BREAKING: ANOTHER UCLA Water Main Break

Water restrictions means more water/pressure in the system, hence the busted pipes.

Also they are a hundred year old pipes.

LA DWP does not inspect the pipes in the city, they would liable if they did. They just wait for them to break.

FFS - THE TARGET PIPE WAS BROKEN
BY CONSTRUCTION CREWS WORKING
ON THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR WHICH
IS CONNECTED WITH TARGET !!

No article with this thread, just a Pic !

What's going on today GLP ??

Who's the pin happy Mod. ?

all the stories i've read say it is on the campus

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It was just on the news here in LA. Ch5

Pipe was broken by nearby construction crews

clumsy bastards

Yeah... Sorry to burst your pipe there OP...
since I'm in LA, wanted to let you know
what was up.

Peace

Dammit! I let my grass die and those jerks go and waste our water.

"BREAKING" and Break in the same title for the WIN!

Can be expected. The main that broke was almost 100 yrs old. They had problems shutting things down because the valves more than likely hadn't seen maintenance in 40 or 50 years. Now all the pressure surges are going to cause more breaks. Wouldn't be at all surprised if more breaks happen in the coming months.

Then, as a lot of you probably know, they'll just cut both ends of the break, weld a patch on it & call it good. Then the rest of the pipe will continue to break in the years to come. Why won't they fix it right? It'll cost too much, ie: they'll have to cut pensions etc.

Gotta love L.A. and California!

The earth is expanding but you're not supposed to know.

Just overcrowded a bit, other than that its ok, not bad...However you got earthquakes to consider. Nowhere on earth is ideal & perfect.

lol tou·ché

Stupid union scumbags broke the pipes.

12.5 EQ, downtown L.A. by the end of business today!

Mark it down. I'm never wrong.

I'm willing to spend a couple extra bucks to shop at a Target, rather then go into the weirdness of a Walmart.

definately!! I Hate Wal-Mart....and avoid it like the plague........or Ebola

Buried bones 100's of years old found in dry desert regions are found still intact. If the ground builds pressure on the bones then will crush them like an egg.

Pipes are many times stronger than bones. Hit one with your hand just to be sure I'm not BSing.

Newport/Inglewood/Rose Canyon Fault Zone. Keep an eye on it.

Non-union guys break pipes too. Even carefully located and marked; if you must dig in a given area sometimes things just happen.

If you take the time to be super careful somebody is yelling at you for taking too long.

Been there; done it; got the pin.

You must be from Colorado! Saw a locator completely miss a Telco cable, that "no one knew was there" and wiped out service to 10,000 homes. Then spent 7.5 hours looking for a valve. The pothole crew drilled 11 yes 11!! holes no luck! Finally an old foreman walked the intersection dowsing with coat hangers. Put the pothole crew 18" to the left of it in under 10 minutes. Go figure.......

Well almost never 5pm and nothing zip nada nothing.

Oh crap! Did I miss the quake? I always miss the good stuff.

You sure that wasn't a typo? Did you mean 1.25 EQ? If so I think you might've nailed it!