Spill in Bradford County 4/20/2011

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Robin Jackson on April 20, 2011 at 5:36pm
WBNG reports that crews are working to minimize the impact on Towanda Creek, which flows in to the Susquehanna River nearby.

No injuries have been reported, but seven families living nearby have been evacuated.
THIS IS NOT GOOD!
Permalink Reply by KSM on April 20, 2011 at 7:34pm
I've read some comments elsewhere about how these kinds of reports are "alarmist" and cause people to fret without warrant.  Well, guess what.  This is real.  It is not "alarmist" when every day I can read about some infraction occurring somewhere within this industry.  People are being evacuated. Where are they going?  If this ends up taking hold in my county in Ohio, i worry about where my Mom will go if she must be evacuated.  Had this occurred 2 years ago (almost to the day) we would have had to move my dying father out of the living room in which he wanted to have his last breath.  THIS IS REAL.  We  SHOULD be alarmed!  We are going to pay the price for this greed.  Maybe not YOU, but it could be your neighbor who now has to live with an industrial sesspool in their backyard that you put there. THINK ABOUT IT.
Permalink Reply by KSM on April 20, 2011 at 8:04pm
okay, so i'll just sit by and not say anything until this particular industry figures itself out. even though my property is about to  be surrounded by gas wells.  if an accident occurs and effects my property, i'll just shrug it off and say "accidents happen"?   the coal industry didn't get to where it is today from a safety perspective without a fight from its workers and families.  plus, if i didn't want to get black lung or risk death, i could CHOOSE not to work in a coal mine.  right now i'm looking at a situation where my family won't have a CHOICE in the matter of living in the middle of a gas field.  guess the only choice now is to sell the house that we've lived in for over 40 years and not hand it down through the family as we had hoped.  but hey, as long as everyone can turn their lights on at night thinking this is "clean american" energy....it will all be worth it.  you are right in that every industry has its price to pay.  for foriegn oil, my nephew had to fight overseas.  now for american oil, my mom is the one doing the fighting.  it's a war being waged either way you slice it.
Permalink Reply by craig on April 20, 2011 at 8:49pm

Out of curiousity, do you drive or ride in an automobile? You do know that 30,000+ people died last year in an automobile?

I understand your consternation, this is not a situation one likes to see. Machinery and materials break in every industry, such as the well casing cracking in this case. We need to make sure that everything is being done to make drilling activities as safe as possible, just as we do with automobiles....but people still die every day driving cars. 

No one was hurt, folks were moved for their own safety. Sounds like safety procedures at this well site is up to the task, at least as far as the info we now have. 

Permalink Reply by Carol on April 22, 2011 at 2:34pm

Paul,

I agree with you -there are accidents in every industry.  We need to deal with them the best way possible when they happen and do our best to avoid future accidents.  People wreck cars every day - we didn't ban cars because of the number of accidents.  People aren't being "greedy" as some have said in this disucssion and other discussions - we have a valuable natural resource under our feet and it needs to be utilized and those who own the mineral rights have the right to be fairly compensated even if that means some of them will become millionaires. 

I actually lost my water well, temporarily, because of drilling but I am still very very much in support of the drilling and the operating company has been great to deal with. 

Paul - I wish more people would think the way you do.

 

Carol

Permalink Reply by Donna Lynn on April 24, 2011 at 8:25pm

I disagree with this statement in it's entirety! You can compare automobiles with drilling. I do believe people should have the right to do what they choose to there property. But there are thousands of individuals who do not want any part of the impact that this drilling industry is going to have in upstate PA!  Not to mention our animals and fish here. Where is the protection for our land owners who have not leased and our wildlife?? There is none! There are people tromping through the game lands and state forests!! When is Pennsylvania going to put a stop this?? All of this gas drilling is complete nonsense. The drilling industry has taken over in North Eastern Pa. I believe we will have a far worse problem in years to come, our children will more so than us!

I am truly amazed that thousands of gallons of frac fluid wouldn't be alarming!! This is our water supply, witch is far more important than gas!!

Permalink Reply by Sherry on April 20, 2011 at 10:38pm

WNEP (out of Scranton) was/is at the scene and interviewed three of the neighbors, all of whom have been allowed to return to their homes. http://www.wnep.com/wnep-brad-leroy-gas-drillingemergency20110420,0....  If you watch, you will notice, while there is concern expressed by all three, there isn't a hysteric outcry by any of them to ban drilling.  But then most of Bradford's citizens are educated and informed and aware of the risks and know a worst case scenario happened, one well out of hundreds of thousands.  They are probably much more educated on the containment procedures as well.

No one was hurt, it's already being reported there has been no fish kill, the rivers have swelled because of the recent heavy rains so what salt and/or chemicals that were released will quickly be diluted, and I met the Red Cross truck on their way back from the scene.  Situation under control and if there IS damaging aftermath, then one can be sure the media will run it again and again.  If it turns out not to be such a big deal then this is the last you will hear of it.


Permalink Reply by Robin Jackson on April 21, 2011 at 8:44am

It is absolutely impossible to tell what the effects will be to the enviroment today!

I agree this is part of the progress in getting Gas for our citizens. I agree that accidents are a part of life..I agree with human error. I agree everyone is working on the situation. But accidents containing fracking fluids, any chemical that is poured into our enviroment will have lasting effects  for generations to come. Sadly an automobile accident isn't done either due to life long pain to the person ..However yes they do occur daily but their are a ton more autos on the road so it raises the risk..We will see "accidents occuring" that is just the way it is. BUT for us not to be aware and for us not to encourage safety, protection and our rights protected is stupid on our part..I'm not against obtaining NG at all . I am against people who don't make themselfs aware of situations and dig as deep as possible to the possiblities of having a well on their property. For some of us it there isn't a choice to have a well others are in the right timing to choose.

Permalink Reply by beth hamm on April 21, 2011 at 11:23pm

Greed is a very strong word when we are being raped by other gas and oil producing countries !!!!  It is an accident and I am sure the gas industry is as unhappy and concerned about those affected.  So I guess when they knock on your door to drill Utica --- you will not let them in yet alone take their money so you can pay more for gas and oil as other countries continue to rape the all American people.  Overall this is a great thing for the area, state, and country.

 

As tragic as it is when a plane crashes (another accident)  We never hear of the thousands that arrive at the destinations safely.  How many wells have been drilled in the USA without any problems??????? 

Permalink Reply by Justin McCartney on April 23, 2011 at 8:07am
Totally agree
Permalink Reply by Justin McCartney on April 23, 2011 at 8:08am
Totally agree
Permalink Reply by Deci Ruiz on April 21, 2011 at 9:22am
This is upsetting and accidents do happen. We need to keep up with safety. Every industry has accidents and it sounds like they followed protocol. The amount of gas wells in the Marcellus shale I would think it naive to think no accadents would happen. Does not mean shrug it off, it means keep up the pressure on safety. All of the brave men who are fighting (mostly over Oil) need to come home! We have the gas here,we need to use it.

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