Louisiana sinkhole threatens butane - may cause H-Bomb level explosion

[OohPooPahDoo]

Sinkhole: H-Bomb explosion equivalent in Bayou Corne possible - National Human Rights | Examiner.com

A possible breach of a butane-filled well 1500 feet from Bayou Corne's sinkhole, the size of three football fields, is so "very serious," it has Assumption Parish sheriff and local residents ordered to evacuate worried about a catastrophic explosion, one according to scientists in an Examiner investigation, would be in the range of one and a half B83 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs, the most powerful United States weapons in active service.

Awesome!

 

[healthmyths]

If a nearby butane-filled cavern fails, as it appears the brine cavern did, "it could cause an explosion felt up to two miles away," Fox News 8 reported Tuesday morning. "That's the worst-case scenario."
Sinkhole: Now 372 feet diameter, Only 1500 feet from butane-filled cavern - National Human Rights | Examiner.com



"Fire-ball radius: (central orange circle): 0.62 km / 0.39 mi. Maximum size of the nuclear fireball; relevance to lived effects depends on height of detonation.

"Air blast radius: 3.8 km / 2.1 mi (red shaded circle) 20 psi overpressure; heavily built concrete buildings are severely damaged or demolished; fatalities approach 100%

"Air blast radius: 8.93 km / 5.55 mi (gray shaded circle) 4.6 psi overpressure; most buildings collapse; injuries universal, fatalities widespread.

"Thermal radiation radius: 15.18 km / 9.43 mi (outer orange shaded circle) Third-degree burns to all exposed skin; starts fires in flammable materials, contributes to firestorm if large enough."

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

If a nearby butane-filled cavern fails, as it appears the brine cavern did, "it could cause an explosion felt up to two miles away," Fox News 8 reported Tuesday morning. "That's the worst-case scenario."
Sinkhole: Now 372 feet diameter, Only 1500 feet from butane-filled cavern - National Human Rights | Examiner.com



"Fire-ball radius: (central orange circle): 0.62 km / 0.39 mi. Maximum size of the nuclear fireball; relevance to lived effects depends on height of detonation.

"Air blast radius: 3.8 km / 2.1 mi (red shaded circle) 20 psi overpressure; heavily built concrete buildings are severely damaged or demolished; fatalities approach 100%

"Air blast radius: 8.93 km / 5.55 mi (gray shaded circle) 4.6 psi overpressure; most buildings collapse; injuries universal, fatalities widespread.

"Thermal radiation radius: 15.18 km / 9.43 mi (outer orange shaded circle) Third-degree burns to all exposed skin; starts fires in flammable materials, contributes to firestorm if large enough."

Heat released by combusting butane = 49.5 Mj/kg
Heat of combustion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heat released by TNT = 2.72 Mj/kg
Strength (explosive) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

one ton of butane = 49.5/2.75 tons of TNT = 18 tons of TNT

1.5 million bbl Butane X 42 gallons / bbl X 4.81 lb/gallon = 303 million lbs of butane = 151,500 English tons of butane = 0.137 megatons butane

0.137 ones of butane * 18 tones of TNT/tons of butane = 2.5 megatons TNT.

 

[Conservative]

Politics????

 

[initforme]

Only in louisiana. Hope nobody gets hurt.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

Only in louisiana. Hope nobody gets hurt.

Yes, only in Louisiana would the natural resources mined, refined, and transported for a nation to thrive on would the consequences impact the environment.