The Black Swan at Merrimack Valley: Analysis of NTSB Preliminary Report, & Introducing the "Pressure Booster Theory"

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"I continue to find your theory plausible.... I agree with your recommendations." -- Dr. Nathan Phillips, Boston University, Dec 5, 2018, Twitter

Today, I am releasing my report on the Merrimack Valley Incident.
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(Updated 12/11/2018. If you downloaded a copy prior to this date, please pull this version. Final version has 49 pages. A prior version had certain attachments missing)

Video Playlist: Tinyurl.com/BHMerrimackValleyVidPlaylist BlackSwan@MV-01Intro TinyURL.com/bsamv-video01 What was the Merrimack Valley event? Analysis of NTSB theory Map anomalies  NTSB theory cannot explain observed event BlackSwan@MV-02 What is a Black Swan Event? TinyURL.com/bsamv-video02a Bob Ackley, Nassim Taleb Intro to Risk Dr. Tony Ingraffea / Environmental Impact Statement Likelihood vs. Consequence Precautionary Principle "Valve Turners" violate PP and Nonviolence Mayflower Arkansas Gandhi: Ethics of Action Decision matrix for high-consequence outcomes BlackSwan@MV-03 Huston Resume + Credentials Rant TinyURL.com/bsamv-video03 Bill Huston's engineering & tech experience Credentials rant PhD's as professional class of science: Pre-Enlightenment Idea How Class pollutes Science, Journalism, and Democracy  Science Requires eyes+brain, not credentials YOU are the final arbiter of Truth! BlackSwan@MV-04 LDS basics, Root Cause, Tube Trailer Intro TinyURL.com/bsamv-video04 Natural gas Local Distribution Systems (LDS) basics Root Cause Analysis / Forensics NTSB Theory / Occam's Razor Extraordinary Event -> Extraordinary Cause CNG "Virtual Pipeline" Tube-Trailer Intro BlackSwan@MV-05 Pressure Booster Theory * TinyURL.com/bsamv-video05 XNG & NG Advantage are connecting high-pressure Tube-Trailers to Natural Gas Local Distrubution Systems! Business plan developed in 2013 No study of the risk! Innovation Circumvents Regulation! Regulators are specifically empowered statutes. Tube Trailers are new and thus, UNREGULATED Pressure Boosters: How it works Joule-Thompson Effect (adiabatic cooling) Why heaters are important, esp. w/3600 psi What if we inject cryogenic cold gas *at proper pressure* into an LDS?  * If you only watch one video, WATCH THIS! BlackSwan@MV-06 XNG or NG Advantage? TinyURL.com/bsamv-video06 NG Advantage Twitter Meltdown The case for XNG XNG HQ in Andover: Scene of the Crime   XNG's history of Contempt for the Law, Truth, Public Safety The outrageous lie: "The trailers cannot explode" XNG and NG Advantage both have lied to elected officials, the media, and to the people. Why the coverup? XNG lacks operating authority in Massachussets (NG Advantage also, but not mentioned) Fantasy Sequence! Simple Questions to Ask (under oath) National Grid's Emergency Response Plan since 2014 REQUIRES using CNG Tube-trailers in an emergency! (No study of risk) XNG's shoddy history of regulatory compliance HOW pressure-regulated cryogenically cold gas could have caused the event observed XNG's prior technical errors: Misconfigured Overweight tractor-trailer combos keep rolling over.    BlackSwan@MV-07 Wrapup TinyURL.com/bsamv-video07 The UNIMAGINABLE explosive potential of Bulk-haul CNG tube trailers Visualizing a worst-case disaster in downtown Ithaca. 1250 dead + 1670 injured. XNG's CTO starts stammering when I ask him about this theory How our Federal Government (USDOT, DOE, FERC) are pushing #BombTrucks and covering up the risks & harms The Pickens Plan, & Boone's connection to #BombTrucks NO Toaster Agendas! (Government run amock) Analogy: Google + Facebook like Hal9000  THE END!

In this report I will provide an analysis of the NTSB Preliminary Report, and provide my own alternative theory, the "Tube-Trailer Pressure-Booster Theory".

This report represents a 3 month investigation into this "High Consequence Event". 

If you can, please send this to the attention of

• Senators Markey & Warren
• NTSB
• Massachusetts Attorney General Healey
• Local Elected Officials in Lawrence, Andover, N. Andover

... and ask that these concerns be fully investigated.  
 
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