Are You SAFE?

That all depends on how close you live to the proposed pipeline route and the direction of the wind.

First of all, the Nexus proposed pipeline is NOT a little 6″ line that brings gas to your house.  This is a massive 36″ diameter gas transmission line with pressures up to 1,500 PSI.  As a comparison, those little 6″ lines carry around 100 PSI to your house and then it is stepped down to around 2 PSI for your appliances.

Still don’t believe it.  Take a look at this pipe on the back of a semi trailer.  This is what the Nexus pipeline will look like.

Will it leak?  All pipelines leak.  Just search the web and you’ll find daily occurrences of this.  Pipelines are built by humans with human error.  Nexus wants to install 250 miles of pipe welded together in 6 months or the least amount of time possible by hiring numerous crews to all work at the same time.  Given there are few regulations and fewer inspectors, as fast as the pipe is welded it’s then buried out of site but only a mere 3′ deep.

Back to the original question, are you safe?  Never heard of this pipeline?  Don’t think it’s this big with that amount of pressure?  Think you’ll get gas from it?  All of this is exactly what the pipeline company wants you to believe or not know.  Keeping you in the dark and misleading everyone about the reality of its existence is a daily routine.

So, are you safe?  The map below is Medina County.  The proposed Nexus pipeline route is the red line zig zagging across the area.  Pay special attention to the shaded area.  This is what is called the BLAST ZONE, BURN  ZONE or INCINERATION ZONE.  This is the area that will be burnt to a crisp within seconds if there is leak and resulting explosion (leaks result in explosions because of the heat from the high pressure ignites the escaping gas).  This is the primary fire zone caused by the gas explosion itself.  There will then be secondary fires spreading house to house and through the regions wooded area outside of this primary Burn Zone.  Think Medina County is equipped to handle this?  This exact thing happened in San Bruno California in 2010 (Click Here for Info).  The resulting fires were only brought under control by using the water tanker airplanes that fight forest fires.  One more thing, this is raw gas straight out of the ground.  It has no smell but does contain numerous cancer causing gases.  Best of all, the pipeline regularly vents this directly into the air to regulate pressure.  Still feel safe?

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No Nexus Pipeline – 2017