And another gas explosion in Texas

[Nicholas]

_http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/08/official-says-explosion-gas-pipeline-texas-panhandle-leaves-missing-injured/

Sheriff says 2 dead, 3 injured in gas line explosion in Texas Panhandle

Published June 08, 2010

DARROUZETT, Texas

DARROUZETT, Texas (AP) — A Texas Panhandle sheriff says two people are dead from a natural gas pipeline explosion.

Lipscomb County Sheriff James Robertson said in a news release Tuesday that the men were killed shortly after the blast in a remote part of the region.

Three people were injured. One was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Oklahoma City. Two others working near the explosion escaped had injuries not considered life-threatening.

The five men were moving clay from a pit near the pipeline when a bulldozer struck it, causing the explosion.

The blast about 270 miles northeast of Lubbock is the second natural gas line explosion in Texas in as many days.

 

[Nawd]

Wow! Two gas explosions in two days?

 

[Ca.]

This the first explosion that took one life. And recent utube of the fire after R.I.P.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpdw6PX0S-I&feature=related

 

[Joe]

Is it just me, or does anyone else have a persistent thought that these gas explosions are in some way related to the "spill" in the gulf? It seems unlikely, given that that panhandle is not even on the coast and a considerable distance from the "spill". Maybe it just a case of things moving under the earth in general, seems a bit coincidental though.

 

[Nawd]

Yes, that is why it struck me as somewhat odd. I had heard of the first one two days ago on the radio. When I saw the new post I thought it was a repeat or some mistake.

I am not sure how all of it (oil spill/two gas explosions/gulf region) could be related, unless there is foul play of some sort...

I won't speculate much, but it does seem that for whatever reason there may be some foul play going on in the gas/oil business forcing
perhaps some sort of agenda NOT including oil.

Just some thoughts, and did I mention this freaks me out?

Is it just me, or does anyone else have a persistent thought that these gas explosions are in some way related to the "spill" in the gulf? It seems unlikely, given that that panhandle is not even on the coast and a considerable distance from the "spill". Maybe it just a case of things moving under the earth in general, seems a bit coincidental though.

 

[anart]

Is it just me, or does anyone else have a persistent thought that these gas explosions are in some way related to the "spill" in the gulf? It seems unlikely, given that that panhandle is not even on the coast and a considerable distance from the "spill". Maybe it just a case of things moving under the earth in general, seems a bit coincidental though.

I've had the same thought, is there pressure increasing under the surface of the earth (due to the earth 'opening up') so these types of 'taps' into reservoirs are starting to 'pop off'? Perhaps they weren't originally built for such pressure? Ryan mentioned the idea here as well and considering that the gulf well also has natural gas spewing out of it, it sure could be related. Maybe these two gas lines that exploded in two days were the weakest and there are more to come? If it's related, of course - I just don't know enough about this to know if it is or not.

 

[shijing]

I've had the same thought, is there pressure increasing under the surface of the earth (due to the earth 'opening up') so these types of 'taps' into reservoirs are starting to 'pop off'? Perhaps they weren't originally built for such pressure?

I think that this could actually explain a wide variety of geotectonic events going on right now -- gas build-up can certainly be linked to vulcanism as well, and I wonder about it being indirectly related even to the sinkholes which have been reported lately in increasing numbers. We might expect that there will be an increasing number of "mysterious" gas- and oil-related accidents occurring if this is the case -- something to watch out for.

 

[RyanX]

Is it just me, or does anyone else have a persistent thought that these gas explosions are in some way related to the "spill" in the gulf? It seems unlikely, given that that panhandle is not even on the coast and a considerable distance from the "spill". Maybe it just a case of things moving under the earth in general, seems a bit coincidental though.

I've had the same thought, is there pressure increasing under the surface of the earth (due to the earth 'opening up') so these types of 'taps' into reservoirs are starting to 'pop off'? Perhaps they weren't originally built for such pressure? Ryan mentioned the idea here as well and considering that the gulf well also has natural gas spewing out of it, it sure could be related. Maybe these two gas lines that exploded in two days were the weakest and there are more to come? If it's related, of course - I just don't know enough about this to know if it is or not.

Perceval,

I've had the same feeling about all this as well. I spent some time looking into it this week and it looks like the two incidents in PA and VA could be due to some pressure anomalies since the explosions took place at the gas wells themselves. The other two incidents in TX look to be gas line issues. That's not to say that it couldn't be part of the same problem since the lines are obviously connected to the gas wells in some sense. I don't know enough about natural gas pipeline systems to even speculate if this is a possibility. So these incidents may just be a coincidental sign from the universe warning us that something is "about to blow" perhaps?

Anart,

I wonder the same thing if there will be more of these gas well problems to come.

I also wonder if the spat of earthquakes and volcanoes this year is related to these same gas problems too. I posted some of my thoughts on how this could occur back in this thread

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=11333.0

I've also gone back and re-read some of Thomas Gold's papers on this topic as mentioned in the above link. There is a lot of interesting information in light of all the problems that are developing around gas and petroleum these days.

So, as Laura has suggested comet dust high in the atmosphere might be causing a slowing of the earth's rotation, causing the inner earth to "heat up", as it were. This in turn puts whatever gas is down there under a higher pressure which could then cause these gas and oil well problems as well as increase the frequency and magnitude of earthquakes and volcanoes. At least that seems to be the general working hypothesis.

I've also noticed that sometime between now and the time I made original post about Thomas Gold, his papers have been scrubbed from the web. I believe they were hosted at some cornell.edu web page, but they are now gone. I have a copy of his "professional papers" in pdf form, but the only place I see these now is on scribd. His book, "The Deep Hot Biosphere" is still around, but who knows how long that could last? What he claims is pretty damaging to the delusions propagated by the oil and gas industry used to justify the unworldly high price of their product. These same delusions seem to be keeping us in the dark regarding these "earth changes" as well.

 

[vectis]

I don't think these explosions are related in a geophysical way to the gulf spill.
The Natural Gas pipeline network is part of the invisible infrastructure network
running underground throughout this country. there are thousands of miles
of pipes. Here's a site which sells maps of the pipelines, and curiously enough
the area which exploded is shown on the displayed TX map.

http://www.rextagstrategies.com/Pipelines/naturalgas.php

This does all seem to be related in an environmental terroristic kind of way.