That’s what I am asking.
How often do these things happen? Is this average? Above average? Who tracks that kind of data?
Here is a good way to see the trends in news reports on pipeline explosions.
The chart displayed shows there actually was a big peak around 2000, then again in 2007. Doesn’t seem like 2010 is out of pattern. I wouldn’t read too much into the dropping numbers before 95 because of the fewer archived stories loaded on the web.
HC has the stats, but I believe that in Texas, we have 15 to 20 a year.