Community Chat

[onewhiteSparrow]

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@NUNYA wrote:

Maybe SoCalGas should have replaced the safety valve 3 decades ago when it went bad. Not just remove it. 

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It has nothing to do with a safety valve.    

The casings are about 30-40 feet long with threads on both ends that screw together.   And the movement of Ca. natural earth movements helped seperate the casings.  Left the opening. 

The gas is located in the natural earth.   

Has nothing to do with safety or workmanship.  

[onewhiteSparrow]

The two casings that came apart was located 12 hundred feet down in to the earth.   That was when the gas located in the earth layers traveled along the layers upward and escaped.  

The gas is deep in the earth layers.  The casings are placed deep into the earth to where the gas is located.   This allows companies that need the gas to release the gas.

[shoekitty]

i was in Woodland Hills this week and heard a lot about it.  What a shame.  Makes me really, really angry!!  Wasn't there also a leak near Alisos Road or Canyan?  I pray all is well, and this is contained and ended right now.

[onewhiteSparrow]

This is a odd thing to happen.  It has never happened before.  

Have to give that some thought.  

[MidNight]

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@onewhiteSparrow wrote:

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@NUNYA wrote:

Maybe SoCalGas should have replaced the safety valve 3 decades ago when it went bad. Not just remove it. 

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It has nothing to do with a safety valve.    

The casings are about 30-40 feet long with threads on both ends that screw together.   And the movement of Ca. natural earth movements helped seperate the casings.  Left the opening. 

The gas is located in the natural earth.   

Has nothing to do with safety or workmanship.  

Here is a interview with Erin Brockovich saying THEY did remove a safety valve and never replaced it.

Does not look good at all.This video below has a special lense so you can see the gas and its alot coming out..Not good at all.

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/12/30/erin_brockovich_california_methane_gas_leak

[onewhiteSparrow]

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@Midnight11 wrote:

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@onewhiteSparrow wrote:

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@NUNYA wrote:

Maybe SoCalGas should have replaced the safety valve 3 decades ago when it went bad. Not just remove it. 

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It has nothing to do with a safety valve.    

The casings are about 30-40 feet long with threads on both ends that screw together.   And the movement of Ca. natural earth movements helped seperate the casings.  Left the opening. 

The gas is located in the natural earth.   

Has nothing to do with safety or workmanship.  

Here is a interview with Erin Brockovich saying THEY did remove a safety valve and never replaced it.

Does not look good at all.This video below has a special lense so you can see the gas and its alot coming out..Not good at all.

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/12/30/erin_brockovich_california_methane_gas_leak

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Again...... the casings came apart deep below the ground,  and the earth moved....causing the gas to travel along the layers of the earth.   And escaped out into the layers of the mountain and went out of the ground.  This happened 12 hundred feet below ground.

[onewhiteSparrow]

All the men and women working on the rigs have on their body a tiny gage that measures methane gas.   It is the size of a cell phone.

I was holding one yesterday checking the battery.  

[onewhiteSparrow]

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@onewhiteSparrow wrote:

This is a odd thing to happen.  It has never happened before.  

Have to give that some thought.  

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Needs repeating.   

Good night.   

[Tinkrbl44]

It's taking WAY too long to fix this mess.   Porter Ranch is about 25 miles from where I am and we hear about it on the news almost every evening.

[Another new name Sue]

You would think BP would have been a wakeup call call to utilities. 

What a disruption for families, moving kids, pets, clothing, mail service, computer, furniture etc. I  cannot even imagine all the complications of relocating temporarily. I understand there is security protecting the homes. Empty houses need to be checked regularly.  There can be water leaks or other problems in unattended homes.