Tag Archives: Camp Minden

Weekend News – Sinkhole Trickles Up the Media Vine – Breaking: Driveway re-appears at sinkhole!

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SATURDAY

Thanks, readers! You topped 300,000! Who says the sinkhole isn’t ‘news’?

Conn. Post – La. lawmakers to discuss sinkhole in Feb.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers are planning to hold a joint meeting of the committees in mid-February about the large sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish.

State Sen. Rick Ward III, vice chairman of the Senate Natural Resources Committee, tells The Advocate (http://bit.ly/10T0CK8 ) the joint hearing, which he said has been discussed for months, would likely be held at the State Capitol.

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/La-lawmakers-to-discuss-sinkhole-in-Feb-4223684.php

Health Dept. Gives NEW Update

– but leaves OUT all the information!

The Louisiana DHH’s new Bayou Corne situation update has what they tested for but NO info on the results. Notice NO testing for radioactive elements. Don’t worry. They say nothing in Bayou Corne poses a health hazard.

On Wings of Care has done a NEW FLY OVER!

Great! ENE-News – New Extended Flyover of Giant Sinkhole: “We are finding that things actually look a bit worse”

LINK – http://youtu.be/6WyETiVoKIg

And . . . LOOK!

OWOC_flyover

Rainbeaudais has a bit to add about the ‘driveway’ < comment on ENE-News.

Freedomrox points out that cheap driveway material shows what a half effort this response is.

On the Wings of Care – Bayou Corne OWOC Flyover

Crosstex has a Jan. 20 update listing the status of their butane cavern about to be leaned on by next-door-neighbor-cavern.

-Well #1 – 2,897 barrels of propane
-Well #2 – 146,231 barrels of normal butane

By now they may be nearly done with their product migration from Well #1 to (too close by our estimate!) Well #2.

2.0 quake in Greenbrier, Arkansas  |   MAP

Did you know they moved over 200,000 lbs. of explosives (so far) at Camp Minden?  And they’re STILL not done!

“Workers moved more than 400-thousand pounds of powder, bringing the total to just less than four million pounds.”

Dec. 3 story: Camp Minden explosive situation far worse than expected

FYI –

The info on where the road dept., DOTD, has Bayou Corne survey points to measure ground movement is on this page.

SUNDAY

The Advocate – Assumption may be site of sinkhole hearing

^ planned for mid-Feb.

Salon: The Shameful Bobby Jindal

1.5 quake  at Tellico Plains, Tennessee   |   MAP < a lot of the Tenn. quakes are near Knoxville, like this one.

NO Inspection Reports from DNR since Jan. 24 . . .   hmmmm

The helicorders are acting crazy … but that’s not news these days!

1.3 quake in Marston, Missouri   |   MAP

LINK – http://youtu.be/GPgaw-sLvpo

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shortlink to this page –  http://wp.me/p2GNDM-1E3

Minden – Explosives Company Faced Scrutiny Before Louisiana Evacuation

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By HOLBROOK MOHR

The explosives recycling company that caused the evacuation of a Louisiana town has come under scrutiny for explosions and its handling of dangerous materials before, and it was so far behind on its rent that the Louisiana National Guard refused to lease it more space.

Explo Systems Inc. was cited for safety violations by the federal government in 2007 for its use of old Army explosives in mining operations in West Virginia, where a blast with “outdated deteriorated military ordnance” injured one worker and exposed others to toxins. And the company had fallen hundreds of thousands of dollars behind on its rent at a Louisiana National Guard base even as it processed an Army contract to demilitarize hundreds of thousands of propelling charges used for artillery. . .

http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/12/12/219032.htm

“Authorities feared that ignition of any of the propellant could set off a massive chain reaction that would race through the corridors and blow up multiple buildings, threatening the town of Doyline. Its 800 residents were put under a voluntary evacuation order for several days ending late last week, with kids out of school and some people living at camp sites in a nearby state park. The company is now under a criminal investigation for its storage of the materials, which have are being secured.”

Minden – Lightning, Weather Hamper Explosives Removal

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The Advocate – Weather may complicate Doyline explosives removal

DOYLINE (AP) — Weather could complicate the transfer of roughly 6 million pounds of explosives that were haphazardly stored at an industrial site in northwestern Louisiana and led to the evacuation of a small town, a state police spokeswoman said Monday.

If lightning is spotted within five miles of the site, authorities will suspend efforts that began on Saturday to move the artillery propellant, Lt. Julie Lewis said.

Light rain fell at midday in the vicinity of the site near the town of Doyline. No lightning was expected Monday, but thunderstorms were forecast for Tuesday.

Officials estimate that more than half of Doyline’s 800 residents heeded police advice to evacuate in advance of the cleanup at the Explo Systems Inc. site. . . .

http://theadvocate.com/home/4590317-125/weather-may-complicate-doyline-explosives

. . . so only HALF of them have left???

Idahopicker neatly justifies our Minden obsession . . .

LINK – http://youtu.be/gPieerP4vCg

Camp Minden Has 6 Million Lbs. of Explosive M6 Powder Laying Around, Has to be Moved

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Doyline evacuation extended; 6M pounds of black powder to be moved

CAMP MINDEN, LA (KSLA) – Authorities now believe they’re dealing with more than 6 million pounds of M6 powder at Camp Minden.

Original estimates had the stockpile officials say was improperly stored on property leased by Explo Systems, Inc. at 1 million pounds.

“That’s a lot of product, a lot of dangers in there, there are a lot of worst case scenarios, we need to work through those safely,” says Louisiana State Police Colonel Michael Edmondson.

The new estimate comes two days into operations to move and secure the smokeless black powder into authorized storage facilities on the site. . . .

story + VIDEO:

http://www.wafb.com/story/20240951/doyline-evacuation-extended-6m-pounds-of-black-powder-to-be-moved

More Video of it –

LINK – http://youtu.be/hvUpipN4OL4