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California is also home to the Aliso Creek gas leak which was the largest in US history. Larger than the Deep Water Horizon event in the Gulf. https://en.wikipe
by artificial 5y ago
California is also home to the Aliso Creek gas leak which was the largest in US history. Larger than the Deep Water Horizon event in the Gulf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso_Canyon_gas_leak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso_Canyon_gas_leak
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- dylan604 5y agoThis video referenced in this wiki article (footnote [25]) shows a methane cloud in the area more than a month after the incident. I know nothing of how gases move around in the atmosphere, but I would not have expected it to behave like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Fyevj25-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Fyevj25-o
- function_seven 5y agoThat video was taken during the leak. It lasted for months, finally being capped in February of 2016
- dylan604 5y agoI totally misread the dates. Makes more sense now.