Concerned residents of Carter Avenue in east Fort Worth are boycotting a controversial Chesapeake-hosted meeeting on Thursday evening (10/15/09) at Texas Wesleyan University. Instead, the low income, multi-ethnic neighborhood will be throwing a Block Party.
The proposed pipeline that Chesapeake seeks to install is not a typical domestic gas-line but a large diameter, high pressure, un-odorized, corrosive, wet gas gathering line straight from the wellhead. Its purpose is to connect two separate gas wells near I-30 in east Fort Worth. Alternative routes are available but Chesapeake has indicated a preference for the Carter Avenue route.
If completed, the proposed Carter Avenue pipeline would be the first such pipeline of its kind in the city of Fort Worth.
The Chesapeake meeting at TWU was announced by them on short notice, cancelled and rescheduled again the same day. Only one resident of the affected area was notified by mail and he is the only resident who has refused to lease his property to Chesapeake for the pipeline.
When: October 15, 2009 4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where: 2700 block of Carter Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas, 76103
CONTACT: Brooke Cooper 214-914-6296
Map: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Fort+Worth%2C&state=TX&address=2700+Carter+Avenue&zipcode=76103
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Other recent pipeline accidents in the news:
http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/64438107.html
http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl100309mlgas.1de93266e.html
A gas pipeline leaks for 2 years, but still has yet to be fixed:
http://www.weny.com/News-Local.asp?ARTICLE3864=9148471
Some videos of gas pipeline fires:
OMG!
Want more? The human story of the extended family of 12 killed by a pipeline explosion near Carlsbad (you may need to register, but it has other good pipeline accident links):
http://www.statesman.com/specialreports/content/specialreports/pipelines/22pipecarlsbad.html
The NTSB Report on that "accident":
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2003/PAR0301.pdf
2 teens killed by leaking butane pipeline in Lively TX:
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1998/PAR9802S.pdf
How a pipeline spilled MTBE laden gasoline into the Dallas TX water supply:
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2001/PAB0103.htm
And, a bunch of other pipeline accidents in the US:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/P_Acc.htm
More videos. First, the Belligham WA 1999 pipeline accident that killed 3 young men:
The Brenham TX explosion from an underground LPG storage facility leaking:
Oh yes, once the pipeline is in place, it's King over the land use in the area:
http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=7138736&ClientType=Printable
While tree roots can damage pipeline coatings, the spin job of "killer trees, get rid of them" is too much.
Some insight of what happens when a pipeline co. puts proits before safety:
http://www.statesman.com/specialreports/content/specialreports/pipelines/23pipelively.html