Any new laws take effect tomorrow in your state?

[kuntrygirl]

I remembered this thread and I wanted to post this.

A (city omitted) man is out of jail today after he was arrested Sunday for allegedly wearing a mask in public.

Parish sheriff's deputies were called to (xxxx Lane near XXXX around 9:45 P. M. According to investigators, neighbors in the area reported seeing (name omitted) driving down the road while wearing a blue ski mask. He was stopped by deputies and arrested.

Investigators say (name omitted) has previous arrests on armed robbery charges and was driving a rental car.

State law prohibits individuals from wearing masks in public except on Mardi Gras and Halloween.

If convicted, (name omitted) faces a jail sentence between six months and three years.

Any other masks laws in other states?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

 

[Mike Winters]

Not only that, but if you take nude photos of yourself under 18 and a few years later someone finds that you have them that technically is possession of child pornography and you can get charged for possession of nude photos of yourself!

hmm doesn't that make most of our parents sex offenders. I'm sure most parents have or would have loved to have taken pictures and videos of baby's first bath time.

 

[oldrooster]

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Technically that is true under the way the law reads every once in a while you hear on the news some mother (usually sometimes it's the father) whom takes a photo like what you describe 9 times out of ten it's thrown out of court once in a while there is a slightly wrong photo that warrants a slap on the wrist that ends up in essence a probation possibly a few days in jail at worst and some community service.

 

[kuntrygirl]

1. Public schools will have to hold annual safety drills to rehearse crisis management plans, a response to last year's school shooting in Connecticut.

2. Car and truck owners will be able to put in applications for new license plates declaring "I'm Cajun ... and proud" or "I'm a Creole ... and proud." Once at least 1,000 apply, the plates will be printed, costing $15 a year, on top of standard charges.

3. Tweeting while driving can get you a ticket

4. The state's ban on texting while driving has been broadened to also prohibit accessing, reading and posting to social media sites while behind the wheel. Violators will face a traffic fine of up to $175 for the first offense and up to $500 for second and subsequent violations.

5. It will be a misdemeanor crime for journalists, bloggers or anyone else to release the names and addresses of concealed handgun permit holders or applicants.

6. For home bakers, it will be less difficult to sell their cookies, cakes and other items. They'll be exempt from certain state licensing regulations and sanitation rules that require the purchase of commercial equipment, an exemption that already had been given to makers of jams, jellies and honey.

7. Changes will require stricter guidelines for monitoring salt dome areas and require legal notification to prospective property owners of nearby underground caverns.

I think that's about it for my area.

Anything new with you all?

 

[newfoundland]

One question. What is a salt dome?

 

[kuntrygirl]

One question. What is a salt dome?

A salt dome is a geologic formation caused by a phenomenon known as diapirism, in which lighter materials force their way up through denser ones. Salts and other evaporated minerals are generally lighter than the sedimentary rock which surrounds them, and as a result, salt has a tendency to well up, creating a visible bulge in the surface of the earth which is often capped with a layer of rock. Salt domes have been utilized by humans for centuries as readily available supplies of salt, since they typically contain a high concentration of halite, otherwise known as table salt.

The formation of a salt dome takes centuries. It starts with the formation of an isolated marine inlet, which slowly evaporates, concentrating the salts. Geologists believe that these inlets must be flooded and evaporated several times to reach the concentration of salt needed to create a salt dome. Once a large deposit of salts is created, sediments are deposited over the salt as the centuries progress, but the salt will continue drifting to the top, because it is less dense than the sediments around it. As a result, the salt creates a distinctive bulge, and it appears to be boring its way through the surrounding rock when viewed in cross-section.

Salt domes can be found all over the world, in a wide variety of settings. Some are in isolated desert environments, testifying to the fact that these regions were once covered in water, while others are in marshes and swamps near the ocean. Historically, salt domes have been mined for their cargo of salt, and they also have other economic uses which can make ownership or control of a salt dome extremely profitable.

Many salt domes contain pockets of oil and natural gas, which become trapped as the salt rises. These deposits have nowhere to go until they are drilled, and they can be quite significant. Salt is also an extremely stable storage medium, leading some companies to use salt domes to store deposits of fuel and natural gas; it has been suggested that nuclear waste could potentially be stored in salt domes as well, since salt is inert and very stable.

An incomplete salt dome is known as a salt pillow, and salt domes can turn into salt glaciers, huge deposits of salt which actually move across the surface of the Earth, typically when the ground and the salt are lubricated by rain.


Salt Domes
There are 11 interior salt domes in north Louisiana and not less than 100 salt domes in the coastal area. Salt domes, or plugs, are an important element in the origin of the south Louisiana oil fields.
Northeast Louisiana with the salt domes markedExploration for oil and gas has revealed salt domes in more than 100 sedimentary basins that contain rock salt layers several hundred meters or more thick. Salt domes are known in every ocean and continent.

Salt domes supply industrial commodities, including fuel, minerals, chemical feedstock, and storage caverns. Giant oil or gas fields are associated with salt domes in many basins around the world, especially in the Middle East, North Sea, and South Atlantic regions. Salt domes are also used to store crude oil, natural gas (methane), liquefied petroleum gas, and radioactive or toxic wastes.

