NEWPORT NEWS - Mphepo ikhoza kupereka mayankho oletsa fumbi la malasha lomwe limatulutsidwa mumlengalenga ku Southeast Community.

Pomwe mphepo nthawi zina imanyamula fumbi lochokera ku Newport News'malo otsekera malasha akum'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Interstate 664 kupita ku Southeast Community, mzindawu ndi Dominion Terminal Associates zili m'magawo oyamba kuyang'ana ngati kumanga mpanda wamphepo pamalopo kungakhale yankho labwino.

Nyuzipepala ya Daily Press inatsindika za fumbi la malasha m'nkhani ya July 17, kuyang'ana mwatsatanetsatane vutoli ndi zothetsera zake.Fumbi lotulutsidwa ndi malo opangira malasha ndi lotsika kwambiri pamiyezo ya mpweya wa boma, malinga ndi kuyesa kwa mpweya, koma ngakhale zotsatira zabwino zoyesa, anthu okhala ku Southeast Community amadandaulabe kuti fumbi ndilosokoneza ndikuwonetsa nkhawa zomwe zimayambitsa mavuto a thanzi.

Wesley Simon-Parsons, woyang'anira boma ndi chilengedwe ku Dominion Terminal Associates, adanena Lachisanu kuti kampaniyo inayang'ana mipanda ya mphepo zaka zingapo zapitazo, koma tsopano yakonzeka kuwayang'ananso kuti awone ngati teknoloji yapita patsogolo.

"Tiyang'ananso kachiwiri," adatero Simon-Parsons.

Imeneyi inali nkhani yabwino kwa Meya wa Newport News a McKinley Price, yemwe wakhala akukakamiza kuti fumbi la malasha lichepetsedwe pamilu ya malasha.

Price adati ngati zingatsimikizidwe kuti mpanda wamphepo ungachepetse fumbi kwambiri, mzindawu "ndithu" ungaganizire kuthandiza kulipirira mpandawo.Malinga ndi zomwe ananena pulezidenti wa kampani ina yomwe imamanga mipanda yamphepo ya nsalu, ndiye kuti kuyerekezera koopsa kwambiri kwa mpanda wa mphepo kungakhale pafupifupi $3 miliyoni mpaka $8 miliyoni.

"Mzinda ndi anthu ammudzi angayamikire chilichonse ndi chilichonse chomwe chingachitike kuti achepetse kuchuluka kwa tinthu mlengalenga," adatero Price.

Meya adatinso akukhulupirira kuti kuchepetsa fumbi kupititsa patsogolo mwayi wachitukuko ku Southeast Community.

Ukadaulo wotsogola

Simon-Parsons adati pamene kampaniyo idayang'ana mipanda yamphepo zaka zingapo zapitazo, mpanda uyenera kukhala wamtali wa 200 ndi "kuzungulira malo onse," zomwe zikanapangitsa kuti zikhale zodula kwambiri.

Koma Mike Robinson, pulezidenti wa WeatherSolve ku British Columbia, kampani ya ku Canada, adanena kuti luso lamakono lakhala likuyenda bwino m'zaka zaposachedwa, komanso kumvetsetsa kwa kayendedwe ka mphepo.

Robinson adati izi zapangitsa kuti pasakhale kofunika kwambiri kuti amange mipanda yamphepo yayitali, popeza mipandayo sikhala yokwera kwambiri, komabe imachepetsanso fumbi.

WeatherSolve imapanga mipanda yamphepo yamphepo yamawebusayiti padziko lonse lapansi.

"Kutalika kwayamba kutha kutha," adatero Robinson, pofotokoza kuti tsopano kampaniyo imamanga mpanda umodzi wodutsa ndi mphepo.

Simon-Parsons adati milu ya malasha imatha kufika mamita 80, koma ena ndi otsika mpaka 10 mapazi.Anati milu yayitali nthawi zambiri imangofika mamita 80 kamodzi pakatha miyezi ingapo, kenako imachepetsa msanga pamene malasha amatumizidwa kunja.

Robinson adanena kuti mpandawu suyenera kumangidwa kuti ukhale wamtali kwambiri, ndipo ngakhale zitakhala choncho, kusintha kwaukadaulo kungatanthauze kuti mpandawo umangidwa pamtunda wa 120, osati 200.Koma Robinson adanena kuti zingakhale zomveka kumanga mpanda wa kutalika kwa milu yambiri m'malo mwa mulu wamtali kwambiri, mwinamwake pamtunda wa 70- mpaka 80-foot, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito njira zina kuti athetse fumbi nthawi zapakati pamene. milu ndi yokulirapo.

Ngati mzinda ndi kampani zikupita patsogolo, Robinson adati, apanga makompyuta kuti adziwe momwe angapangire mpanda.

Lambert's Point

Price adati nthawi zambiri amadabwa kuti chifukwa chiyani pamalo opangira malasha ku Norfolk, malasha amayikidwa mwachindunji m'sitima zapamadzi ndi mabwato ku Lambert's Point, m'malo mosungidwa mumilu ya malasha monga zilili ku Newport News.

Robin Chapman, wolankhulira Norfolk Southern, omwe ali ndi malo opangira malasha ndi masitima apamtunda omwe amabweretsa malasha ku Norfolk, adati ali ndi mtunda wa makilomita 225 pa maekala 400, ndipo ambiri, ngati si onse, njirayi idakhazikitsidwa koyambirira. 1960s.Kupanga njanji ya kilomita imodzi lero kungawononge $ 1 miliyoni, adatero Chapman.

Norfolk Southern ndi Dominion Terminal imatumiza malasha ofanana.

Pakadali pano, a Simon-Parsons adati pali njanji pafupifupi 10 miles ku Dominion Terminal, yayikulu mwamakampani awiriwo ku Newport News terminal ya malasha.Kinder Morgan amagwiranso ntchito ku Newport News.

Kupanga masitima apamtunda kuti atsanzire machitidwe a Norfolk Southern kungawononge ndalama zoposa $200 miliyoni, ndipo izi sizingaganizire katundu wa Kinder Morgan.Ndipo Chapman adati zigawo zina zambiri kuwonjezera pa nyimbo zatsopano ziyenera kupangidwa kuti zigwirizane ndi dongosolo la Norfolk Southern.Chifukwa chake mtengo wochotsa milu ya malasha ndikugwiritsabe ntchito malo opangira malasha ungakhale woposa $200 miliyoni.

"Kuyika ndalama zazikuluzikulu kungakhale kodabwitsa kwa iwo," adatero Chapman.

Chapman adanena kuti sanadandaule za fumbi la malasha kwa zaka pafupifupi 15.Magalimoto a sitima amathiridwa mankhwala akachoka ku migodi ya malasha, komanso kuchepetsa fumbi panjira.

Simon-Parsons adanena kuti akukhulupirira kuti magalimoto ena amapopera mankhwala, koma osati onse, pamene akuyenda kuchokera ku Kentucky ndi West Virginia kupita ku Newport News.

Anthu ena a ku Newport News adandaula ndi fumbi lomwe likuwomba m'magalimoto a sitimayi pamene akuima m'njanji panjira yopita kumtsinje wa Newport News.