October 8, 2008: Big Bang - Page 2

Gravdigr · 10-08-2008, 02:59 PM

Don't know whose line it is, but about 15 years ago a 36" gas main blew out about three miles from my house. Luckily, (and incredibly) there was no fiery explosion, just the force of the psi blowing out of the pipe. Even so, we could hear the roar easily inside our house 3 mi. away. We had to shout to hear each other outside. It left a hole with a surface area of about a half acre.

(P.S. Can a hole have "surface" area?)

HungLikeJesus · 10-08-2008, 03:22 PM

Sorry, thought this was the orgy thread. Excuse me.

Shawnee123 · 10-08-2008, 03:22 PM

When you're around, every thread is the orgy thread.

Cicero · 10-08-2008, 03:31 PM

Ha! HLJ's saying yes?

He's not like that.......Fie! fie!!!

tombstone · 10-08-2008, 05:17 PM

I wonder if they damaged the line inspecting it?

SPUCK · 10-09-2008, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badcat

At about 3am, some Williams pipeline techs notice a significant pressure drop in one of their lines. They say something brilliant, along the lines of "Huh, that's weird. We'll check into it after a coffee break" and do [i]nothing.[i]

Nothing? They did a better job than the Russians a few years ago. They saw the pressure drop and dialed it back up to normal!! It was out in a remote valley. It filled the valley with a nice fuel air ratio. A big passenger train went into the valley. It never came out again. The train people wondered why the train never showed up. Someone went to investigate. OHMYGAWD!!!

ZenGum · 10-09-2008, 09:15 AM

That's not far off the incompetence at the Piper Alpha oil rig fire of Britain.
IIRC, there were two rigs feeding into the same pipe. P.A. blew and the other rig should have been shut down immediately, but managers were under pressure to keep production up, so they kept it pumping ... with the flow going the wrong way up the pipe to Piper Alpha and force feeding fuel onto the already huge fire for hours.

Treasenuak · 10-13-2008, 04:49 PM

oh, now that's in-fucking-telligent

Sundae · 10-13-2008, 06:42 PM

I seem to remember a joke about Piper Alpha, Kings Cross and Bradford City FC... (all huge fires in the UK within a couple of years of eachother).

The only positive is they were all used as the basis for new regulations to ensure it didn't happen again.

richlevy · 10-13-2008, 09:34 PM

Did I mention that we have a buried pipeline in the hill behind my house, about 50 feet from the back?

HungLikeJesus · 10-13-2008, 09:56 PM

Be careful if you're out shooting for some food.

richlevy · 10-13-2008, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Be careful if you're out shooting for some food.

Well I would end up in Beverly Hills....in tiny pieces.

SPUCK · 10-14-2008, 03:56 AM

"and up comes the bubbling goo" tra la

10-08-2008, 02:59 PM	#16
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Don't know whose line it is, but about 15 years ago a 36" gas main blew out about three miles from my house. Luckily, (and incredibly) there was no fiery explosion, just the force of the psi blowing out of the pipe. Even so, we could hear the roar easily inside our house 3 mi. away. We had to shout to hear each other outside. It left a hole with a surface area of about a half acre. (P.S. Can a hole have "surface" area?) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-08-2008, 03:22 PM	#17
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10-08-2008, 03:22 PM	#18
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10-08-2008, 03:31 PM	#19
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10-09-2008, 09:15 AM	#22
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	That's not far off the incompetence at the Piper Alpha oil rig fire of Britain. IIRC, there were two rigs feeding into the same pipe. P.A. blew and the other rig should have been shut down immediately, but managers were under pressure to keep production up, so they kept it pumping ... with the flow going the wrong way up the pipe to Piper Alpha and force feeding fuel onto the already huge fire for hours. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-08-2008, 05:17 PM	#20
tombstone Disorderly Orderly Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 53	I wonder if they damaged the line inspecting it?

10-13-2008, 04:49 PM	#23
Treasenuak Multiorgasmic and wrapped in plastic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Tennessee Posts: 483	oh, now that's in-fucking-telligent

10-13-2008, 06:42 PM	#24
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I seem to remember a joke about Piper Alpha, Kings Cross and Bradford City FC... (all huge fires in the UK within a couple of years of eachother). The only positive is they were all used as the basis for new regulations to ensure it didn't happen again. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-13-2008, 09:34 PM	#25
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Did I mention that we have a buried pipeline in the hill behind my house, about 50 feet from the back? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

10-13-2008, 09:56 PM	#26
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Be careful if you're out shooting for some food. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-14-2008, 03:56 AM	#28
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	"and up comes the bubbling goo" tra la

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