ApocaDocs: San Bruno pipeline called 'tip of the iceberg'

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Posted Mon Jan 31 2011: from San Francisco Chronicle:


	San Bruno pipeline called 'tip of the iceberg' http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1296510077 Federal investigators' findings in the San Bruno pipeline explosion probe suggest that thousands of miles of long-buried and untested natural gas pipelines across the United States are at far greater risk of failure than the industry and government regulators have long maintained, experts say... In a detailed report released Jan. 21, the safety board identified a "progressive" crack on a seam running several feet along the San Bruno line as the point where the 30-inch transmission pipe ruptured, causing a fireball that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. The crack began at a shoddy weld that extended only halfway through the pipe wall, investigators said.

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'Doc Jim says:

Coincidentally, I know of an iceberg that has a crack in its pipe.