They flooded?
They blew over like a house of cards?
They were carried away into the firmament? The rapture.
The were burst by the wind and rain. The rupture.
The media needs to be more specific. I have a hard time visualizing how a hurricane could destroy something as heavy as a pipeline. Damaged, maybe, but not destroyed.
Pipelines can be very easily damaged by shifting sands. I can’t imagine the terrain is that irregular in the gulf, so that knocks that a few wrungs down the ladder. We’ll see...
If the water was moving enough, the water could cause the pipe to break in one or several places. Enough movement might even cause the pipeline to be displaced and hard to find. Fixing a broken pipe on the ocean floor isn't an easy exercise.
If the water was moving enough, the water could cause the pipe to break in one or several places. Enough movement might even cause the pipeline to be displaced and hard to find. Fixing a broken pipe on the ocean floor isn't an easy exercise.