Posted on 12/12/2005 4:46:15 AM PST by berkeleybeej
KINGFISHER -- State and local officials are puzzled by a series of geysers that have erupted in recent days in Kingfisher County, spewing mud and gas into the air.
The geysers have appeared throughout the countryside, with stretches of up to 12 miles between spots, and some as short as a quarter of a mile, Kingfisher Fire Chief John Crawford said.
The threat of the gas igniting is "unlikely," Crawford said, but a bigger concern is the gas could begin coming up through water-well lines.
Possible precursor to an earthquake also.
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Maybe the natural gas companies should attempt to tap into them.
Bush's fault, 'cause he didn't sign Kyoto --- whatever...
That was a vivid description.
You're a bad man...
I always thought a natural gas line was under low pressure and only the reduction in a feed line at the house(or what ever) produces higher pressure....I don't think multitple leaks in a main line over 12 mile stretch has enough pressure to blow mud and water 14ft,this sounds like a natural source.
Bad White European Settler Creek - any other nominations?
Ain't got no PC police here in Oklahoma. Ran 'em out of the state years ago!!
I recall seeing a tv show and reading about a lake that got sucked into a salt dome. It was an active salt mine, not one used to store CNG, though.
It will take them a little while. Right now they're working on renaming Squaw Creek out of Lawton. I haven't heard yet if they've decided on a new name or not only that the name was going to be changed and additional monies will have to be found in the budget for new signs and maps.
To whoever said anyone within a 100 miles should run...
All I can say is "Oh great! I thought I only had to deal with the darned tornadoes! Now it's earthquakes and volcanoes? Sigh!"
Probably change the name to Dead Native American Creek. Or, perhaps, Dead Indigenous Person Creek.
I'm thinking more along the lines of a feeder pipeline from a wellhead or field somewhere out there. Much higher pressures are involved.
Sand blows were a prominent feature of the great New Madrid, MO earthquakes in 1811-1812. The link has pictures of sand blows from a recent earthquake at Gujarat, India.
http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/gujarat/tuttle.shtml
Good idea...but gotta use something other than Dead and Creek.....lets see...perhaps:
Passed Away Native American Wilderness Stream.
IIRC, the miners got out OK.
Interesting writeup here: http://members.tripod.com/~earthdude1/texaco/texaco.html
More likely that this is related to the Meers Fault. The Wichita Mountains, located in western Oklahoma are the oldest mountains in North America and were at one time larger than the Rockies. The Meers Fault is related to their formation and is the only expoxed fault east of the Rockies. If you recall, the new Madrid fault that is not that far away, was the site of the largest quake in US history.
Nope. The 36" natural gas line that I help to maintain is operated at 1450 psi. Even a small leak is very noisy and dangerous.
YEP! That's the one alright. Thanks for the link.
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