M25 closed both directions

[Satch]

Somewhere between the M3 and Heathrow owing to gas leak.

My, that will be fun

 

[EDZ649]

Somewhere between the M3 and Heathrow owing to gas leak.

My, that will be fun

I'd love to let the 55 rip down there!

 

[wemorgan]

I'd love to let the 55 rip down there!

You can. It's called the M6 Toll or M45

 

[EDZ649]

You can. It's called the M6 Toll or M45

Yes I have been on there once before, shame it doesn't go the full length of the country, you could do lands end to John 'O' groats in about 5 hours! :bannana:

 

[nick mercedes]

Somewhere between the M3 and Heathrow owing to gas leak.

Note how the leak is at a hotel in Egham, clearly the H&S clowns in charge are expecting a hiroshima scale explosion....

 

[Satch]

Looks like a real horror, will be closed until 16.00 at least and tailbacks will run through peak traffic times.

 

[wemorgan]

Note how the leak is at a hotel in Egham, clearly the H&S clowns in charge are expecting a hiroshima scale explosion....

We can only hope that Stains is also collateral damage

 

[Sp!ke]

We can only hope that Stains is also collateral damage

I agree, Staines is somewhat of a blot on the landscape.

 

[Satch]

Note how the leak is at a hotel in Egham, clearly the H&S clowns in charge are expecting a hiroshima scale explosion....

The hotel is quite close to M25.

Stick TW20 0AG into Google maps

 

[rf065]

Note how the leak is at a hotel in Egham, clearly the H&S clowns in charge are expecting a hiroshima scale explosion....

If there is a high pressure gas main in the vicinity of the hotel then you could be closer to the truth than you think.

The one in Belgium that exploded & went on fire a few years ago left a 500m diameter crater in the middle of an industrial estate and killed many people.

Russ

 

[nick mercedes]

The hotel is quite close to M25.

Stick TW20 0AG into Google maps

It's still must be 300yards from the edge of the motorway, how big an explosion are they expecting, fair enough to evacuate the hotel, but the M25 as well?

 

[Sp!ke]

It is about 100 yards away and there's a pretty strong wind today so any escaped gas will dispurse very quickly indeed.

 

[rf065]

It is about 100 yards away and there's a pretty strong wind today so any escaped gas will dispurse very quickly indeed.

If the wind was blowing gas over the motorway then car engines are a source of ignition, not diesels though.

Russ

 

[Sp!ke]

Well if you drive along the M4 near slough heading west, there is a vast land fill site right beside the motorway (20 yards maybe) that has been venting off serious amounts of methane for many years. There are even pipes sticking out the gound with flares, burning off the worst of the gasses. You can smell the gasses for a 400 yard long stretch if the wind is blowing from the south.

I cannot believe this hotel leak could have vented as much gas onto the motorway as this landfill.

 

[rf065]

Well if you drive along the M4 near slough heading west, there is a vast land fill site right beside the motorway (20 yards maybe) that has been venting off serious amounts of methane for many years. There are even pipes sticking out the gound with flares, burning off the worst of the gasses. You can smell the gasses for a 400 yard long stretch if the wind is blowing from the south.

I cannot believe this hotel leak could have vented as much gas onto the motorway as this landfill.

Are you seriously comparing gas venting from a landfill site to gas leaking from a gas pipeline that could be operating at anything up to 100 bar?

When a major gas pipe leaks, the leaking gas is measured in tonnes, a landfill site could not produce that same amount of gas in 10 years.

Anyway, how do you know the landfill emits serious amounts of gas, because you can smell it? Methane has no smell, you must be smelling the rubbish buried in the landfill site.

Russ

 

[Ted]

This may help.

click the 'Roadside message signs' radio button for the live matrix displays

 

[SimonsMerc]

The hotel is quite close to M25.

Stick TW20 0AG into Google maps

Erm. I'm working in Staines today, about 800 yards east of there along the causeway. That's not good...

 

[Ted]

Anyway, how do you know the landfill emits serious amounts of gas, because you can smell it? Methane has no smell,

Russ

Try telling Mrs Ted that!

 

[wemorgan]

Erm. I'm working in Staines today, about 800 yards east of there along the causeway. That's not good...

.....do you smoke cigarettes?

 

[Sp!ke]

Are you seriously comparing gas venting from a landfill site to gas leaking from a gas pipeline that could be operating at anything up to 100 bar?

Erm... well yes, actually I was.

Anyway, how do you know the landfill emits serious amounts of gas, because you can smell it?

I could see they are flaring off the gas at numerous points. Whatever gas it is it smells too so maybe its not pure methane.