywhere near that place.
I know these are simple people, but $5 million and you are working 3 jobs? Come on.
@@paulcolburn3855 Some people are very foolish with money and spend it all on crap.
Exactly. Here in Rural Missouri, you can buy a home in ANY remote rural town for 50,000$. And it be perfectly liveable.
The dog should be removed from that woman’s care immediately.
I recall her coming to Pompton Lakes, NJ for the Dupont 'parting gifts.' As soon as I heard about E.Palestine, I said, "betcha she'll be there to help those people", and yup!
That poor dog!!
And I notice everyone STILL gives CA politicians and Congress a total pass from all blame
I'm sorry. My heart goes out to the family's effected but Roberta come on. You sell your house because it in a contaminated zone and decide to buy another in the same country only 6 miles away. Who could be that stupid? Who could put their family through that? I would have my family at least 50 miles away. Definitely out of the desert. Good grief. What is wrong with us!
Prayers for you and all
1960 I lived next to Flint, MI. Already going down the domestic auto mfr. pipeline. Damn. Ain't nothing here but moviemaking. My own mom was my role model ...same as so many moms out there. But she only saved two different neighborhood women from being battered and destroyed by a husband and a man who had moved in on a widow and daughter. Bet you're thinking trailer town.... Nope. One of the 10 most affluent city-suburbs in America. That's my role model not the silver screen scene. I bet there are plenty of life-saving ladies out there who are not beauty queens or movie subjects just real busy people stepping up in time. They don't want to get noticed either.
What I don’t understand is why the residents would sell there homes to pg and e and then build another house “6 miles for the plant” why would you not build farther away like in a different town per say
Awesome movie shame they didn’t have the ending they wanted
I and my twin brother,father lived in Hinkley California graduated from Barstow High school
Omg there is NO SUCH THING AS JUSTICE
Oh yes there is
@@py2724 if there was PG&E would've got jail time, filed for bankruptcy, and they pll who were affected by them monsters would've gotten a billion if not more
Let’s be real here, the real winner in all of this is the lady who discovered it all and yet the residents loss. Tragic that big corporations get away with crimes.
Erin didn't win, just as the residents didn't.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong... pretty sure the first Hinkley resident in this interview, actually received around $5 mil of the $333 Million class action settlement, which was surprisingly NOT mentioned in the video. $5M and she works 3 jobs (?) that is on her + why would she rebuild so close!? If ever there were a case for the "Marshmallow Experiment" this would be one for sure.
The lady that 8nspired that character DIDN'T get anywhere NEAR $5mil. The first few minutes covered it.
@@JustaPerson110she received enough to build her dream house and was stupid for building it near the location of the old one
I guess she thought they would actually do something to prevent the pollution after the scandal and not just "buy out" the affected families, pay the fines and continue as usual without further repercussions until the next Erin Brockovich comes along.
@@mscarrotcakesdfghjthat’s usually what ends up happening with these multibillion dollar companies. What’s more expensive? Clean up the garbage in the ground water or payoff the residents who got sick? The answer was pay off the residents who got sick.
Is that what happened? Did she get the $5 million or not? I’m confused
I'm sorry, but if it were me, I wouldn't move only six miles away. I'd move to the other side of the state or even the other side of the country.
Moving only 6 miles away is unfathomable to me. When she revealed that she only moved that far away my stomach dropped
Excellent movie
Why build so close? Why not move to the Midwest or anywhere but there?
She took the money and moved only 6 miles away?!?! Wtf??? I’d have moved FAR AWAY!
How sad!
We use to sell Chinese Shar peis I lived on 20054 new hwy 58. You can't get to my old house anymore and I just found out Hinkley Middle school is gone nothing but desert where the school was. I've been having really strange dreams of hinkley and I think I know why now. It's gone it's just in our memories and hearts now. Sucks I wanted to explore HMS before they decided to destroy it. That place was like our home with so many memories. And a Tribute to those we have lost. We lost a lot of friends and family. Not just to the contamination but anything can happen. Mostly motor accidents. I miss those that were my real friends. I miss them and I realize how short life is.
As usual with lawsuits the real winners were the lawyers.
I was poisoned in Hinkley, California my Family lived their in 1976 and 1977 my Mom's common Law husband Brother in Law owned that Fricken Company I was pregnant with my Daughter at the time we were poisoned drinking the contaminated water..
The Desert was beautiful
did you have any bad health effects from the water?
I remember feeling a lightning affect in my right arm my Daughter was poisoned my Mom was poisoned my Brother Darrell worked there.
If your demon is Erin rather than PG&E, you have lost the plot! Don’t take your eye off the ball, that is a losers game.
Love the way this is corporate media piece is really just an an advert for PG&E.
And just think....our politicians could have done something about this....and they did NOTHING. Welcome to our country. Time to clean them out.
I lived there at that time and was pregnant and drank that water in 1976 and 1977.
It’s the fact that these companies decided if the people should be told or not, they decided to conspire and actively pushed a narrative it was healthy, they should pay for all medical bills, housing costs, and compensation.
Can you imagine what is happening today, greed, corruption power that money can provide, in a world where empathy and values, compassion are non existent.
Investigative Journalism, and ensuring the freedom of the press is what keeps governments accountable. We certainly need people who stand up for principles,integrity, the values that have been respected in civilised society.
It sucks you cancelled Rebel. Such a good show
Omg! Get that dog's tumor dealt with!
Alot of people did get money..I know cause I use to live there and my family got a million dollars years and years ago
KEY WORDS… “HE USED TOO!!!”
