I'm still mad as hell........

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This is the second in a series of e-mails
regarding the Proposed Coos Bay/North Bend
LNG facility and the 223 mile long pipeline
which is slated to carry gas to California.



Lots of folks forward some pretty trivial stuff. If I've sent this to you it is
in hopes that even if you don't take it seriously, you might forward it to a
couple of your friends who might be interested. Please
Gene LaRochelle

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The picture on the left is an  artist rendering of the proposed LNG facility at Jordan Cove.
The picture on the right is an approximation of what the Tioga Hotel would look like if it
were inside one of those tanks in the other picture.


  

                   

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I attended an LNG forum in Bandon a few months ago. On the literature table was a stack of magazines with the front cover, shown here. It was produced by the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Coast Guard. I did not see the magazines placed on the table but I was informed that Bob Braddock, the LNG (Jordan Cove) Project manager, was the one who had placed them on the table.

To get to the I page I refer
to click on the little boat.

There is so much information in this one article that I'd like to include it all. Click on the cloud to go to a diagram of an explosion on page 25. The entire article starts on page 6 and goes on for 40 pages or so. Click on the hand and start at the beginning. It's all interesting.

The article, lists a number of safety issues concerning LNG. In the interest of time I have selected one paragraph from page 31, which lists some of the more extreme risks. Please read the entire article when you have time.

"Worst Case?
The hazards of brittle fracture, rapid phase transitions, and explosions in confined ship spaces, as well as cascading events that may result from the extreme fire exposure a ship would experience if a nominal 12,500 m3 spill on water around the ship was ignited, will require careful consideration. The definition of the worst case event that could be realized as a result of a terrorist attack is likely to hinge on the assessment of the asset vulnerabilities that is required to be considered in NVIC 05-05. This is largely where our unfinished work remains."

The same article discusses the risk and severity of injuries to victims who cannot get to shelter within 30 seconds. "Rapid Phase Transition" is a euphemism for "explosion". It just happens a little differently than most explosions. "Cascade" is when one explosion leads to another and another and so on. Another classic euphemism for "explosion" is BLEVE, pronounced like "Chevy". It is an acronym for Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion. They do say that they don't expect these things to pose hazards to the public. Draw your own conclusions. Here is their wording:

Let's say that we were at war. Oh yeah, we are at war. Okay, what if one bad guy with a shoulder-fired whatchamacallit, stood on the bank of the Bay, near Empire and waited until an LNG ship was off-loading its cargo.  Let's say that he  aimed at the transfer connector or the storage tank, with its 3-foot thick concrete walls, or even the ship. There is a pretty good chance that that initial explosion would not set off the LNG,  BUT not so fast, remember the fireball graphic from page 25? The minus260 degree LNG would then be leaking onto the water and its temperature would be rising rapidly. Once it's vapor, it's combustible.

Ask one of the experts what happens when LNG gets to minus160 degrees.

It boils and vaporizes.

Read the article and find out how far it can spread and the damage it can do. (keep in mind that this literature came from proponents of LNG). Or you could go watch a table-top experiment by one of their "experts" who will show you that LNG will not burn. It has already been done and although the demonstration was somewhat misleading it could be true IF the LNG does not rise to minus 160 degrees. There is no "Plan B", to my knowledge, which will allow first responders to deal with a tank leak of several feet in diameter. Leaking LNG will begin to rise in temperature with no method available to stop it.

My table-top experiment

This is my "table-top" BLEVE experiment. I got the idea from my 9th  grade science class. Put a little water in a lightly sealed can, add heat and BLEVE. It will blow the lid off every time. The big difference between this one and an LNG BLEVE is that you don't need to add heat to LNG. Once exposed to water or air, it's just a matter of time. After LNG returns to a vapor a lit cigarette is all that would be needed to set it off and then the fireball will travel back to its source. Please read about it.

And then send this to a friend in
Coos Bay or North Bend.

Long Beach won their battle against LNG.
 
Don't give up
five minutes before the
miracle happens.