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Robert Green  
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 More options Nov 14 2012, 8:27 am
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From: "Robert Green" <robert_green1...@yah00.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:27:02 -0500
Local: Wed, Nov 14 2012 8:27 am
Subject: Re: Huge explosion in Indianapolis destroys 2 homes, damages dozens more
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"Kurt Ullman" <kurtull...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:AMKdnQckqb57GT7NnZ2dnUVZ_okAAAAA@earthlink.com...

> In article <k7v8ct$6d...@dont-email.me>,
>  "Robert Green" <robert_green1...@yah00.com> wrote:

> > "DerbyDad03" <teamarr...@eznet.net> wrote in message
> > news:ad13aa23-841b-4c5e-a172-

> > <stuff snipped>

> > <When read that way, you can see why it doesn't make any sense. Once
> > the houses blew up and the pipes were busted everywhere, I'd be very
> > surprised if they found a leak since I assume they would shut the gas
> > off at the nearest (farthest?) point which would prevent any gas from
> > coming out of the busted pipes.>

> > Excellent point.  With the gas turned off to the entire area, finding an
> > existing leak would be pretty damn hard.  These incidents are bad for
the
> > gas company because for the next year or so, anyone near that area
getting
> > the slightest whiff of the embedded odor will ride them mercilessly.
> > Speaking of embedding, you've heard the joke about Broadwell being an
> > embedded journalist (by Petraeus)?

>    Not really. At that point the gas company was looking for leaks in
> the mains and laterals.. where they are responsible. The explosion
> likely wouldn't have damaged them.

Are you saying that they didn't shut down the gas lines feeding into the
area surrounding the blast?  That's pretty standard stuff and without gas
flowing through the gas pipes in the neighborhood I don't see how they could
have said there were no gas leaks.  You can only locate leaks when the whole
system is pressurized.  I think Derby's right when he implies that the
statement was way too early in the investigation to be credible.

--
Bobby G.


 
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