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Major PG&E gas line ruptures during test (blow'd a crater in alfalfa field near town of Weedpatch)
SFGate.com ^
| 10/24/11
| Jaxon Van Derbeken
Posted on 10/24/2011 7:39:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: bannie
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posted on
10/24/2011 7:42:50 PM PDT
by
null and void
(MSGT Dean Hopkins USMC (ret) WWII-Korea-Vietnam 11/9/1925-10/22/2011 My hero, my Dad)
To: NormsRevenge
Sounds like they were aware the pipe was likely faulty clear back in the 50’s. Makes ya wonder how much other piping out there needs replacement.
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posted on
10/24/2011 7:44:47 PM PDT
by
caww
To: NormsRevenge
Is that near Bugtussle?
/johnny
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Rurudyne; steelyourfaith; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; xcamel; AdmSmith; ...
Thanks NormsRevenge.
A one-mile stretch was being tested as part of PG&E's effort to assure that its gas system is safe...
So, what did they find out?
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posted on
10/24/2011 7:54:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: JRandomFreeper
Is that near Bugtussle? Nah. It's over near Chigger Ridge.
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posted on
10/24/2011 7:54:54 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
To: NormsRevenge
How sure are we it was an alfalfa field?
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posted on
10/24/2011 7:55:40 PM PDT
by
noprogs
(Borders, Language, Culture....all should be preserved)
To: NormsRevenge
Interesting way to test. Overpressure, stand back and see what blows. Yep, thars tha weak spot raht near Weedpatch.
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posted on
10/24/2011 7:59:57 PM PDT
by
pappyone
To: okie01
Nah. It’s over near Chigger Ridge.
Excuse me? We’re living in the 21st century.
It’s “Chegro.”
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:00:50 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Author of BullionBible.com - Makes You a Precious Metal Expert, Guaranteed.)
To: noprogs
They were pressure testing the line with water so that there was no threat of a fiery explosion, just a wet one . . . like Nancy Pelosi.
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:01:15 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jazzy
(For God and country - Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo!)
To: caww
I’ve worked for Southern California Gas company over 36 years. PG&E has always played fast and loose with pipeline safety. It’s an industry-wide open secret. They are so far behind on maintenance on an ancient system that there’s no catching up!
To: NormsRevenge
Makes me wonder if they ran the pig through it before the test.
The “pig” BTW is an instrument that inspects the line using x-rays or ultrasound to find defects.
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:03:11 PM PDT
by
2CAVTrooper
( For those who have had to fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected shall never know.)
To: NormsRevenge
It blowed real good dint it?
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:03:18 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
To: Beelzebubba
Now you’re being Chiggardly.
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:03:50 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Cain = National Sales Tax; Perry = Amnesty for Illegals; Romney = Obamacare forever. Who's left?)
To: noprogs
To: Mr. Jazzy
Yeah instead of a fiery crater they just got a crater. I’m sure that would have been a significant difference if the line had popped under a house.... /s
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:04:59 PM PDT
by
brothers4thID
(http://scarlettsays.blogspot.com/)
To: 2CAVTrooper
Well, I guess they don’t have to now. I am quite sure some green eye-shade guy thought this was a cheaper, therefore better method, to find a defect.
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:05:45 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Cain = National Sales Tax; Perry = Amnesty for Illegals; Romney = Obamacare forever. Who's left?)
To: NormsRevenge
They done blowed up. They blowed up reeaal good.....
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:06:47 PM PDT
by
50cal Smokepole
(Effective gun control involves effective recoil management.)
To: cartoonistx
It’s kind of terrifying, living in a PG&E service area.
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:07:04 PM PDT
by
brothers4thID
(http://scarlettsays.blogspot.com/)
To: noprogs
“How sure are we it was an alfalfa field?”
Because according to Col. “Madman” Maddox, the Japs have secret airfields in the ones outside of Pomona.
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posted on
10/24/2011 8:14:55 PM PDT
by
2CAVTrooper
( For those who have had to fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected shall never know.)
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