20 gas explosions in Massachusetts just now!!!

stay safe God bless you. This is horrific

North Andover public schools closed tomorrow

it's always so nice of our leaders to step forward
and say a few words about what's going on.

documentary about it a few posts back. yes, there was a church and one young man (at the time, young ) who did not want to leave

93 (north and south bound) exit 45 off ramp to River Road closed

Shit show of traffic!

^^^ all of the students lol

Its total gridlock.

Reported on the news and in local MA forums. Nothing is moving....

Maybe they're too busy scrubbing tweets and notices about upgrades and safety awards?

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I just turned to FOX News and they are talking about the Pope.
Nothing about the gas explosions. Not even on the ticker. ???

The news reporter said that they don't know what caused it, but they know it wasn't terrorism.

Hmmm.

Does that mean that they kind of know what caused it, so they know for sure terrorism wasn't it, or that they don't know at all what caused it but as a matter of course they just say that it wasn't terrorism?

I google-mapped that area showing traffic. It is just a sea of red highways...awful.

this is looking more and more like another FBI Top Secret Lock-Down.

So I just called one of my employees. We poached him from a gas company in MA a few months ago. He used to deliver gas pipes for big projects. He called his friends in the industry to see what happened and this was his reply to me.

“So I called my guy. Columbia gas of Lawrence was repairing a high pressure gas line so they diverted all the gas into a low pressure line for whatever dumb reason and it was too much to handle so far 26 house have blown up 2 people dead they've evacuated 3 towns. Columbia gas is gonna lose their shirts in law suits people are going to get fired and possibly see jail time”

PIN that comment !

Everybody out of their homes, it is dark already, no power, total traffic gridlock and now what?

When is that presser starting?

You may be closer to the truth than you think. Remember the pics of the Calif fires the earlier part of this year. Trees were standing but the homes were burned to nothing but ashes. There were scorch burns on the roads so people thought it was an energy weapon of some sort. Perhaps so. The smart meter was a culprit named as a possibility though. They are known to burn the crap out of the home to which they are attached, in some cases.
Are the Boston fires following a pattern that could make it easier to blame something specific? Is this how a neighborhood would explode and burn if there was a surge of pressure or a flame induced fire that could go down the row and just keep exploding buildings?
There has to be an explanation .......

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Cardiak
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09/13/2018 07:55 PM

On page 17 has a great and believable explanation!

Last Edited by Misspurrrrrect on 09/13/2018 08:02 PM

Aye. You have that in our modernity. Hold-outs in Chernobyl, (Wormwood for the bibble thumpers),Fukishama, hell but we here in this parish had it from north of fookin denglish....

People seem to adapt for just what that may be worth.

diverted all the gas into a low pressure ...

makes sense - DUH

Obviously the pressure regulation failed.
Older gas appliances with pilot lights especially, with a
normal 3/4 inch flame, might have suddenly flames feet long shooting out.

Gas is often delivered at higher pressures today, and the home meter/regulator making a much bigger drop. The new meters are often much louder.

I've always thought this was a bad idea, combined with the fact this is just something technology will always suffer.

This happened in Chicago maybe 10 years ago.
I forget how many buildings.

This is awful! That would make sense though.

Sounds like a massive pressure increase occurred. Once the pressure increased to a certain point, diaphragms in appliance control valves were blown out, causing gas to escape the appliance and enter the living quarters.

Once the gas reaches a source of ignition, boom! Different floor plans and layouts would affect the spread of the gas, as well as different ignition sources causing explosions at varying intervals.

Good thing this didn't happen in the dead of winter up there.

Last Edited by LoneStarRising on 09/13/2018 08:04 PM

evidently the Authorities don't know what the fuck is
going on either.

Now also cancelled in Lawrence and Andover

looks like someone messed up or didn't know what they were doing.

Over 70 confirmed explosions. All 35 fires have been put out, press conference soon.

NECN News says 70 fires overall

Thank you for the info. Isn't the pressure down now? Why are there still more explosions?