The Lousiana sinkhole can cause a huge explosion
A possible breach of a butane-filled well 1500 feet from Bayou Corne's sinkhole, the size of three football fields, is so "very serious," it has Assumption Parish sheriff and local residents ordered to evacuate worried about a catastrophic explosion, one according to scientists in an Examiner investigation, would be in the range of one and a half B83 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs, the most powerful United States weapons in active service.
Scientists show Bayou Corne butane well explosion would have same effect as 100 Hiroshima bombs
“The disaster is made all the more worrisome because the hole is believed to be close to a well containing 1.5 million barrels of liquid butane, a highly volatile liquid that turns into a highly flammable vapor upon release,” CNN reported Friday about the declared State of Emergency.
Earlier it was reported the butane-filled well is only 1500 feet from the sinkhole and it will not be emptied.
http://www.examiner.com/article/sinkhole-h-bomb-explosion-equivalent-bayou-corne-possible
Scientists show Bayou Corne butane well explosion would have same effect as 100 Hiroshima bombs
“The disaster is made all the more worrisome because the hole is believed to be close to a well containing 1.5 million barrels of liquid butane, a highly volatile liquid that turns into a highly flammable vapor upon release,” CNN reported Friday about the declared State of Emergency.
Earlier it was reported the butane-filled well is only 1500 feet from the sinkhole and it will not be emptied.
http://www.examiner.com/article/sinkhole-h-bomb-explosion-equivalent-bayou-corne-possible