[null and void]

DUCK!!!

[caww]

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.

[JRandomFreeper]

Is that near Bugtussle?

/johnny

[noprogs]

How sure are we it was an alfalfa field?

[pappyone]

Interesting way to test. Overpressure, stand back and see what blows. Yep, thars tha weak spot raht near Weedpatch.

[2CAVTrooper]

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.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It blowed real good dint it?

[50cal Smokepole]

They done blowed up. They blowed up reeaal good.....

[easternsky]

Weedpatch has quite a History during depression era, read the other day it is now 100% hispanic population.

[Diver Dave]

Back in the 80's I worked on a 42" gas line up in E. Washington. The gas line came from Canada and traversed through Northern Idaho, Washington, Oregon and into California. The contractor was PGT (Pacific Gas Transmission) a subsid of PG&E.

The pipe we installed was buried alongside an existing 30" line. The pipe we installed was seamless pipe. All welds were x-rayed. The pipe also had a vinyl coating on the pipe and each joint was coated prior to burial.

Whether this is truth or fantasy, we were told that a condition of the sale of the Canadian Gas stated that the gas could not be sold to any business that was in competition with a Canadian business. Don't know how that could have been monitored.

Here's a pic of that pipeline in Eastern Washington...

[ken21]

ut oh!

[MichaelP]

Weedpatch, Ca...You couldn't make that up!

Mike