Salt domes are largely subsurface geologic structure that consists of a vertical cylinder of salt embedded in horizontal or inclined strata. In the broadest sense, the term includes both the core of salt and the strata that surround and are �domed� by the core. Major accumulations of oil and natural gas are associated with salt domes in the U.S., Mexico, the North Sea, Germany, and Romania; domes along the Gulf Coast contain large quantities of sulfur. Salt domes are also major sources of salt and potash on the Gulf Coast and in Germany, and they have been used for underground storage of liquefied propane gas. Storage �bottles,� made by drilling into the salt and then forming a cavity by subsequent solution, have been considered as sites for disposal of radioactive wastes.
The salt that forms these deposits was laid down in prehistoric times, mainly in places where inland seas were periodically connected and disconnected from oceans. Louisiana has SALT DOMES As these seas are cut off from the main body of water, the water evaporates, leaving immense salt pans. Over time, the salt is covered with sediment and becomes buried. Since the density of salt is generally less than that of surrounding material, it has a tendency to move upward toward the surface, forming large bulbous domes, sheets, pillars and other structures as it rises. If the rising salt diapir breaches the surface, it can become a flowing salt glacier. In cross section, these large domes may be anywhere from 1 to 10 kilometers across and extend as far down as 6.5 kilometers.
One example of an island formed by a salt dome is Avery Island in Louisiana.

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[newfoundland]

I am impressed, I knew nothing about salt domes. Thank you.

 

[KristyHall]

A salt dome is a geologic formation caused by a phenomenon known as diapirism, in which lighter materials force their way up through denser ones. Salts and other evaporated minerals are generally lighter than the sedimentary rock which surrounds them, and as a result, salt has a tendency to well up, creating a visible bulge in the surface of the earth which is often capped with a layer of rock. Salt domes have been utilized by humans for centuries as readily available supplies of salt, since they typically contain a high concentration of halite, otherwise known as table salt.

The formation of a salt dome takes centuries. It starts with the formation of an isolated marine inlet, which slowly evaporates, concentrating the salts. Geologists believe that these inlets must be flooded and evaporated several times to reach the concentration of salt needed to create a salt dome. Once a large deposit of salts is created, sediments are deposited over the salt as the centuries progress, but the salt will continue drifting to the top, because it is less dense than the sediments around it. As a result, the salt creates a distinctive bulge, and it appears to be boring its way through the surrounding rock when viewed in cross-section.

Salt domes can be found all over the world, in a wide variety of settings. Some are in isolated desert environments, testifying to the fact that these regions were once covered in water, while others are in marshes and swamps near the ocean. Historically, salt domes have been mined for their cargo of salt, and they also have other economic uses which can make ownership or control of a salt dome extremely profitable.

Many salt domes contain pockets of oil and natural gas, which become trapped as the salt rises. These deposits have nowhere to go until they are drilled, and they can be quite significant. Salt is also an extremely stable storage medium, leading some companies to use salt domes to store deposits of fuel and natural gas; it has been suggested that nuclear waste could potentially be stored in salt domes as well, since salt is inert and very stable.

An incomplete salt dome is known as a salt pillow, and salt domes can turn into salt glaciers, huge deposits of salt which actually move across the surface of the Earth, typically when the ground and the salt are lubricated by rain.


Salt Domes
There are 11 interior salt domes in north Louisiana and not less than 100 salt domes in the coastal area. Salt domes, or plugs, are an important element in the origin of the south Louisiana oil fields.
Northeast Louisiana with the salt domes markedExploration for oil and gas has revealed salt domes in more than 100 sedimentary basins that contain rock salt layers several hundred meters or more thick. Salt domes are known in every ocean and continent.

Salt domes supply industrial commodities, including fuel, minerals, chemical feedstock, and storage caverns. Giant oil or gas fields are associated with salt domes in many basins around the world, especially in the Middle East, North Sea, and South Atlantic regions. Salt domes are also used to store crude oil, natural gas (methane), liquefied petroleum gas, and radioactive or toxic wastes.

Salt domes are largely subsurface geologic structure that consists of a vertical cylinder of salt embedded in horizontal or inclined strata. In the broadest sense, the term includes both the core of salt and the strata that surround and are �domed� by the core. Major accumulations of oil and natural gas are associated with salt domes in the U.S., Mexico, the North Sea, Germany, and Romania; domes along the Gulf Coast contain large quantities of sulfur. Salt domes are also major sources of salt and potash on the Gulf Coast and in Germany, and they have been used for underground storage of liquefied propane gas. Storage �bottles,� made by drilling into the salt and then forming a cavity by subsequent solution, have been considered as sites for disposal of radioactive wastes.
The salt that forms these deposits was laid down in prehistoric times, mainly in places where inland seas were periodically connected and disconnected from oceans. Louisiana has SALT DOMES As these seas are cut off from the main body of water, the water evaporates, leaving immense salt pans. Over time, the salt is covered with sediment and becomes buried. Since the density of salt is generally less than that of surrounding material, it has a tendency to move upward toward the surface, forming large bulbous domes, sheets, pillars and other structures as it rises. If the rising salt diapir breaches the surface, it can become a flowing salt glacier. In cross section, these large domes may be anywhere from 1 to 10 kilometers across and extend as far down as 6.5 kilometers.
One example of an island formed by a salt dome is Avery Island in Louisiana.

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very informative! I just learned something.

 

[newfoundland]

Legislation that limits cat ownership but not gun ownership, I'm speechless!