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Springfield explosion cause: 'Human error,' Massachusetts fire marshal says
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Posted on 11/25/2012 2:37:15 PM PST by matt04
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Something seems suspicious. I've seen crews take those metal probes, stick them in the ground and take measurements.
For that to puncture a gas pipe seems strange. If the pipe was really that shallow and in that bad of shape than someone besides the worker has some explaining to do.
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posted on
11/25/2012 2:37:19 PM PST
by
matt04
To: matt04
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posted on
11/25/2012 2:43:28 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
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To: matt04
There are old piped utilities all over the nation. A good understanding of all the factors that control service life was only really really reached in the last 25 years. All utilities put in place prior to that are a crap shoot.
You have concrete resistance to certain chemicals, cathodic protection, pipe materials and joining, bedding issues and proximity of other utilities with constant changes. This sort of problem is very common and it is often luck that keeps the failures from being this bad more often.
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posted on
11/25/2012 2:46:54 PM PST
by
KC Burke
(Plain Conservative opinions and common sense correction for thirteen years. RSC)
To: matt04
Saw video of the entire explosion this morning. Why the city cam was pointed at a strip club may remain a mystery.
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posted on
11/25/2012 2:47:24 PM PST
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: matt04
When I first heard about the explosion, the first radio reports said it took place in West Springfield....I immediately started to fret about the safety of Donut Dip on Riverdale........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm best donuts on the planet. Phew!
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posted on
11/25/2012 2:49:13 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: Libloather
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posted on
11/25/2012 2:59:14 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: NonValueAdded
Early June 2011, Springfield was hit hard by a tornado, and people are still trying to recover. Sad Springfield is such a seedy place, maybe it should be leveled and rebuilt again.
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posted on
11/25/2012 2:59:23 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: matt04
attributing the origins of the blast to a utility worker who punctured an underground gas line with a metal probing tool. Affairs Secretary Richard K. Sullivan Jr., who oversees the DPU, will ultimately oversee the probe at this point
Hey guys, let's go down to the entertainment district and go probing, it'll be a blast!
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:03:24 PM PST
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: Libloather
It’s a shame that people were hurt, but I am not sorry that the strip club got destroyed.
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:11:56 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Sorry, Mr. Franklin, I guess we couldn't keep it.)
To: matt04
...and prompted a large-scale evacuation of the city's downtown entertainment district.Entertainment District?
It's a Combat Zone...Red Light District.
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:17:05 PM PST
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libertarian27
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To: Bigg Red
Its a shame that people were hurt, but I am not sorry that the strip club got destroyed.It's the Bic lighter's fault.
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11/25/2012 3:23:23 PM PST
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Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: matt04
I’ve seen gas utilties use long drill bits to create test holes into which they drop gas detector tubes to determine if gas is leaking under the surface of say an asphalt driveway.
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11/25/2012 3:24:24 PM PST
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:25:19 PM PST
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To: Daffynition
Oh man that place is national treasuer, as well as Albano’s Italian Ice, and LaForentia’s Cannoli’s.....
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11/25/2012 3:33:37 PM PST
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:34:57 PM PST
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Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: Libloather
That didn’t look big enough to destroy 42 buildings unless they were all ready to fall down anyway
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:37:56 PM PST
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GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Daffynition
...Donut Dip on Riverdale.... best donuts on the planet.They may be the best but Mrs Murphy's in Southwick are the Best-est! :)
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:38:43 PM PST
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libertarian27
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To: UB355
I’ve seen that also. However the hole in the pipe doesn’t looked drilled. I would assume they stop drilling the second they hit soil to avoid drilling into a pipe.
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:44:13 PM PST
by
matt04
To: libertarian27; Daffynition
There is only one best-est! I got hooked on them when I had my paper route in ILM. The ladies would swap me a half dozen for two of my extras, daily. I am still amazed that I don't have to take insulin shots!
Out front, there was a lever action DIME Coke machine!
Just look for them when the red light is lit!!! They are fantabulous!
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posted on
11/25/2012 3:48:49 PM PST
by
WVKayaker
("Mitt Romney couldn't keep up with lies and spin of Barack Obama" - Sarah Palin 10/24)
To: WVKayaker; Daffynition
Nah, these are the Best-est! LOL
We just hijacked an explosion thread with Donuts :)
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posted on
11/25/2012 4:05:12 PM PST
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libertarian27
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