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Quemado

(1,262 posts) Tue Mar 9, 2021, 03:23 PM Mar 2021

Largest U.S. Gas Spill in 20 Years - 1.2 Million Gallons [View all]

https://weather.com/news/news/2021-03-08-north-carolina-gasoline-spill-colonial-pipeline-oehler-nature-preserve

It happened at a cracked pipeline in North Carolina. Cancer-causing chemicals, like benzene, have been found in groundwater near the site.

Two ATV riders found the spill on Aug. 14 in the Oehler Nature Preserve near Huntersville, North Carolina. The gasoline was leaking from a pipeline that runs from Texas through the Southeast and north to New Jersey. Officials don't know how long the pipe was cracked before the ATV riders found the spill.

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Largest U.S. Gas Spill in 20 Years - 1.2 Million Gallons [View all] Quemado Mar 2021 OP

Oh, no! lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #1

Not surprised. 2naSalit Mar 2021 #2

It was cracked long enuf to get gas prices up to 4 bucks a gallon... MiHale Mar 2021 #3

Texas Refineries Were Already Down ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #8

Point was...didn't make it clear enough... MiHale Mar 2021 #11

This Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #12

My first thought here is (1.2 million gal.) bluestarone Mar 2021 #4

Yup. It's ALWAYS an underestimate, and intentionally so. SunSeeker Mar 2021 #5

While I Understand Your Cynicism... ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #10

"biggest refined petroleum spill in the U.S. since 2000" Bayard Mar 2021 #6

Sound like they were lucky it did not explode when they got close with the running,... magicarpet Mar 2021 #7

You'd think they would've been alerted to pressure changes in a control room somewhere nuxvomica Mar 2021 #9

Leaked long enough to poison water and lose 4,800,000 quarts of gasoline. Control room video ... marble falls Mar 2021 #13

Maybe they noticed a pressure drop so they increased the pressure nuxvomica Mar 2021 #14

Pumps Are Interlocked ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #15

Interesting nuxvomica Mar 2021 #16

gee, another pipeline. pansypoo53219 Mar 2021 #17

right !? and 1.2 million gallons went not noticed !!! uponit7771 Mar 2021 #18