Mitigation From Below?

I believe 'they' have come up with a mitigation mechanism to fight the hydrogen sulfide problem, one which I haven't mentioned before.

Hydrogen sulfide is heavier than air so it flows downhill when there's no wind blowing it around. It's helpful to think of it as a very lightweight, invisible and deadly layer of fluid that will rest atop water, but will flow downhill just like water, ending up in the same places that water does. In the cities, where does water eventually flow to? The sewers! Sewers are also a standard source of hydrogen sulfide production, so I'm sure there's always been some effort done to eliminate it in sewers even before this planetary-scale problem cropped up. I think they've now put into operation a fairly ingenious method of fighting hydrogen sulfide plumes in the atmosphere, at least in the United States, and hopefully elsewhere.

Do you ever watch NWS Weather Radar? Sometimes you see these 'blobs' appear around cities. They seem to appear in specific geographic areas, and sometimes you see a blob fade from one city, and grow around another, as if they are following some invisible force as it moves across the country.

So, what are they doing? Well, first, they probably keep negative pressure in the sewer system as much as possible, and they pull the air entering the sewers through a plant running the Claus process, to clean the hydrogen sulfide from the air. They also have huge ozone generators somewhere, possibly in the sewer systems, or perhaps just connected to the sewer systems. If a dangerous plume is blowing through, they reverse the air pressure and pump ozone out and up, where it combines with the hydrogen sulfide like this: H2S + O3 --> H2O + O2 + S.

See the results of that equation? Water, oxygen and sulfur particulate. I believe the NWS weather radar is picking up the water vapor that results from this mitigation effort, so when you see those blobs around a city, you can probably infer that a hydrogen sulfide plume is blowing through that area. As time passes, you'll see a blob fade out and another appear over a new city, as the plume blows onward. The ozone is probably created on-the-fly, as best they can, because it is highly reactive and is very difficult to store or transport, and one can only imagine how much electricity this effort takes.

If correct, this has some major implications. One implication is that you are probably safer in cities than out in the boonies. We'll have to crunch tightly together in any case, over time, because we simply won't be able to defend huge areas containing sparse populations. It will be a better use of resources to gather in the cities and defend smaller areas holding lots of people. Another implication is that we don't really want to evacuate too many cities because if we can withstand Earth's hydrogen sulfide 'pulse' long enough (which is honestly rather doubtful) then over time this could actually eventually fix the problem and scrub the atmosphere clean again, at least of hydrogen sulfide (which is, in my opinion, a much greater threat than the methane releases).

Anyway, if that's what they're doing, and it looks like it to me, then this is really a pretty brilliant way to at least attempt to attack the problem. This tactic leverages existing infrastructure with modern technology in terms of dealing with a hazardous heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide. Except for the extra demand in regards to electricity usage involved in producing ozone, it's probably quite cost-effective. And because it all happens out of sight, it's also easy to conceal this from people, except for the weather blobs, which they always attempt to explain away as water vapor. Yes, it is water vapor, but that doesn't explain the way the blobs appear and disappear, as if they're tracking something moving through/across the geography - which I think they are.

Event Update For 2012-03-02

Link to full hypothesis:
http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html

Summary of Hypothesis:
The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming hydrogen sulfide and methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.

Predictions:

A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species, including sea mammals.
C. More and more MULTIPLES of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.

Recent Events Matching Predictions:

A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.

2012-03-02 - Enormous blaze in north Las Vegas (Nevada) emits massive smoke plumes seen for miles:
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/17066129/firefighters-battling-blaze-in-north-las-vegas

2012-03-02 - Huge fire off Vermont on Waters Edge Drive in the Champlain Islands destroys large home:
http://www.wcax.com/story/17065443/huge-north-hero-house-fire-not-suspicious

2012-03-02 - Massive fire at neon light shop in Manchester (Britain) causes traffic chaos:
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1487184_chester-road-fire-blaze-at-neon-light-shop-causes-traffic-chaos-in-manchester---video-and-pictures

C. More and more MULTIPLES of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.

2012-03-02 - Bodies of man, woman and six animals found in North St. Louis (Missouri) home:
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/307587/3/Two-adults-six-animals-found-dead-in-north-St-Louis-home

2012-03-02 - Elderly couple found dead of 'carbon monoxide poisoning' in Palm Beach County (Florida):
http://www.wpbf.com/news/30588259/detail.html

D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.

