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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Land of Enchantment, State of Emergency |
| 2011-02-04 |
| From the 'So Far from Heaven, So Close to Texas' department SANTA FE, N.M. -- Gov. Susana Martinez declared a state of emergency on Thursday afternoon for a statewide gas shortage. Increased demand brought on by subzero temperatures caused decreased gas pressure around the state. There have been scattered natural gas outages statewide. The NM Gas company had this to say: Due to rolling black-outs in West Texas and other problems, the delivery of natural gas into New Mexico has been impeded. States across the Southwest are experiencing similar situations. Our pipeline system is intact and our crews are working to minimize the impact of this temporary situation. Texas discontinued its rolling blackouts at just about the time the emergency was proclaimed. Also unstated was the fact the NM produces 10% of all US production, exports 10 times what it uses within the state, yet somehow this isn't getting to NM customers. I suspect the problems are in the state's gas lines to customers, problems like: condensation freezing & blocking lines or their components, lines too small, lines disrupted due to frost heaves. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #9 LOL @ the headline & snark |
| Posted by: ryuge 2011-02-04 14:54 |
| #8 Ah. Thank you, Nimble Spemble. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-04 14:35 |
| #7 Because we've stopped building power plants, especially domestically fueled nuclear and coal fired power plants. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-02-04 14:23 |
| #6 Sincethe rolling brownouts are 100% the fault of the EPA How so, AzCat? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-04 14:12 |
| #5 You're burning natural Gas? We must shut down this Greenhouse Gas pollution Immediately, destroy those pumps, arrest the operators, and purify the atmosphere immediately. Moonbat announcement two million and one (But NOT THEIR homes, that little bit doesn't count) (sarc) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-02-04 11:43 |
| #4 Since the rolling brownouts are 100% the fault of the EPA this must mean that the EPA is now a clear and present danger to the American People. I expect Obama will be ordering airstrikes any minute now. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2011-02-04 09:56 |
| #3 Using electric heat, I'm nice and warm here in Dallas -- thank heavens! I hate being cold. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2011-02-04 01:22 |
| #2 El Paso Electric Company says it will resume rolling blackouts tonight, affecting far west Texas and SE NM. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-04 00:58 |
| #1 The waffling begins: Power blackouts in Texas have cut off power to compressors in West Texas that feed gas into New Mexico. With the low pressure and high demand for natural gas, the gas utility says it's impossible to supply everyone. Up to 32,000 customers across the state are doing without natural gas. We asked New Mexico Gas Company why those compressors in Texas don't have emergency generators. Ken Oostman, Vice President of Technical Services for New Mexico Gas company said Thursday, "I can't really comment on all of our upstream suppler situations." Also left unasked is why a state that produces so much NG has to import it from outside the state. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-04 00:41 |