2.4 quakeDamascus, Arkansas<MAP 1.7 quake Graysville, Tennessee<MAP< Next to Watts Bar nuke plant(!) 1.6 quake Philadelphia, Tennessee<MAP 2.3 quakeMineral, Virginia<MAP < Next to North Anna nuke plant(!)
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HUGE, HUGE worldwide BIG earthquake activity today recently – USGS list -ALL TODAY
6.8 39km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands2013-05-14 00:32:25 UTC601.8 km deep 6.5 139km NW of Neiafu, Tonga 2013-05-11 20:46:56 UTC205.4 km deep 6.5 31km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 2013-04-23 23:14:42 UTC23.3 km deep 6.0 20km NNW of La Union, Mexico 2013-04-22 01:16:33 UTC30.0 km deep 6.6 56km WSW of Linqiong, China 2013-04-20 00:02:47 UTC14.0 km deep 7.2 251km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia 2013-04-19 03:05:52 UTC112.2 km deep 6.6 23km ESE of Aitape, Papua New Guinea 2013-04-16 22:55:27 UTC13.0 km deep 7.7 83km E of Khash, Iran 2013-04-16 10:44:20 UTC82.0 km deep
frack-quakes today: 4.2 8km ENE of Luther, Oklahoma 2013-04-16 10:16:53 UTC5.0 km deep 4.4 12km ENE of Luther, Oklahoma 2013-04-16 06:56:30 UTC5.0 km deep
Crosstex came out with a batch of updates(!). The latest one is for April 23rd. Now they are only a WEEK behind with the “daily” updates For APRIL 23:
Well #1 – 48,533 barrels of normal butane Well #2 – 28,862 barrels of lpg mix
So propane was sold off or moved out? LPG mix … what’s that?
Liquefied Petroleum Gas = LPG.
This example is 60% C3H8 Propane / 40% C4H10 Butane but we can’t say what “mix” Crosstex has down there. Propane is now a “mix” with butane! That sounds real safe next to a collapsing salt dome! Let’s look some more!
The Advocate – A bump of water coming down the Mississippi River has prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start conducting twice-a-week levee inspections along the lower Mississippi River.
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING AFFECTING EAST BATON
ROUGE...POINTE COUPEE AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES . . . . (more)
The rivers are on this mapDonaldson forecast (not far from Lake FUBAR) and Baton Rouge:
1.Where is the updated website promised in January under Directive 1? Is Ceri it, because if so..it isn’t updated with the additional Geo Wells? 2.At what microvolt is each geophone set at, in all locations, LA10-16, and where are the large deep geophone readings.. GEOPHONE WELLS 1,2, and 3? They are in operation, yet the public is not receiving any readings…why? 3.Can the e-mail given at the top ofthe pageget fixed? No one getting answers back.
Texas Brine is preparing to re-route the western wall of the sinkhole containment berm further west, and extend the northern and southern berm walls accordingly, due to ongoing surface subsidence in a portion of the existing western berm wall. While the sinkhole’s western boundary remains more than 100 feet away from the existing western berm wall, ongoing filling of the failed Texas Brine Oxy 3 cavern and compaction of the disturbed rock zone surrounding the sinkhole have created an area of surface subsidence outsidethe sinkhole boundary.
Tonight on Louisiana Public Broacasting the show that has covered Bayou Corne before, “The State We’re In“, is on. They will get the podcast up on their site later for out-of-towners to see.
NEW! To our right sidebar we added a link “River Forecast” in ‘Gov’t.’ section. It will have flood level news and river forecasts. This important to Lake FUBAR as the weight of added water on top of the cavern caprock may create stress on it.
“A Pennsylvania judge in the heart of the Keystone State’s fracking belt has issued a forceful and precedent-setting decision holding that there is no corporate right to privacyunder that state’s constitution, giving citizens and journalists a powerful tool to understand the health and environmental impactsof natural gas drilling in their communities.”
Texas Brine denies seismic activity is continuing as usual at the collapsed salt dome (not a sinkhole). They claim it is diminishing.
“Texas Brine’s new depth measurements show that materials pushing upward inside the cavernrose 324 feetbetween Jan. 31 and Tuesday, according to revised figures provided by company officials.”
— Continuing Coverage: 1. Jessica Bakeman and Jerry Mitchell, The Clarion-Ledger, “Barbour pardons;” 2. David Mitchell, The Advocate, “Sinkhole forms near site of bayou bubbles;”
[snip] ” . . . the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District requested the dye studies to predict how the bayou will react if district pumps on the Mississippi River in Donaldsonville are turned off during major rainstorms.“In particular, it will show how long it would take for freshwater to make its way to the various public water supply intakes in the event the bayou goes septic, as has happened in past storm events,” . . .
Walter Coins says there is a connection between the quakes on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the New Madrid quakes.
The Recent Mid-Atlantic Ridge quakes are a topic at the parent, FC blog. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge runs north & south like a big zipper between the Americas and Africa.
The Mid-Atlantic ridge has a lot to do with us in the US.Mid-Atlantic ridge had a lot to do with New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812 and the 1886 Charleston earthquake occurred within the North American plate.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mid-atlantic_ridge_map.png
The sinkhole that was a grave concern when it was the size of a football field is now the size of the Superdome in New Orleans.
The sinkhole that caused explosions and odors and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents had now expanded by 12 acres in the course of a weekend to the tune of rumblings, tremors and giant smelly gas bubbles coming from underground. The escaping gas is being burnt to avoid a massive explosion. . . .
. . . . You see this kind of closing down of information on the part of Texas Brine, the company responsible for creating the sinkhole. . . .
Five years ago a group of residents from the rural community of Mossville in Louisiana came to Washington DC to file a human rights complaint against their own government. They alleged that the United States was not protecting their right to live in a healthy environment. . . .
. . . .”It is the first environmental case coming out of the United States to go to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.”
- thanks Guerrera Zorra for mentioning this interview and Keith M. for finding it -
Public discussion planned about sinkhole
BAYOU CORNE (WBRZ) – A special group will meet Friday to discuss public safety concerns around the growing sinkhole in Assumption Parish.
The Blue Ribbon Commission on Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou Public Safety will meet on April 5th at the LSU Energy, Coast and Environment Building in the Woods Auditorium.The meeting is open to the public. . .
Idahopicker points out the floor of the cavern has risen almost 300 feet since the beginning of the disaster. It has filled in with falling rock.
Residents – he offers to help anyone with alternative home evaluation as he has the home building expertise. He says Texas Brine may low-ball home values.
We had a message from this fellow, Mark Brander, with his ideas about the sinkhole. Many other sites have this theme so just posting here as a courtesy.
Next to Watts Bar nuke plant (!)
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