Thursday, November 2, 2017

Nicole Dillingham on WKTV re: #BombTrucks


​VIDEO:
Great job by Kirk Tupaj of WKTV on this EXCELLENT Interview w/Nicole Dillingham of Otsego 2000 (and candidate for Otsego Co. Legislature) as she talks about the danger of high-pressure CNG #BombTrucks traveling in our communities.


Nicole makes the case for why these trucks should stay on the interstates:

  • County roads often have no shoulders
  • not divided
  • no passing lanes
  • no pullout lanes
  • no weigh stations
She also asks some great questions:

  • What is the potential impact radius for a burn or a (God forbid) explosive scenario?
  • Has US DOT done destructive testing under real-world conditions?
Jon Pierce, of Pierce Communications.
PR & Crisis Communications specialist.
XNG spokesman Jon Pierce, a CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS specialist with Pierce Communications, lays down some real WHOPPERS.

Now just the fact that XNG has hired this guy suggests to me that XNG is "on the ropes", on the defensive. They know they have a problem. A BIG Problem.

But just check how ridiculous this guy's response is.
  • Compares XNG trucks to Walmart trucks, and furniture delivery trucks (I am not kidding....)
  • Trucks only use DOT approved routes.
    (No designated HAZMAT routes in NY outside NYC)
  • The tanks are reinforced.  (I wouldn't say that)
  • They don't "crack open". (But they CAN rupture.)
  • Released Compressed Natural Gas does not "go up unto the air".
    (FUNNY! Every other industry PR guy says it does)
  • "Or go up into a ball of flames or anything like that." -- (UH, YES IT CAN, like if the truck is sitting in a diesel fire)
  • "[Vented gas will dissipate] slowly along the ground."

    (HA! A moment of TRUTH! While the rest of the industry DENIES this happens, I have recordings of First Responders talking about a vapor cloud along the ground)
Check the video:
Great Job Nicole!

BH

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Matt Smith, Exec. VP
& co-founder, XNG
PS: Here's the info on the upcoming meeting, which I believe
is being organized and managed by XNG.

Matt Smith, Exec. VP told Jim Kevlin of All Otsego as much, that they were going to hold their own meeting which they can control:
“We have already discussed a forum with Otsego County coming up in the next few weeks,” he said by phone from the Boston area, “and we look forward to engaging with the community to address a number of erroneous and misleading statements that were raised by interests from outside Otsego County." -- http://www.allotsego.com/pro-cons-aired-over-xng-trucks/
So it's curious this looks to be being run by County Officials:

Nov 16 Meeting Info:


XNG Dog & Pony Show
WHEN: Thu Nov 16 2017, 6-8pm
WHERE: Milford Central School Auditorium
42 West Main St, Milford NY, 13807 
(Otsego Co.)
Agenda: (Can you detect a bias?)
  • Learning About XNG
  • XNG's Trailers and Technology
  • XNG's Regulatory and Safety Record
  • Emergency Response
  • Regulations governing motor carrier safety with regard to potentially hazardous materials
  • Regulatory ability to prohibit natural gas transportation. 

Facebook Event:https://www.facebook.com/events/295727400920127/

Share this with those not on social media:
http://stopthebombtrucks.blogspot.com/2017/11/xng-dog-show-thu-nov-16-2017-milford-ny.html

Here's how to Stay in Touch on this issue, and
links to lots more info on Virtual Pipelines / #BombTrucks:
  • Check Hashtag #BombTrucks on Twitter or Facebook
  • There's a really great 2 minute #BombTrucks
    Scare-mercial     at the beginning of my video of the big Fenton meeting:
    YouTube.com/watch?v=xOXdNhXQnfo
  • Social Media:
  • Blog: StopTheBombTrucks.blogspot.com
  • Email List: StopTheBombTrucks at Google Groups:
    Groups.Google.com/d/forum/stopthebombtrucks
    (Email me if you'd like an invite)
  • Here's a link to my massive #BombTrucks Documents Archive:
    Hosted by Damascus Citizens for Sustainable Energy.(Thanks DCS!)
    TinyURL.com/VirtualPipelines
    I will be uploading more docs about Manheim Station soon.

    Click on the link (above), then Navigate to:
    Virtual Pipelines -> Operators -> XNG -> Manheim StationLots of stuff there now. For example:

    The slides from the presentation Keith Schue, Craig Stevens
    and I recently gave in Richfield Springs are in a folder called




  • Here's Vera's video of the event:
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