[Pollard]

Well they can't put a shut off every 50 feet. If the hole's on the bottom of the pipe or it cracks all around, it's all coming out. As they say, gravity's a bitch.

I have no idea at what increment they put a shut off valve in. This thing's in two countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Pipeline

Wikipedo is about useless anymore though I did find out it's only 30 inches in diameter. Article is light on technical aspects but long on political/climate aspects.

Analysis of the time needed to shut down the pipeline shows that response to a leak at a river crossing could conservatively take more than ten times longer than the 11 minutes and 30 seconds that TransCanada assumes. (After the June 2010 spill of more than 800,000 US gallons (3,000 m3) of crude oil into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River, an Enbridge tar sands pipeline—a 30-inch (760 mm) pipe compared to the 36-inch (910 mm) Keystone XL—was not completely shut down for 12 hours.)"

"Realistic calculations yield worst-case spill estimates of more than 180,000 barrels (29,000 m3) in the Nebraska Sandhills above the Ogallala Aquifer, more than 160,000 barrels (25,000 m3) of crude oil at the Yellowstone River crossings, more than 140,000 barrels (22,000 m3) at the Platte River crossing and more than 120,000 barrels (19,000 m3) at the Missouri River crossing."

Looks like 14,000 barrels ain't half bad

[sit-rep]

Ya I guess I was dreaming... You put it in the proper perspective and are correct... It could have been a lot worse. I just hate giving into the enviro whackos and when we can’t defend against something like this after the fact well, basically... It sucks! Lol...