{"id":111032,"date":"2018-12-16T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=111032"},"modified":"2018-12-16T09:29:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:29:35","slug":"flashback-80-homes-and-buildings-were-destroyed-by-gas-explosions-in-northern-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=111032","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: 80 Homes and Buildings Were Destroyed by Gas Explosions in Northern Massachusetts&#8212;Globalist Black Op!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Really, how did this cascade of devastating gas explosions in an upscale bedroom community of Boston take place spontaneously?<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Cui bono?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mass-house-explosions-livestream.jpg.jpg_13214025_ver1.0_640_360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111036\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mass-house-explosions-livestream.jpg.jpg_13214025_ver1.0_640_360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mass-house-explosions-livestream.jpg.jpg_13214025_ver1.0_640_360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mass-house-explosions-livestream.jpg.jpg_13214025_ver1.0_640_360-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-16-at-7.52.24-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111037\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-16-at-7.52.24-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-16-at-7.52.24-AM.png 1023w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-16-at-7.52.24-AM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-16-at-7.52.24-AM-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180913202314-massachusetts-suspected-gas-explosion-fires-super-tease.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-111038\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180913202314-massachusetts-suspected-gas-explosion-fires-super-tease-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180913202314-massachusetts-suspected-gas-explosion-fires-super-tease-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180913202314-massachusetts-suspected-gas-explosion-fires-super-tease-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180913202314-massachusetts-suspected-gas-explosion-fires-super-tease-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180913202314-massachusetts-suspected-gas-explosion-fires-super-tease.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=111032\">SOTN<\/a> Editor&#8217;s Note<\/strong>: The gas explosions that occurred throughout northern Massachusetts in September of 2018 were highly suspicious from the get-go.\u00a0 There is now no question that this was an outright attack on the\u00a0Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts towns of Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover.\u00a0 Therefore, the 64 thousand question is: <em><strong>&#8220;Why, really, was this covert gas attack carried out against the people of Massachusetts?&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, what was the hidden agenda behind this flagrant assault <strong>on that particular residential American community<\/strong> by the <em>New World Order<\/em> globalist cabal?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=111032\">State of a Nation<\/a><br \/>\nDecember 16, 2018<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"module-position-RaHxD9Ddjyk\" class=\"story-asset video-asset\">\n<div class=\"ui-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ui-video-controls story-video inline-story-video priority\">\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\">Senators: Natural gas pressure was 12 times normal level before Massachusetts explosions<\/h1>\n<p>Gregory Korte, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"USATODAY- Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/embed\/video\/37818997?placement=snow-embed\" width=\"540\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"module-position-RaHxD9DI_Nk\" class=\"story-asset story-metadata-asset\">\n<div class=\"article-metadata-wrap\">\n<section id=\"module-position-RaHxCO_x7Kg\" class=\"storymetadata-bucket expandable-photo-module story-expandable-photo-module\">\n<aside class=\"single-photo expandable-collapsed\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand-img-horiz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/09\/18\/USAT\/856b81cd-b947-4750-97fe-e29db9e47ec5-AP_Gas_Explosions.JPG?width=534&amp;height=401&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Ap Gas Explosions A File Usa Ma\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/09\/18\/USAT\/856b81cd-b947-4750-97fe-e29db9e47ec5-AP_Gas_Explosions.JPG\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/09\/18\/USAT\/856b81cd-b947-4750-97fe-e29db9e47ec5-AP_Gas_Explosions.JPG?width=500&amp;height=320\" \/><\/div>\n<h5 class=\"image-credit-wrap\"><span class=\"js-caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"credit\">(Photo: WCVB via AP)<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">The pressure in the\u00a0natural gas pipelines\u00a0under three Massachusetts communities \u00a0spiked to 12 times their normal level\u00a0last week,\u00a0just before the\u00a0explosions\u00a0and fires that destroyed dozens of homes and killed an 18-year-old man, according to\u00a0Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">The Massachusetts Democrats were\u00a0briefed\u00a0on the explosions in and around Lawrence\u00a0by the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Markey and Warren\u00a0are demanding answers from Columbia Gas and its parent company\u00a0about the utility&#8217;s\u00a0response to the pressure readings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The NTSB says a Columbia Gas control room in Columbus, Ohio, registered pressures of 6 pounds per square inch last Thursday\u00a0in pipelines that are intended to carry just 0.5 PSI,\u00a0the senators\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markey.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/Letter%20to%20NiSource%20and%20Columbia%20Gas.pdf\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">wrote in a letter to Columbia Gas President Stephen Bryant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">But it&#8217;s unclear what Columbia Gas did with that information.\u00a0Markey and Warren\u00a0want to know whether the company reported it to state and local authorities. They also want to know why the utility waited until 9 p.m. \u2013 more than four hours after the first\u00a0blasts \u2013\u00a0to publicly acknowledge the catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2018\/09\/14\/massachusetts-natural-gas-pipeline-explosions-residents-shelter-investigation-columbia-gas\/1303763002\/\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">cascading series of fires and explosions<\/a>\u00a0in the Northeastern Massachusetts towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover\u00a0destroyed as many as 80 homes and buildings, injured dozens and killed 18-year-old\u00a0Leonel Rondon.\u00a0Rondon was sitting in a car\u00a0when the chimney of an exploding home fell on\u00a0its roof.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">More than 8,600 gas customers were evacuated from their homes for days while\u00a0utility crews\u00a0worked to restore service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, angered by what he saw as a slow response from Columbia Gas,\u00a0declared a state of emergency last Friday and put another utility company in charge of the effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">A spokesman for Columbia Gas parent company NiSource called the explosions &#8220;an unprecedented situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">&#8220;We were working as quickly as we could to take care of the customers and stabilize the situation,&#8221; spokesman Ken Stammen said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2018\/09\/15\/massachusetts-explosions-nisource-columbia-gas-linked-previous-blasts\/1302447002\/\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">Massachusetts explosions: Owner of Columbia Gas linked to three prior gas line blasts<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2018\/09\/14\/boston-merrimack-valley-cast-iron-natural-gas-pipes-aging-infrastructure\/1300246002\/\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">Natural gas explosions: Boston-area gas pipes among oldest and leakiest in US<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2018\/09\/14\/massachusetts-natural-gas-pipeline-explosions-residents-shelter-investigation-columbia-gas\/1303763002\/\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">Massachusetts governor declares state of emergency after fatal natural gas explosions, directs different utility to restore service<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">He said the company was cooperating with state and local investigators and was crafting a response to the senators&#8217; letter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">&#8220;We&#8217;re as anxious as anybody else to learn what went wrong last Thursday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The senators are seeking hearings in the Senate Commerce Committee. The NTSB hopes to have a preliminary report on the cause within a few weeks, spokesman Keith Holloway said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">&#8220;It is imperative that the people of the commonwealth &#8230; understand what caused this disaster and how you responded to it, in order to ensure that we never again face a similar tragedy,&#8221;\u00a0the senators wrote in their\u00a0letter.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2018\/09\/18\/massachusetts-natural-gas-explosions-pressure-ed-markey-elizabeth-warren-columbia\/1345591002\/\">https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2018\/09\/18\/massachusetts-natural-gas-explosions-pressure-ed-markey-elizabeth-warren-columbia\/1345591002\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Really, how did this cascade of devastating gas explosions in an upscale bedroom community of Boston take place spontaneously?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}