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Originally posted by deadeyedick
reply to post by CajunBoy
So what kinda rig you got?
Jet drive,tunnel,or mud motor.
To all on thread i'm wondering if filling all the domes with brine now would be a wise move to negate the possible danger that the area faces?
Originally posted by deadeyedick
reply to post by happykat39
Well start with the adjacent ones and continue to work inward.
Find workers that know the danger and pay them well.
You make a good point but it is not too late and decisions could be made to try without causing more damage.
Right now were looking at a potential for a daisy chain of explosions at worst. break the chain in a safe place and isolate the threat.
Originally posted by Ben81
Hope people in the Bayou are prepared for more Tremors like this couple
I like how he gave his back directly to the snake
darwin award ! (1:05)
Stay Safe !edit on 10/6/2012 by Ben81 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by CajunBoy
Y'all are assuming that the natural gas and methane are from the caverns... A lot of it is not. That is from the earth, it wasn't placed there.
BAYOU CORNE — A shallow well recently drilled into the aquifer underneath the Bayou Corne area has hit natural gas, Shaw Environmental officials said Tuesday. That well is one of three that contractors for Louisiana Department of Natural Resources drilled to find and vent natural gas believed trapped in the Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer. Also, an earlier boring made by Texas Brine Co. LCC of Houston on its leased property also hit gas, Shaw officials said.
Along with sampling showing some of the most remote bubble sites are swamp gas from decomposing organic matter, the well findings support earlier indications that gas is in the aquifer, running under the section of northern Assumption Parish. But the findings also suggest that the gas has not spread to populated areas. Parish officials have said they are concerned the gas could build pressure in the aquifer, escape and lead to an explosive risk, though testing has not found that so far.
Hecox also said that hydrocarbons pulled from inside the cavern and on top of the sinkhole are virtually identical as far as their chemical makeup. When asked if that means it is confirmed the failure of the cavern caused the sinkhole, he said “All the data we’ve looked at so far would lead you to that conclusion, yes.”
The radiation level at the sinkhole is 15 times over the state's acceptable limit, according to state officials in a small newspaper article, revealed by environmental attorney Stuart Smith. DNR had quietly issued a permit for radioactive waste to be injected into the Texas Brine cavern in the salt dome. The government cover up also includes DNR neglecting to publicly disclose that a structural problem with the cavern has existed since early 2011. Both of these issues have prompted legal action by residents.
Originally posted by CajunBoy
Y'all are assuming that the natural gas and methane are from the caverns... A lot of it is not. That is from the earth, it wasn't placed there.
Originally posted by AuntB
Alright! Cajun Boy is going on a field trip and going to be our eyes in the field. Please be safe when you go, sounds kinds of eerie. I went looking for a up-dated maps of all the bubbling sites, does anyone have the link to it? I found this but no map.
Now 28 bubbling sites associated with giant sinkhole — ‘Air releases’ at 3 locations outside area being tested