Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur: Ga yadda tafkin ya taɓa ɓacewa cikin mahakar gishiri!

Tafkin Peigneur, tafkin da ke cikin jihar Louisiana ta Amurka wanda aka taba zubar da shi a cikin mahakar gishirin, wanda ya haifar da mafi girman mutum wanda ya halicci guguwa.

Kogin Peigneur:

Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur
Tafkin Peigneur yana cikin Jihar Louisiana kilomita 1.9 arewa da Delcambre © Google Earth

Tafkin Peigneur wani tafkin ruwa ne da ke cikin jihar Louisiana ta Amurka, kusa da ƙarshen arewa Vermilion Bay. Amma tun lokacin da Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur ya faru a cikin 1980, yanzu tafkin ya cika da ruwan brackish wanda shine nau'in ruwan da yake da gishiri fiye da ruwan sabo, amma bai kai na ruwan teku ba. Tafkin Peigneur jiki ne mai zurfin ƙafa 10, wanda ya shahara da 'yan wasa, har sai bala'in da ɗan adam ya yi ya canza tsarinsa da ƙasar da ke kewaye gaba ɗaya. Yanzu tare da matsakaicin zurfin ƙafa 200, shine tafkin mafi zurfi a ciki Louisiana.

Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur:

A safiyar ranar 21 ga Nuwamba, 1980, a Texaco injin mai onan ƙungiya a Tafkin Peigneur na Louisiana sun lura cewa rawar da suka taka ya mamaye ƙarƙashin tafkin mara zurfi. Ma'aikatan hako rijiyar sun ruɗe lokacin da suka kasa sakin aikin. Bayan haka, bin jerin manyan pops, dandamalin su yana fara karkata zuwa ga ruwa. Mutanen bakwai sun firgita kansu kuma nan da nan suka ruga zuwa bakin teku.

Ba su da masaniya cewa sun sake tsara yanayin Iberia Parish. Sun yi nasarar canza tafkin ruwa mai zurfin ƙafa 10 zuwa ruwan gishiri mai zurfin ƙafa 200.

Tsoron Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur:
Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur
Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur

A cikin awa daya da rabi, sun shaida dala miliyan 5, derrick mai tsawon ƙafa 150 ta ɓace a cikin tafkin da ke da zurfin ƙasa da ƙafa uku. Sun fahimci cewa sun yi kuskure mafi muni a rayuwarsu saboda rawar da suka taka ta shiga cikin babban ramin Lu'u-lu'u gishirin hakar gwal, wanda raminsa ya tsallake dutsen da ke ƙarƙashin tafkin.

Ruwan tafkin yanzu yana hanzarta shiga cikin ma'adinan ta cikin rami mai girman inci 14 a cikin dome gishiri, da ƙarfi sau goma na ruwan wuta.

Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur: Ga yadda tafkin ya taɓa ɓacewa cikin mahakar gishiri! 1
Ma'aikatan jirgin sun yi ta haƙa rijiyar gwaji a cikin ajiya tare da rumfar gishiri a ƙarƙashin tafkin Peigneur. Ta wasu kuskuren lissafi, taron ya haura zuwa mataki na uku na Diamond Crystal Salt Mine. Sakamakon farko shi ne bututun da ya makale, amma ruwa mai daɗi daga tafkin nan da nan ya fara shiga cikin mahakar gishiri. Ƙari JustaCarGal

Wani mummunan yanayi ya kasance a cikin zurfin kogon hakar ma'adinan inda fiye da hamsin masu hakar ma'adinai ke tseren ruwan da ke tashi, ta amfani da keken ma'adanai da wani abin hawa mai saukar ungulu mai tashin hankali don fita daga mahakar ta takwas a lokaci guda. A daya bangaren kuma, wani masunci da ke kan tafkin a lokacin shi ma yana kokawa da karamin kwalekwalensa don kubutar da karfin ruwan tafkin da ba za a iya rinjaye shi ba. Lokaci ne mai ban tsoro lokacin da wani tafki mai kyau da kwanciyar hankali ya zama kaskon mutuwa a gaban idanun su.

Sun Rayu?

