And why is the gas STILL under pressure? Even if the shutoff valves are underwater, it should be possible to send someone with a dry suit to operate them. If nothing else, find someplace far enough away from other buildings that heat dissipation would not be a problem and burn off as much gas as possible there.
"supercat wrote:
Most of the fires are apparently being caused by breakdowns in the electrical and natural gas
distribution systems in the city. Natural gas fires are extremely dangerous since they can spread
wildly through piping systems and flare up with little notice.
And why is the gas STILL under pressure? Even if the shutoff valves are underwater, it should be
possible to send someone with a dry suit to operate them. If nothing else, find someplace far enough
away from other buildings that heat dissipation would not be a problem and burn off as much gas as
possible there."
In many of the live aerial video we are receiving you can pinpoint the exact location of broken gas mains. They look like a large quantity of gas bubbling to the surface of the floodwaters.
Most of them have not ignited yet.