Since a few days the wind carries very strong fumes from the hidden flare on Witt Farm all the way to Heritage Park. The smell reminds me of sulfur and hydrochloric acid, which could be connected to the intense drilling and brine pumping we see since a while on the Purse, Stratton and Heritage Park wells. I took a look from the farm entrance but had only my cell phone so the pictures are not very good. But will be updated now:
The flickering of the air above the barrel from the strong flare inside is not really visible but you can see that there are now 6 storage barrels, which corresponds to 6 wells being processed now or soon to come
Look at the sizzling air above the barrel. This will give you an indication of how much stuff is emitted into the air all the time.
There are now also six separators for up to six wells
Thank you, Tom, for continuing to chronicle and make public the ramped up oil drilling and processing underway in Adrian -- and for continuing to raise the alarm about risks to our environment and unknown health impacts. An article posted yesterday in ThinkProgress.org shows the extent to which oil companies will go to conceal the health impacts of their activities -- including even children in their settlement gag orders. See:
ReplyDeletehttp://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/02/2401591/frack-gag-for-kids/