Saturday, January 9, 2016

Is There A Porter Ranch In Your Backyard ???

You may have heard of the Porter Ranch giant methane leak in California:

http://enenews.com/state-emergency-issued-la-gas-blowout-oil-begins-raining-down-homes-concern-sinkholes-geysers-being-created-official-brink-pandemonium

Well guess what - there are similar storage facilities in many parts of the US:



Years ago I lived in Illinois close to a natural gas storage well. One night it blew out and caught fire. The flames were so intense that my neighborhood was lit as brightly as midday, even though it was 3 AM and the well was over a mile away. These things can definitely be a hazard, and some of them store a lot of energy.

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