Wading through god-knows-what (Colorado)

[madamesilverspurs]

Look in the background. More and more pictures of overturned fracking condensate tanks. We're starting to see some aerial pictures showing oil slicks, but there has been not one word in the media. Old mantra revised, I guess -- if it doesn't bleed, it doesn't lead . . .


photo credit Greeley Tribune

[backscatter712]

1. This is something we definitely need to bring up with Gov. Frackenlooper... n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Oh, that'll do wonders for the water quality!

Yuck.

[Kali]

3. not disputing anything but I will offer two

other possibilities - any vehicle is going to produce an oil slick if it is submerged like in a flood. and especially for that shot with the two horses, a lot of ranchers in my area use old in-ground fuel tanks for water storage. That upturned tank might just be something like that.

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Appreciate that.

However, Weld County is home to 21,000+ wells, and the landscape is littered with condensate tanks like the one pictured. We have been concerned for some time over the fracking chemicals used, that officials routinely dismiss citizen concerns over water issues related to those chemicals. With only 17 state inspectors, meaning that at best a well will be inspected every six years or so, we have only the word of the drilling companies that their installations are safe. People downstream from us would be well advised to scrutinize their water supplies.

[Drahthaardogs]

20. Most likely that is a condensate tank floating. It is definitely NOT a fracking tank.

The lower picture shows a pad that likely has frac tanks on it.

[abbeyco]

4. Are you okay?

I hope you're safe and will remain so as more rain is expected.

The pics from all over have just been horrific and the videos I saw of some of isolated animals just made me cry.

Take care of you - I hope the rest of our CO DUers are safe; stuff can be replaced, you cannot be replaced.

[madamesilverspurs]

6. I'm good, thanks for asking!

My friends whose homes are now under water, not so much.

[malaise]

15. Stay safe

[hunter]

7. It's not radioactive so nobody cares.

Sure, it's just as poisonous, has a "half life" of forever, but it doesn't make a Geiger counter click so it's not so bad.

Right???

[sulphurdunn]

16. A big chunk of Japan is radioactive

and nobody cares.

[hunter]

19. And this is different from arsenic in Vernon, California or Mercury in your tuna... how?

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/05/local/la-me-exide-20130906

It's a big mess, yep, but it's not among the worse, and it's comparable to plenty of non radioactive "half life forever" crap.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1127&pid=53253

No, I am not "pro nuclear power." I'm a Luddite. I hate all this crap.

Fuck fracked natural gas, fuck coal, fuck nuclear power, and I hate your car as much as I hate my own.

[bvar22]

8. While we are usually on opposing sides on many issues,

I sincerely send you my best wishes, strength, and good fortune in dealing with this disaster.


---bvar22
I was in New Orleans after Katrina.
Floods are no fun at all,
but I was delighted at the impromptu fraternity of the local communities in dealing with it all.
After the cheap facade is stripped away, we ARE all in this together.

[Uncle Joe]

9. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, madamesilverspurs.

[riderinthestorm]

10. Take care madamesilverspurs. I truly hope you are safe and on high ground

[WillyT]

11. K & R !!!

[Warpy]

12. Most of that nasty water from northern CO will flow east

and end up in the Mississippi.

This mess is a disaster that will keep on unfolding.

[sheshe2]

13. Be safe, MSS.

[Katashi_itto]

14. God must be displeased with Co...what does Robertson say?

[sulphurdunn]

18. Pastor Pat says

the old man in the sky is offended by pot smoking homosexuals in Colorado, and that if some of them are sacrificed and their blood sprinkled over the sidewalks of Denver, and large faith offerings sent to Pastor Pat, he will be temporarily appeased.

[KittyWampus]

17. Can someone more precisely spell out what is alluded to here? Tanks holding fracking

water… oil… gas… being upended by the flood?

The flood being caused by fracking.

Sorry to sound so stupid. But I'm not sure what might be going on here and would very much like to understand.

Thanks to anyone who can clue me in.