Richard C Hoagland gave an interview on Coast to Coast a couple of days ago, it was uploaded to you tube a few hours ago. Following the vids I will
post a couple of comments he has made on his
Facebook Page I'd recommend visiting his page as
there is a whole heap of discussion going on there following what he talked about on Coast to Coast.
Richard is warning of a gas explosion that may occur in weeks or months resulting in a massive tsunami travelling at 400-600 MPH that would sink all
vessels for miles and drive the oil, toxic dispersants and gases inland within minutes. Read a synopsis and commentary at
Steve Quale's site
The intro text alongside the vid says: Think Mount St. Helens -- underwater. Depth recorders have detected a gas bubble growing under the ocean
floor, around the well head. If this potential bubble does not get controlled ASAP before it explodes, impending disaster could be awaiting millions
of residents in the gulf states.
On Richard's FB page his current headline :Last night on "Coast" I discussed a possible Gulf "armageddon scenario" -- as the cap rock
below the Deepwater Horizon's BOP finally bursts, releasing an unstoppable tsunami which could kill hundreds of thousands! To prevent this, the BP
"mud logs" for the Gulf must be made publicly available. And, a Gulf network of bu...oys must monitor the situation. E-mail the White House and
demand that the President make it so!13 hours ago
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A couple of comments from his FB page :
1.Greg Ahrens : Richard is it a bulge under the ocean floor, or a bubble in the water (i.e. a bulge in the surface of the gulf) ?
Also George cut you off when you started talking about shallow "relief" wells vs. trying to relieve the original well.
Richard C. Hoagland It's a bulge under the Gulf floor, pressurized by a methane bubble gathering (and raising the pressure) in the strata
immediately under the sea floor. Currently, the GPS/sonar data says it's about ~20 feet high. We need more accurate monitoring, to have ANY warning
of the "worst case scenario."
Which, as you just reiterated, CAN be averted by the drilling of about 10 PROPER "relief" wells ... straight down INTO the upper formations ....
This is actually relatively straightforward engineering ... PROVIDED you analyse the situation correctly. Which, is ALL dependent on the critical
"mud dog data."
So, write the White House!
This is FAR from "hopeless" ... if we act together, NOW.
2. Me to Richard: where they were drilling is in the LOWER TERTIARY TREND area where the toal volume of oil from all reservoirs is estimated at
15 billion barells. If the leaking well becomes a hole with no plug and the sea bed around that area starts to collpase could it trigger a chain
reaction where we see the sea bed fracturing over a massive area resulting in all the reservoirs spewing forth ?
Richard C. Hoagland Victoria,
That is, indeed, the worst case scenario. But, we're well away from that .. if we get this crucial data, make it public, and act on the concerted
advice from the independent geologists who would immediately have access to data they currently do NOT have.
( Now ask yourselves folks, just how likely IS it that this crucial data IS obtained, IS made public and SOON ?)
lower tertiary trend area
more on this area with map
Now you might also want to factor in that within the gulf region are a number of active mud volcanoes plus asphalt (tar) volcanoes, not to mention the
New Madrid Fault line. I did a thread about these yesterday :
scientific proof of active mud volcanoes in the gulf
You have to wonder what kind of hell would unleash if a reservoir the size of mount everest opens up as so many are speculating will occur - I am no
geologist but maybe someone here could offer an informed opinion as to the effects this would have on the seabed in the surrounding region for X
amount of miles....you'd logically speculate that massive pressure would create fractures for tens of miles around , potentially setting of
earthquakes and volcanoes along with the Tsunamis, oil slicking inland for hundreds of miles, years of toxic rain, total environmental devastation,
etc.
Basically if that reservoir opens up either because of the BOP toppling or just enormous pressure causing the mother of all blow-outs then we are
screwed. I know some of you will think this is just more fear mongering, more negative doom and gloom, but there are alot of informed people out there
anticipating much the same or worse than Hoagland and it would be stupid to just ignore it all simply because it sounds like the script for an end of
the world movie.
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