Fwd: Other types of underground utilities

wb8foz at nrk.com wb8foz at nrk.com
Sun Oct 24 16:10:41 UTC 1999


Mike Heller <mikeh at earthweb.com> writes: 
 > I find it interesting that we don't hear about more accidental gas
 > explosions and water main breaks from backhoes.  Are the blueprints and
 > posted warnings more detailed or is there more fiber than utility pipe in
 > the ground?

{Tardy reply}

Ha! I was in the pipeline business. It happens all the time.
See <http://www.underspace.com/>

About a year ago, a woman in a new tract house out by Dulles died
after the basement filled with gas & it exploded. The line had been
nicked -- suspected cause: the electric utility laying THEIR feed.

Every few years, someone hits a LPG line and turns into marshmallow.

A public housing building in Chicago was destroyed when a gas
line was hit -- ?18 months? ago or so.




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