Gulf Of Mexico 52x More Toxic From Corexit Clean Up Than The Original Oil Spill Itself
Study shows mixing oil with dispersant increased toxicity to Gulf’s ecosystems.
If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was a ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up apparently made it even worse – 52-times more toxic. That’s according to new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes (UAA), Mexico. . . .
– Freedomrox sent this in
Seismology and volcano studies – short video from USGS on The Watchers site.
Recurring Strange Sounds from the Sky, Monroe, Michigan
Wildfire in Arkansas at Ouachita National Forest maybe entirely unrelated to anything but . . .
LINK – http://youtu.be/jDt2AkSj_Nc
You can see in above video how close the water is to Highway 70 as he walks across it to the bridge.
SINKHOLE GROWS – A RECAP:
LINK – http://youtu.be/eYDU90G59eI
Seismic monitor LA09 going extra nuts today.
ENE-News – Tests indicate Minnesota pelicans exposed to contamination in Gulf — Concern for what it could do to population — Dispersant chemicals in 1/3 of birds
related: [Oct.] 300 DEAD LOONS & BP
Added to the sidebar: Quake Watch – Bayou Corne, seismic activity data with expert analysis. The link is in the ‘Seismic Monitoring’ section.
A new Situation Summary is up. And when they mention ‘home monitoring’ there is no juicy news about about Texas Brine not helping.
The parish says there won’t be a resident meeting until Dec. 18th. Guess they are busy ordering umpire vests and motorcross pads!
Some new PHOTOS up at the official Flickr site. These trees don’t look too healthy!
The trees were so nice and green (PHOTO) when this thing started.
AGAIN! WE ASK: Why Aren’t There More People Working on the Sinkhole Problem?
The Explosion page has been updated too.
SUNDAY
Ene-news has a story about fracking: NBC: Animals quietly falling sick and dying near oil & gas drilling — Cows tails dropping off (PHOTO) Imagine what is in the aquifer near the sinkhole with those huge pipelines, broken pipes and broken cavern! Cows would have a lot more parts dropping off than tails!
The Advocate – Texas Brine fined $100,000 < lots of additional info
WAFB – Company fined over sinkhole says it’s trying < summary of what for
see also The Big Feud
Fasten your seat-belts – the seismic monitors are starting to go off this afternoon . . .
The Examiner – Could Corexit have made BP crude travel to sinkhole disaster site?
A disturbing scientific report released this week implies the possibility that Corexit 9500A used to cover up BP oil after the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe began in April 2010 could make crude oil travel underground for long distances, possibly as far as the historic Bayou Corne sinkhole where crude from an unknown source is being released.
By using the dispersant Corexit 9500A after the Gulf oil catastrophe began in April 2010, BP and the United States military made the crude oil from the Macondo Prospect off the Louisiana coast able to travel further, according to a new study released this week, raising further questions about whether the crude continuing to flow into Louisiana’s sinkhole disaster area just over 100 miles away could be BP’s. . . .
Texas Brine put out a new update (12-1)
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MORE here later . . .
The Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle 
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The author, Walton, that posted video “homeland security monitors sinkhole”. deleted and blocked me after I told him I was a local and corrected 2 things he said in his video.
1)- he could NOT see bubbling from the road because there IS no bubbling seen from the road.
2)- NOTHING out here is “fenced off”. The sinkhole is on TB property and that IS private property, yes.
So he deleted those commenst and blocks me…..real credibility. I guess everyone needs their 15 minutes of fame. Totally hilarious thing is he could have walked a few more blocks down the road and got video of the sinkhole itself because it is visible from the road. LMAO!!!
Thank you, Jo. I knew from flyovers there was no fence. Also, the Bayou Corne sign is located at the bridge built over a swamp pass. I will not say there is no bubbling there, but I for darn sure know that another 500 yards up the road is an open space where he could have filmed with a clear view of the western edge.
his video was concentrating on the Homeland Security van … but with that large budget HS had lots of vehicles everywhere these days. I guess it was the first time he’d seen one.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-buchanan/louisiana-sinkhole-evacue_b_2219625.html#postComment
I tried to comment there and here. My comment si too long. It can be seen here in the side bar:
https://www.facebook.com/BayouCorneSinkhole
my comment didn’t show for hours — I think yours is up now …
Oh? I tried about 20 times. Hope it didn’tpost that many…LOL. Nothing was showing aspending so I assumed it didn’t take it. Thanks.
aggg! mine took overnight to show …
Nope…I don’t see it.By Jo Celle. Do you see it? Can you post my whole comment here with the article above it?
oops … I thought the one mentioning FaceBook was you!
Well, you are always welcome to have your say HERE 🙂
I also don’t see one by you. Can you post the link to the article and my whole comment here as a new post?
has a lot of ‘m’s in the name …. has a link to here (of course!)
Ok..I see yours now. What i am saying is it never took my comment. the screen just turned gray and the comment stayed,and it didn’t say pending. I did post it on the Bayou Corne Sinkhole FB page too : https://www.facebook.com/BayouCorneSinkhole
You get a lot of readers. Iam asking you to post the link to the article and my post as an attempted comment here. Can you do that?
you have a comment on FaceBook for me to repost?
I do have the FB page on my ‘BlogRoll’ on the sidebar.
I’ll check … and do a little write up. Happy to repost.
Oh,and I have tried emailing you a couple times with no response.
yes my e-mail is super slow to show msg. It may appear tomorrow.
I am not a FB member so when I look at your post it wants me to log in.
Idea: post your FB message on my HufPo mention post as a comment.
I’ll copy the text, remove the ‘comment’ and put it up as its own article.
oh boy! Just updated the big feud!
Texas Brine has been assessed civil penalties of:
· $80,000 for failure to initiate installation of a containment system around the sinkhole to further prevent release of contaminants into nearby waterways by Nov. 16
· $10,000 for failure to install in-home monitors to detect possible natural gas accumulations and upgraded home ventilation for all slab-foundation immediately upon gaining permission from property owners
· $10,000 for failure to begin installation of two new observation/vent wells by Nov. 27
watch then NOT pay
http://enenews.com/state-potential-danger-to-human-life-due-to-gas-pressures-in-area-of-giant-sinkhole-emergency-directive-issued-on-weekend-texas-brine-fined-100000/comment-page-1#comment-309772
Just talking about that very thing.
now tomorrow the Advocate will probably come out with lots of good details about the DNR side of the thing and no comment or little comment from TexBrine. They usually do a good write up after these things.
New Situation report. http://www.edsuite.com/proposals/proposals_280/assumptionupdate11-30-12_fi_532.pdf
As of 1 October 2012, Texas Brine is moving to daylight operations
–Ran pulse-neutron log, gauge tool (to determine depth of cavern), and sonar of cavern
–Texas Brine supplied a split sample (solid material) to DNR (Shaw E&I)
–Crosstex has discontinued entry of new product into their caverns and continues to move product from cavern 2 to cavern 1 or to market
–Chevron has started the injection of water into their natural gas cavern in order to move natural gas out of their caverns
oh I bet they are jumpin around selling all they can to get rid of the damn stuff!
I think fcf went to play golf and fell asleep behind the wheel of his golf cart, lol.
watching a sci fi movie …. criminey!
LOL! Couldn’t resist. I was hollering for two and a half hours, so I just could not resist… Just meesing with ya, buddy. 🙂
it was a good movie! DC hit by space craft!