On May 6, 2011, at 12:06 PM, Bob Blick wrote:

> Towns and cities that were built before too much thought was paid to
> infrastructure, or any way to supply it.

It'd be nice if places continued to pay attention to such =20
infrastructure after it was built.  I don't know how much national =20
attention it got, but last year a 30inch natural gas pipeline not far =20
from where I live exploded, killing 8 people and destroying 38 homes.

While I have my doubts about the demands now being placed on the =20
operator (PG&E), it seems hard to claim anything better than =20
negligence.  Apparently a weld failed in a section of pipe where the =20
records indicated that the pipe was not welded, and PG&E was unable to =20
produced records of testing of other pipelines which were subsequently =20
requested...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

BillW

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