I know that Ohio is being used as a place where companies like to test their products out. I know this because my friend is obsessed with M&M's and Mars would release a lot of M&M's flavors like strawberry, mocha, coffee, etc. years before it hit the general market nationwide/worldwide.

The same goes for fast food restaurants like Wendy's and the Portobello Mushroom 'n Cheddar burger that came out 2-3 years before it went nationwide temporarily. We were in Ohio when that burger came out and it was delicious. Then we traveled out of state and we were in the mood for that burger special again and we went to the closest Wendy's we could find on the road. The Wendy's about 200 miles away from Ohio, said they've never heard of the Portobello Mushrooms 'n Cheddar burger and we got confused. When we got back to Ohio, we saw the same thing again and had it again. Later on, I found out about Ohio (Columbus specifically) being the test market state of the USA/world.

https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/2015/01/26/how-columbus-became-america-s/22782650007/

With that said, I'm thinking that's why myID is being tested here before it hits nationwide.

Another reason why East Palestine is getting the brunt of everything is like I mentioned about Ohio being the state to test your product in, is that they're gearing up for the 15 minute City thing? They're trying to evacuate residents so they can buy up land then turn it into a 15 Minute City prototype.

Or it could be for something worse that we don't know about yet.