ReconRat Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) CNN Video 02:04 PM ET Multiple structures on fire after gas line explodes in Sissonville, West VirginiaWell, glad I wasn't on I-77 today...That's the county where Charleston is.Explosion was at Sissonville, West Virginia. North of Charleston.http://www.dailymail.com/mediafiles/thumbs/450/600/sissroad_I121211155152.jpg Edited December 11, 2012 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikAccord Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Is there a news story to go along with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Is there a news story to go along with this?Added link to CNN video above ^Breaking news, just now showing up. But it was 3 hours ago. Edited December 11, 2012 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikAccord Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 http://www.dailymail.com/News/breakingnews/201212110063 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikAccord Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 I'd like to see what the investigation reports shows as to why this happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Oh thank god that has no potential for blow back on usCould be any variable of factors including domestic terrorism. And no I'm not joking, in the last 6 months countless pipe bombs have been discovered on right of ways and transmission lines in the Marcellus and Utica shake areas. Ask me how I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Scary thought. Probably environmental wack jobs or ticked off property owners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Maybe a stray shot from a hunter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Scary thought. Probably environmental wack jobs or ticked off property owners?A couple have been linked to nut job environmentalists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 A home a block from us exploded a few yrs back. The gas line going in the house to the meter was leaking. All our homes now have new lines and new meters outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Must have been an old house if the meter was inside. Is it Duke Energy down that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ours is a 1957 and the meter was inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yea that's old to me lolMeters on the outside of the house didnt become a standar until the 80s if my memory serves correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Vectren is replacing lines in Ohio and Indy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Vectren? Never heard of em. Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted December 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2012/1212-naturalgas/14519391-1-eng-US/1212-naturalgas_full_600.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 So the little bit of inside info we've gotten is that it is a Columbia Gas line and they think foul play could be involved. However, this was from inside the company so I'm guessing they wouldn't admit a faulty line until they knew for sure and needed it fixed, even to us.I haven't had time today though to dig into exactly what line it is or anything to see what kind of pipe, pressure and age of the line is though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted December 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I read 20 inch transmission line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I read 20 inch transmission line.sounds about right, I figured it would be 20 or 24". Had to be steel then, I'm intrigued to find out more details of who the contractor was that did it or if it was old pipe or what not. That is a bit farther south than we work so nobody in the office knows any more than what is in the news yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted December 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 The size of the pipe is often reported wrong in the news. so it remains to be determined.Similar to the "pipe size reported wrong" in that other thread going on here.But not related... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 That is an awesome wall of fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Just hit the CNN link. In the comments some dicksack named 'angel' is attributing this to polar shifts and 12/21/12.... "there will be a lot of pipelines snapping due to internal changes in the earth etc..." I guess nobody told her these lines aren't burried anywhere near the internal part of the earth, or that if it was from magnetic forces, we would be seeing our cars, ovens etc deforming as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baptizo Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Holy shit, I used to live like 5 miles from that exit and drove down that section of I-77 almost everyday!!! And was there last month on Election day....like they say, timing is everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baptizo Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 So the little bit of inside info we've gotten is that it is a Columbia Gas line and they think foul play could be involved. However, this was from inside the company so I'm guessing they wouldn't admit a faulty line until they knew for sure and needed it fixed, even to us.I haven't had time today though to dig into exactly what line it is or anything to see what kind of pipe, pressure and age of the line is thoughThe local provider in that area is Mountaineer Gas Company but the line very well could be owned by Columbia Gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Just hit the CNN link. In the comments some dicksack named 'angel' is attributing this to polar shifts and 12/21/12.... "there will be a lot of pipelines snapping due to internal changes in the earth etc..." I guess nobody told her these lines aren't burried anywhere near the internal part of the earth, or that if it was from magnetic forces, we would be seeing our cars, ovens etc deforming as well.My car is deforming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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