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Claire Bernish
January 7, 2016
(ANTIMEDIA) Los Angeles, CA California Governor Jerry Brown finally declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, concerning the ongoing, currently unstoppable methane gas leak spewing from Aliso Canyon that has created a nightmare for residents of Porter Ranch.
I will tell you, this goes well beyond Porter Ranch. Weve had complaints from as far as Chatsworth, Northridge, and Granada Hills, emphasized Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander during a Porter Ranch town hall meeting on December 28. Apparently this plume of toxic chemicals and whatever it might be, doesnt know zip codes [
] This is the equivalent of the
Aliso Canyon sits less than two and a half miles from Porter Ranch and less than 30 miles from the city of Los Angeles the second most populous city in the United States whose outlying total statistical area includes nearly 18 million residents, as of 2013.
Brown has been widely criticized for lack of decisive action on the leak, which is erupting from its underground storage area with all the force of a volcano. Under Wednesdays declaration, all state agencies will utilize state personnel, equipment, and facilities to ensure a continuous and thorough state response to this incident.
Porter Ranch residents have been evacuating the area for some time, though SoCalGas rather maladroit handling of the relocation procedure has been a nightmare and the cause for a mounting number of lawsuits, including one from the L.A. city attorneys office.
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed a civil lawsuit last month concerning the massive methane leaks impact on area residents health and damage to the environment which alleged failure by SoCalGas to prevent the leak and further exacerbation of the effects of that failure by allowing acute odor and health problems faced by the community to persist for more than a month, to say nothing about the indefinite time it will persist into the future.
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(There is a good methane counter at this link from the Environmental Defense Fund)
EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)I almost posted this yesterday... scary stuff
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)alarming! And no end in sight!
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)some can "leave now" and some cannot.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)We need to have a command and control structure that can amass the best brains on the planet when these major environmental disasters occur. Within hours of an event, bring together top scientists, engineers, and the specialists in the appropriate fields to figure out a solution.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)The sooner the better.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,852 posts)Lots of stoves and gas hot water heaters have them.