Ko da yake shi ne matsananci nau'i na ta'addanci, duk wadancan ma’aikata 55 da ke cikin ma’adanan sun sami nasarar tserewa, tare da ma’aikata shida daga baya Diamond Crystal ta ba su lambobin yabo na jarumta. Ma'aikatan jirgin 7 da ke aikin hako man sun tsere daga dandalin jim kadan kafin ya fada cikin sabon zurfin tafkin. Haka kuma masunta ya iya tuka jirgin ruwansa zuwa gabar teku ya tsere. Amma jerin sakamakon ba ya ƙare a can.

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Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur: Ga yadda tafkin ya taɓa ɓacewa cikin mahakar gishiri! 2

Kodayake dukkansu sun tsere daga mummunan mutuwar su, wasan kwaikwayo ya fara ne kawai don Tafkin Peigneur. Suna kallo cikin kaduwa yayin da ruwa ya fara zagaye da sabon “magudanar” sa, yana mai da tafkin ya zama guguwa mai laka, bishiyoyi, da kwale-kwale, mafi girma da mutum ya yi. whirlpool a cikin tarihi. Jirgin ruwa, tashar jirgin ruwa, wani dandamalin hakowa, filin ajiye motoci, da babban tsibirin Tsibirin Jefferson da ke kusa ya tsinci cikin rami. Kwanaki bayan bala'in, da zarar matsin ruwan ya daidaita, tara daga cikin goma sha ɗaya sun nutse baƙi ya fito daga cikin guguwa kuma ya sake juyewa a saman tafkin.

Anan Yadda Tafkin Peigneur Ya Zama Tafkin Ruwa Mai Ƙarfi?

Tafkin yana da ruwan gishiri bayan taron, ba sakamakon gishiri daga mahakar da ke narkewa cikin ruwa ba, amma daga shigowar ruwan gishiri daga Vermilion Bay. Tafkin Peigneur ya kasance yana kwarara zuwa cikin Vermilion Bay ta hanyar Canal na Delcambre, amma lokacin da aka zubar da tafkin a cikin ma'adinan, canal ya canza alkibla da ruwa mai gishiri ko ƙyalƙyali daga Tekun Mexico ya mamaye cikin gadon tafkin. Gudun baya ya haifar da faduwar ruwa mai tsawon ƙafa 164, mafi tsayi a jihar, da ƙafa 400 geysers fashewa lokaci -lokaci daga zurfin yayin da iska mai ƙarfi ta tilasta fita daga ramukan ma'adinai da ambaliyar ta cika.

Illolin Bala'in Tafkin Peigneur:

Taron ya shafi yanayin yanayin tafkin har abada ta hanyar canza tafkin daga ruwan sabo zuwa ruwa mara ƙima da haɓaka zurfin ɓangaren tafkin. Don a ce, tana da yanayin gurɓataccen yanayi wanda ya sha bamban da yadda yake a 1980.

Sakamakon bala'in Tafkin Peigneur:

Duk da cewa ba a samu asarar rayuka ba, an bayar da rahoton cewa karnuka uku sun mutu. Texaco da dan kwangilar hako mai Wilson Brothers a karshe sun amince za su biya dala miliyan 32 ga Diamond Crystal da dala miliyan 12.8 zuwa wani lambun da ke kusa da gandun dajin, Live Oak Gardens, don rama barnar da aka yi. Hukumar Tsaro da Lafiya ta Maina ta fitar da rahoto kan bala'in a watan Agustan 1981 wanda ya yi cikakken bayani game da taron amma ya kasa gano takamaiman dalilin bala'in.

Yana da ban mamaki don tunanin me yasa suke haƙa mai kai tsaye sama da mahakar gishiri mai aiki! A cewar wasu rahotanni, dandalin Texaco yana hakowa a inda bai dace ba saboda kuskuren taswira - injiniyan ya yi kuskure transverse Mercator tsarawa tsarawa domin Haɗin UTM. Daga karshe an rufe mahakar a watan Disambar 1986. Tun 1994, Abubuwan da aka bayar na AGL ya yi amfani da tushen Lake Peigneur dome gishiri a matsayin wurin ajiya da cibiya don matsi na iskar gas.

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