May 23 Borger Flare

In this first image you can see the curl of the flare tail back to the Borger refinery. The distance from Borger to the Red start of activity is about 200 miles as per normal.

 In this second image wind direction at ground level is indicated with red arrows and the curl of the flare is indicated with the large sweeping red arrow. As the sulfur and moisture reaches altitude over the New Mexico border is moved back to the east as upper level winds drive the storm east. This is a very typical flared storm and there have already been 5 tornadoes by 0100 UTC in Texas.

Really, its about time!! Now maybe the government and EPA should tell them why.


News Release: EPA ADVISES FACILITY OPERATORS TO MINIMIZE RELEASES DURING HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS
05/21/2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 2013

EPA ADVISES FACILITY OPERATORS TO MINIMIZE RELEASES DURING HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS

Contact: Dawn Harris Young, (404) 562-8421 (Direct), (404) 562-8400 (Main), harris-young.dawn@epa.gov

ATLANTA – As hurricane season approaches, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a Hazardous Weather Release Prevention and Reporting alert to remind facility operators of certain regulations that require minimization of chemical releases during process shutdown operations.  This alert is designed to increase awareness among facility operators about their obligation to operate facilities safely and report chemical releases in a timely manner. 

The alert specifies operational release minimization requirements and clarifies reporting requirements, including exemptions.  Unlike some natural disasters, the onset of a hurricane is predictable and allows for early preparations to lessen its effect on a facility.  Before hurricane force winds and associated storm surge flooding damage industrial processes, the alert recommends that operators take preventive action by safely shutting down processes, or otherwise operate safely under emergency procedures. 

The alert and requirements are available at http://www.epa.gov/region4/r4_hurricanereleases.html.

In the event of a hazardous weather incident, please visit http://www.epa.gov/naturalevents/ for updated emergency information.

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And Yet Again A Tropical Storm Starting Over 9 North

Maybe this time they won't flare and draw the clouds north, we can hope.

May 20th Midland Flare, Two schools and 24 including 9 kids dead in Oklahoma.

I hope they're proud.

This is absolutely a flare notice how its exactly 200 miles and is stationary on the western tip. This has probably been going for hours based on the stream of storms  headed northeast from Midland. This is the same flare point the caused Joplin two years ago and was intensified by the Coffeeville flare. This stuff has got to stop. These all looked natural until this appeared several hours ago, Wind is from the west a 9 mph straight along the yellow line. Could be busy tomorrow as well, the White House needs to admit what's going on so it can be stopped.

Possible Borger Flare as well.

It also appears that Conocophillips in Borger Texas may have been flaring also, but has stopped recently. The pattern is consistent with other flare events over the past several years. These two plants are some of the worst offenders when it comes to flaring H2S.

Moderate Severe Thunderstorm Activity Forecast for May 18 and 19

48 tornadoes so far in two days, I don't need to say anymore. All natural from the looks of them, but indirectly caused by flaring from the 15 to 17th as detailed here.

As explained in earlier posts this week as the flare gases move to the northeast they will draw sulfur in from the remnant of TS Alvin up into the central plains causing more potential storms. Both areas marked "1" were caused by flaring. The lower one caused the tornadoes in Texas which killed 6 people two days ago, the upper one was caused by flaring in Colorado yesterday. More flaring in the northern part of Texas will cause extensive tornado activity in Kansas and Nebraska today and tomorrow if it occurs. Our weather is being manipulated by the flaring of sulfur in all its forms, by the oil industry and this has been going on for years. They are attempting to solve the drought problem in the western plains by drawing in moisture from TS Alvin.

As is apparent, the moderate forecast is where the incoming sulfur from Alvin is going across the central plains. If there is a flare anywhere along this path a tornado outbreak will occur.

This all seems to be all natural activity, if you can call what's been done natural. However, there does not seem to be any flaring so far today. They are all popcorn storms.

Colorado Flare May 17, 2013

This flare is showing up in Nebraska and South Dakota exactly 200 miles from it source point in Colorado. After watching it for half an hour it has doubled in size and could grow to be a large storm based on what has been seen so far. A lot of H2S is being released per hour. It could be a very busy night and tomorrow could be very active in several states from Colorado to Michigan. Note how its forming an extended line of storms from a single point.

Possible Borger Flare

I would bet money there was a release of H2S from one of the two refineries near Borger Texas within the past twelve hours. This storm is moving to the southeast and turning around a center over southern Oklahoma and just north of Dallas Texas. There have been three reported tornadoes so far (0330 UTC) with one causing major damage, injuries and several deaths. Wind direction is along the yellow line from Borger to Dallas.

Until the government explains what is going on, this will continue to occur. Regulations alone will not solve this problem, the public needs to be informed about the cause of tornado outbreaks like this.

As this storm area moves to the northeast it will draw in more sulfur and clouds from the southwest as shown below. This image was captured around 11:15 UTC May 16. You can see how the clouds are being drawn north across Mexico from tropical storm Alvin.

Mexican Volcano Eruption

This eruption just south of Mexico City could cause extensive tornado activity over the next several days across the central plains of the U.S. depending on the sulfur content from the off gassing. Any flaring in Texas or Oklahoma will amplify the effects of this sulfur as shown below with the tropical storm forming in the eastern Pacific, sulfur is sulfur it does not matter its source. Click on the title or image to see a BBC report on the volcano. Read more about the effects of volcanic activity in the sidebar to the right. Article; The Year Without a Summer.

Early Tropical Storm Formation

Tropical storms in the Eastern Pacific begin to form generally over a geothermal hot spot called 9 North. It is located at 9 north 104 west. The storm beginning to form in the eastern pacific is just over this hot spot currently. Now if there is a flare in Texas as this occurs clouds and therefore sulfur will be drawn away from the storm and amplifies the effects of the flare and typically you get an even larger outbreak of tornadoes. Without any flaring this storm should develop as a early season tropical storm and could develop into a hurricane if upper level wind conditions are favourable. Click on the image to go to the NOAA site. Read more about hurricanes and how they form in the sidebar to the right.