Earthquakes, Natural Gas & The ERTC
The California Energy Commission, in approving the Palomar Energy Project in the ERTC, wrote the following:
"Failures of gas pipelines, according to data from the U.S. Department of Transportation (the National Transportation Safety Board) from the period 1984 - 1991, occur as a result of pipeline corrosion, pipeline construction or materials defects, rupture by heavy equipment excavating in the area such as bulldozers and backhoes, weather effects, and earthquakes. Given the gas line failures which occurred in the Marina District of San Francisco during the1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the January 1994 Northridge earthquake in Southern California, and the January 1995 gas pipeline failures in Kobe, Japan, as well as the January 19, 1995 gas explosion in San Francisco, the safety of the gas pipeline is of paramount importance."
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"Outside forces are the primary causes of incidents. Damage from outside forces includes damage caused by use of heavy mechanical equipment near pipelines (e.g., bulldozers and backhoes used in excavation activities), weather effects, vandalism, and earthquake-caused rupture as seen in the Marina District of San Francisco during the 1989 Loma Prieta Quake and in Kobe, Japan in January 1995. The fourth category, 'Other' includes equipment component failure, compressor station failures, operator errors and sabotage. The average annual service incident frequency for natural gas transmission systems varies with age, the diameter of the pipeline, and the amount of corrosion."
http://civics.robroy.cc/ERTCearthquake.pdf
A large natural gas pipeline runs under the northern end of Citracado Parkway in the ERTC to supply the 550 megawatt electric power plant located across the street from the PPH proposed hospital site.
Making sure that the inland north county's only Trauma Center is available in the event of any disaster (particularly an earthquake) is no longer a goal of PPH? During the campaign for Proposition BB to raise $496 million from property taxes, PPH had this to say:
"PPH operates the only Trauma Center in North County. As an ER nurse for the past 24 years, I have seen the dramatic increase in need for emergency services. We must ensure we can address any emergency situation, from an earthquake to a terrorist attack.”— Kim Colonnelli, R.N.Director of Emergency & Trauma Services
http://www.pph.org/documents/Community%20Advertisements/PPH%20Urgent%20Update.pdf
http://civics.robroy.cc/PPHearthquakeScareC.wmv
"Failures of gas pipelines, according to data from the U.S. Department of Transportation (the National Transportation Safety Board) from the period 1984 - 1991, occur as a result of pipeline corrosion, pipeline construction or materials defects, rupture by heavy equipment excavating in the area such as bulldozers and backhoes, weather effects, and earthquakes. Given the gas line failures which occurred in the Marina District of San Francisco during the1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the January 1994 Northridge earthquake in Southern California, and the January 1995 gas pipeline failures in Kobe, Japan, as well as the January 19, 1995 gas explosion in San Francisco, the safety of the gas pipeline is of paramount importance."
. . .
"Outside forces are the primary causes of incidents. Damage from outside forces includes damage caused by use of heavy mechanical equipment near pipelines (e.g., bulldozers and backhoes used in excavation activities), weather effects, vandalism, and earthquake-caused rupture as seen in the Marina District of San Francisco during the 1989 Loma Prieta Quake and in Kobe, Japan in January 1995. The fourth category, 'Other' includes equipment component failure, compressor station failures, operator errors and sabotage. The average annual service incident frequency for natural gas transmission systems varies with age, the diameter of the pipeline, and the amount of corrosion."
http://civics.robroy.cc/ERTCearthquake.pdf
A large natural gas pipeline runs under the northern end of Citracado Parkway in the ERTC to supply the 550 megawatt electric power plant located across the street from the PPH proposed hospital site.
Making sure that the inland north county's only Trauma Center is available in the event of any disaster (particularly an earthquake) is no longer a goal of PPH? During the campaign for Proposition BB to raise $496 million from property taxes, PPH had this to say:
"PPH operates the only Trauma Center in North County. As an ER nurse for the past 24 years, I have seen the dramatic increase in need for emergency services. We must ensure we can address any emergency situation, from an earthquake to a terrorist attack.”— Kim Colonnelli, R.N.Director of Emergency & Trauma Services
http://www.pph.org/documents/Community%20Advertisements/PPH%20Urgent%20Update.pdf
http://civics.robroy.cc/PPHearthquakeScareC.wmv
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