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Message Subject Natural gas eruption in west virginia .... More to come
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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I live not far from the eruption. In my opinion, the OP's theory is plausible. The is just TOO much safety built into gas lines for them to just go boom.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28861723


Thank you.
My point exactly if this was a man made pipe exploding it would have more damage with all the safety features that are involved in laying pipe. And the eruption wouldn't have been so large with automated shut off valves. The size and intensity if this eruption indicates a nutural occurrence
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 Quoting: Indego


Oh come on.. If you lived not far from here like I do then you'd remember the gas explosion back in 2002! That bitch burned for hours before they got it turned off n i saw that with my own two eyes..

Not sayin your theory isn't possible, but...
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26812864


Agreed.

One other important factoid, there is a difference between transmission lines and storage lines. Transmission lines are the larger lines, and are equiped with safety devices. At the same time, many of the storage lines are OVER 75 years old.

They are made of cast iron, and can be very corroded and fragile. They are also usually abondon lines from abandon wells. These lines do NOT have the same safety protocols as transmission lines, but can contain LARGE quantities of gas.

With the current supply and demand of natural gas, in conjunction with natural market volitility of natural gas, these storage lines are used quite a bit.

I'm not discounting a small EQ that broke a line, or whatnot...but being from that area, it's hard for me not to imagine some crazy redneck saying "...yeah, gonna build me a still, get me some fresh water from that spring in that-there holler...gonna just bury some of this ol pvc wif my ol' John Deere....Regulators will never know! shit yeah, whoohooo!".....BOOOOOM!
 
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