9-5-21 Now that a hurricane has hit these towns ( stashes). What will happen to the water when it’s functioning again? 🤔✌️❤️🙏🦋
I feel bad but why the hell would you only move several miles from where you were poisoned? What are you thinking?
The money was to get the hell out of that town, no keep living in it
This is horrific
Why the hell would you move to 6 miles away
My first day at speaking bureau, had Erin no showing at an event. We were the broker and she no showed at a client event. Stressful beyond words. Never forget it in 2003.
You keep leaving this comment below multiple videos about her. I'm not saying it was professional or acceptable but it doesn't seem like something Erin would do unless there was a family emergency or another very good reason. Since this happened in 2003 and it is currently 2022, I suggest you let it go?
Who cares...
@@jessica2brook Erin, we know it's you hidden behind a fake YT account or one of your siblings OR your biggest Stan lol
This reminds me of a documentary that’s coming out titled, Big Trouble in Little Quartzsite
So sad. Why do people want to live there with the threat of poison nearby?
This is terrible! When I saw the movie I thought justice was done. I feel so sorry for these people. Hollywood made money from the suffering of ordinary people. That's BAD!
A lot of us who lived in Hinkley got nothing. They told us we lived too far from the contaminated water. Years later, they bought every home in our neighborhood and leveled them.
Pge should be shut down
Corporate American justice system will not allow that.
They should have been paid replacement,,,,not worth,,,,after the pollution was exposed,,,of course the town was worth nothing.
and Governments allow these companies to continue operating. Should have every asset stripped of CEO's and managers, and tossed in the same jail cell as the Unabomber
The most important thing is Hollywood got what it wanted. The lawyers got their percentage.
I completely understand disappointment if plaintiffs received a small sum of the settlement… how much did they receive ? That would be interesting .. it can’t have been
So little that she could only buy a new house from the sum of selling her old house to pg&e though … and i don’t have any understanding for buying another house In the vicinity … the groundwater s poisoned .. you know you need to move FAR away
Wonder why people stayed in the área...
I don’t think anyone that has watched this movie would believe anything this company has to say. Unfortunately it’s the Almighty Dollar that speaks the loudest!!! They could care less about those that suffered🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
God sees your pain God bless you
Give over with the religeous nonsense
That's the dumbest move in the world to buy a house 6 miles from someplace where the water IS CONTAMINATED 🤦♀️🤦🤦♂️🤦🤦♀️🤦♂️
So, the residents of Hinkley who were awarded money didn't get what they were supposed to?
May Karma find PG&E and teach them the value of the golden rule.
So sad
At least someone step up to try and expose all.of this
When they set up the settlements why does the client end up getting so little of the money? I’m sure the tourney gets half probably if not more, but why wouldn’t she have gotten the rest?
Because there were hundreds of plaintiffs, not just her. The judgement was on behalf of tons of people who had to share their $222m
And yet PGE still runs CA
Someone conscientious...is that allowed in 2022?
It's seems like it was a Mexican American neighbirhood
How come
Why move 6 miles away? 60? 250? Yes. 6, inarguably NO.
This place reminds me of the Reservation my grandmother grew up on. They all look like this.
So sad. And once again in Ohio.
6 miles??? I would've moved to another state!
yes, is like moving 20 blocks from Chernobyl nuclear plant, the money was to leave the town for good
6 miles...that's all the further she moved? 50 would of been good!!!
She was right she is also right about Beverly Hills
That stuff is spreading out they better fix it or shut down that plant
Why did Roberta Walker stay so close to P G& E?
Barstow ca is just a few miles from this place I wonder if is safe to live there or if the water is safe to drink
Wait a minute, Erin gets 2 million dollars and the actual victims nothing?? That's a problem with class action lawsuits. The attorneys get paid large sums of money and the victims next to nothing!!
well, they didn't exactly say how much money the victims got. However for instance that lady who build the house in the town made a mistake. I would have moved out of that town for good. She lost her money because the prize of houses plummeted it in that area and she probably didn't get her money's worth. It also sounds like they ended up using that money for medical bills. At the end of the day we don't know how they invested their money.
@@karenflores4987 right, and honestly I don't know if Erin should get all the blame, or it could be that the judge had ruled how much each family got. In these cases, just because they announced a judgment doesn't mean each individual family gets that set amount. And it doesn't mean that she isn't owed that 2 million, I mean she worked her butt off and got the judgment done.
At least they got some help rather than none. How about start up a go fund me for those residents if you really care.
Find your inner brochovich.
@@Zanarkendjp Exactly! Without her help more people would have died and no one would know why. Erin deserves the money she got.
about 150 thousand per person tax free. Not alot but that's assuming that there are 1100 plaintiffs in the case. Class action is always good for the attorneys. That's just the way it is.
Est-ce qu'il y a encore des familles qui habitent encore à Hinkley près de la pG et E en 2023??🤔🤔.Nathy. paris🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵
The real erin played waitress in the restaurant scean when she was dining with the children
Why?
What was the point of showing this movie???
I wonder what happened to the city of Palestine, Ohio and that train derailment?
If it is my time to go. I hope I have hinkley where I go but uncontaminated.
At some point you have to make the difficult decisions and make moves. Mercy, you do not have to be a genius to figure some of this is not worth leaving it to others to handle.
People will never learn a lesson
I "wannabe" the UK equiv of Erin! God I so wish i was her!
So if you want to buy some ones property cheap just pollute it?