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| Topic: HOW IMPORTANT IS A 'STORY' FOR THE NEWS MEDIA? | |
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Do they not use surge shut off valves so if a pipe does break the gas is shut off.... Much of our infrastructure here is pretty antiquated. I remember a gas line explosion up in Washington State in the 90's that laid waste to a pretty large area. Our bridges are failing... Our power grid overwhelmed... Fail safes ignored. New technology passed by. Yesterdays explosion, unfortunately, is par for the course. up here we have a problem with the waterlines..they break in cold weather and the mechanical shut off valves half the time don't work...the infrastructure in a lot of the major cities have passed their life expectancy but the cost to replace is so high the cities can't afford it so they just keep making repairs as needed |
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it always pisses me off when grieving people or accident victims have cameras or microphones shoved in their face.i don't even watch the news anymore it stresses me out.
thank goodness your safe and prayers go out for you,your son ,and the family of little girl(and the little girl) and her grandfather. I just hope the family didnt learn of the tragedy from the news. |
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Lindyy have you ever considered moving to another neighborhood with better gas pipes. When I lived in Phoenix about 20 years ago they were having problems with plastic gas lines that had been laid in the 60 breaking and causing explosions. Do you perhaps have the same problem where you live? There was a lot of plastic pipe used back then. I cannot even think about moving. I have lived here since I was born, neighborhood that is. You are right though, everything is getting in need of being replaced, but the cost is too high. The county is doing some type of special investigation. That house is totally gone, just a hole left! Then the gas leak up at the schools was a loose valve. When my dad worked for Peoples Gas, it is now Dominion Peoples, his last few years before he retired was going all over and checking all of the valves and gas lines. A lot were high pressure lines. He would be in the woods, everywhere. I assume they still have someone doing that. They would have to just for safety purposes. Who knows. Just gets scary when it is right in the middle of a housing complex with 3 schools located within it. Lindyy |
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As many of you may know, my son is a volunteer fireman/EMT. I had today off from work. Early this afternoon I heard a very loud and heavy boom. Checked out my house, nothing wrong. Checked outside nothing wrong. Unfortunately, there was something very wrong elsewhere in my neighborhood. One mile away a house exploded from a gas leak. A four year old little girl was thrown out of the house, across the street into a neighbor's yard. Her grandfather was thrown out of the house into the driveway and covered with rubble. Unfortunately, the grandfather died. My son just called to advise me to keep away from that area of my neighborhood as natural gas is still leaking. Fifteen houses were damaged from the explosion. People were evacuated from the area and still are not allowed back to their homes. My son's complaint was when he called me, was as the several different volunteer fire companies and EMT/ambulance companies were trying to do their job, there the media was up in their faces asking them for an 'official report'. Can you believe that? My son would not talk to them and asked to be left alone so he could do his job. They even showed the grandfather getting CPR. How cruel can they get, just for a story? JUST FOR THE SAKE OF A STORY. Glad you are ok.After being a cop for 20 yrs I understand your son's frustrations.There is an old adage " If it bleeds it leads". |
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