2012-03-02 - Body of man found in Lake Sevan (Armenia):
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2012/03/03/sevan

2012-03-02 - Corpse of unidentified man found in Rio Grande River in Texas:
http://www.krgv.com/news/body-of-unidentified-man-found-floating-in-the-river/

2012-03-02 - Autopsy finished on man found dead in Wisconsin River: no violent injury or trauma:
http://www.wkow.com/story/17069035/autopsy-finished-on-body-found-in-wisconsin-river

2012-03-02 - Corpse of missing man, 29, found in Middle River (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-floating-body-id-20120302,0,1655424.story

2012-03-02 - Man's body found on trail just west of Vancouver Lake (Washington):
http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/mar/02/body-found-west-vancouver-lake/

2012-03-02 - Man's corpse found washed ashore near Lake Stickney (Washington):
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Man-found-dead-near-Lake-Stickney-believed-to-be-sought-man-141242063.html

2012-03-02 - Man, early 20s, found face-down and dead at Ventura Beach (California):
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/mar/02/man-found-dead-on-ventura-beach-no-foul-play/

2012-03-02 - Wardboy, 36, at health centre in India found dead in his room:
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/wardboy-of-health-centre-found-dead/970094.html

2012-03-02 - Man's body found in Crime Lake at Daisy Nook Country Park in Britain:
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1487276_breaking-body-of-man-found-in-crime-lake-at-daisy-nook-country-park-near-oldham

2012-03-02 - Woman and her dogs found dead in burning RV near Grand Lake (Oklahoma):
http://www.ktul.com/story/17053374/woman-dogs-killed-in-rv-fire-near-grand-lake

2012-03-02 - Young girl's body found on Sunrise Beach near Capetown (South Africa):
http://www.ewn.co.za/Story.aspx?Id=83845

2012-03-02 - Man, 58, found dead on couch in Jakarta (Indonesia) office building:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/03/02/ipb-employee-found-dead-office-sofa.html

2012-03-02 - Four-month-old baby found dead under covers on cot:
http://westminster.londoninformer.co.uk/2012/03/four-month-old-baby-died-in-co.html

2012-03-02 - Man's corpse found in canal in south-central Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2012/03/02/20120302body-man-found-south-central-phoenix-canal-abrk.html

2012-03-02 - Body found near Nonconnah Creek in Tennessee:
http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-body-found-near-nonconnah-creek-20120302,0,6747979.story

2012-03-02 - Missing Isle of Wight woman, 53, found dead at bottom of embankment:
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/missing-isle-wight-woman-found-dead

2012-03-02 - Man, 73, found dead in the river Arve in France:
http://www.chamonet.com/reports/news/body-found-in-the-river-arve

2012-03-02 - Middletown woman's corpse found on burned couch in Middletown (Pennsylvania) apartment:
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/courier_times_news/woman-found-dead-in-middletown-apartment-fire/article_ab749fc9-735c-5851-94f8-aee1e7177eda.html

E. More unusual vehicular accidents.

2012-03-02 - Small plane crashes at Somerset Airport (New Jersey), two occupants lightly injured:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_jersey&id=8567064

2012-03-02 - Small plane crashes near Tamarac Marina in High Rock Lake (North Carolina), 2 dead:
http://www.salisburypost.com/News/030312-Two-dead-after-High-Rock-Lake-plane-crash-qcd
http://myfox8.com/2012/03/02/plane-crash-reported-near-high-rock-lake/

Commentary - 2012-03-01

A few random observations:

* RVs are igniting, and mobile homes, trailers, and homes generally. The source of the ignition must in many cases be the obvious: pilot lights. RVs and mobile homes and trailers have air space beneath their bodies too, at least in many cases, which would allow the heavier-than-air gases to reach their pilot lights more easily and ignite a flame or cause an explosion.

* Combustion engines and gunpowder-based guns are quite likely to kill you in the context of an increasingly flammable atmosphere. Nothing to do with politics here. It's just a fact: flammable gas plus spark plug or gunpowder detonation gives predictably fiery and explosive results.

* Cruise ships, as a business idea, are...well, sunk. Down at sea level, powered by gigantic combustion engines, with kitchens and pilot lights, along with piles of passengers exposed to the increasingly poisonous and flammable air. Not a sound business plan given the situation.

* You don't want to live at the bottom of a hill near the coast and head to work earlier than your neighbors in a combustion vehicle. First one in the neighborhood to start their car each day might just get the prize: burning to death.

* We are gonna see some seriously epic bus, plane and train crashes. Oh yeah, we'll be seeing some epic building explosions too, bigger than the one in Russia or the ones in Rio de Janeiro.

* It is exceedingly ironic that one of the simplest forms of life on the planet - ancient bacteria - is kicking the ass of the most complex form of life on the planet: us. Yang, meet Yin. Yin, meet Yang.

* I think 'Schmallenberg virus' is quite possibly a made-up crock of shit to disguise the fact that the DNA and RNA of all creatures is being damaged and resulting in horrible mutations and stillbirths as our ozone layer withers away beneath the hydrogen sulfide onslaught.