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A gas line exploded near McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday.
A ruptured gas line that caught fire and sent flames 50 feet into the air Tuesday morning in McKinney, Texas, has been put out, but not before injuring two people and damaging several vehicles.
The gas line explosion was first reported at about 8:45 a.m. local time at a construction site along state highway 121 in Collin County. Flames could be seen burning from about 15 miles away.
According to the McKinney Fire Department, a six-person Atmos Energy crew was working in the area when they ruptured a six-inch gas line with a backhoe.
Witnesses described hearing the gas and the explosion that followed afterward.
"There was a big hiss and we were running around trying to figure out what the hiss was, and it was only about maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then, 'kaboom' -- we saw it across the street," said Chris Bean, who works at the nearby Golf Club at McKinney. "My first reaction was, 'Thank God I don't have to fix that.' Then the reality hit ... you could see the flames and there was no black smoke, just this huge ball of fire. I saw one of the crew members run across the street and he was pretty shaken up ... they just started running."
There were conflicting reports about the number and severity of those injured, but Atmos officials now say only two people were treated for injuries, one for anxiety.
Read the original story, see raw video of the fire on NBCDFW.com
"We are very lucky. They [the crew] were all immediately accounted for. This is in the McKinney city limits but it is in a fairly remote area so there were no homes impacted," said Stacie Durham, McKinney Fire Department.
Several vehicles, including digging equipment, were destroyed by the fire.
Power out
The fire caused a power outage in the area and the nearby Medical Center of McKinney operated on generator power for a short time until power was restored to the hospital. The hospital is located about a block southwest of the fire.
At 11:15 a.m., power remained out to about 1,000 customers in the area.
At about 9:45 a.m., the supply to the gas line was shut down and the fire slowly went out as the residual gas burned off.
Traffic has reopened in the area, though it is moving slowly.
McKinney is about 30 miles north of Dallas.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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We as a Country need to find alternative energy, more reliable clean energy solar power, wind power, the dangers of keeping oil as an energy source is not good for America, don't be fooled by the corrupt corporations, we need to change For the better.
Great, one backhoe driver has one split second of a brain fart and now ALL the extremest brain fart liberals are going to come out of the sewer and accuse all the rest of us being the cause of everything that has gone wrong since the dawn of time. Ok R A R Jr. so why don't YOU "find alternative energy, more reliable clean energy solar power, wind power, the dangers of keeping oil as an energy source is not good for America, don't be fooled by the corrupt corporations, YOU change For the better" and quit trying to blame all the rest of us for what YOU don't like. Gotta go cook my lunch on my natural gas stove that I love...se ya'.
Nope not going to accuse anyone of being the cause of anything but this incident is a good example of how a stupid mistake can turn a good idea into a very bad idea in a hurry of course the much better example is the Deep Horizon/BP Gulf incident.
It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see how something like the proposed Keystone XL pipeline could easily turn into a land based disaster that could equal the BP Gulf spill.
At the end of the day, it doesn't much matter how good a plan looks on the drawing board because even when redundant systems are put in place to help mitigate "human error" we still end up with all sorts of unintended consequences.
Nuclear energy is a viable engine to power our electrical grid and it's ready right now. New Gen IV designs are safe and produce very little waste with much shorter half-lives.
AG
I am all for nuke but...as long as the reactor sets on a 100% stable piece of real estate with no earthquake, tornado or hurricane threat there will be no threat. On Earth that is where? Other than this one consideration, and we should be able to come up with a way, it is our future.
Hey folks, far be it from me to interject facts from the actual article into your tirades, but this story is about a 12" high-pressure natural gas line broken by a backhoe, ....not about "oil", "big oil" or the "corrupt corporations." Some however will never waste an opportunity to push their socio-economic agenda, even at the risk of just appearing foolish.
Life Lesson : Excavation 101 : "Call before you dig."
Robert
Thanks for that bit of sanity. Really.
This was a natural gas line not an oil line. Natural gas is a clean and abundant source of energy for the US.
why cant anyone read anymore. It says right in the artical that it was a 6" line not 12"
It doesn't matter if the line was gas or oil, if the backhoe had hit a solar panel there wouldn't be a an environmental leak of any kind, let alone a life threatening explosion.
@ Robert A Racine Jr: Who is going to pay for my outrageous heating bills when we use your sources of energy? You know how much that crap costs to get running?
What this really means is by the end of the week we will be paying another 20 cents a gallon at the pump.
I think it is funnier than he&^ when people say " we" then sit back and wait for "we" to do something. What are "you" doing. I personally wait for "them, those guys, you know who". If you do not know where to start , try the Internet, I know you can find it.
Not getting into the FF good bad argument (save that for another post) but I believe this is a natural gas line that they hit. Eitherway someone didn't call dig safe/dig rite/one call ect (whatever the name in the area), or they did and the marking guys screwed up, or they did and the crew screwed up. Eitherway always be careful when digging. Glad no one was killed and they are lucky.
I imagine someone is going to get fired over this one? If they aren't already burned out? Bet there were some people who were pretty hot over this mistake? Someone really flamed out here?
It is time
tb10196
why cant anyone read anymore. It says right in the artical that it was a 6" line not 12"Now
THAT'S interesting. I copied and pasted the following directly from the article:
" ...12" high-pressure natural gas line... "
And now the article says " ....six-inch gas line..."??? Changed diameter, and removed "high-pressure". Do these articles get edited without notation?
You're right, Robert, now all we have to do is convince the whack jobs like "to the republicans" who goes off the deep end at the mere suggestion. The planet is too crowded and we are too far technologically advanced to not proceed with developing fuel sources for the next generation without fear of fracking splitting the earth into frequent fissures and quaking; oil spills killing people, wiping out food sources and poisoning the air and water and on and on. Yes, it's only a broken pipe, caused by a manmade accident, same as the Horizon spill in the gulf, it's all the same result - digging for oil and gas, and burning these fuels for our primary source of energy is still and always has been dangerous and is in finite supply, so let's move forward. I know progress and science scare the beejeesus out of you simple-minded conservatives and pisses off you oil profiteers and maybe you cowpokes in Texass don't mind your beaches looking like a used oil filter or your seawater to be the consistency of mercury as it is in the texass city/galveston region, but the planet cannot take this abuse forever, especially as we grow in numbers, doubling in population since the late 60s and we need to be more responsible for future generations. Wind and solar power are useful, provide infinite energy and are not flammable, nor do they poison the air. So pull your head out of your 18th century rear-end, lift your knuckles out of the dirt and join the rest of us as we evolve. The planet will be grateful.
None of you has any idea what you are talking about.. they not only called dig tess, they were digging up the actual line in question and hit it. They were actually looking at it and replacing the pipe. They knew exactly where the pipe was. Hence the company, Atmos. Get it? They are the gas company. Get it?
And think about this too.. that is someones family you are talking about, somebodies husband, son, father that could have been blown up when that pipe went off. They don't hit those pipes on purpose. They don't have "human error". This was an accident. This is something that is in the back of our heads everyday when they go off to work and it is a very real fear.
Know before you post, it would make you sound a bit more educated.
Call before you dig Damnit!
Call 811 for FREE marking of pipelines (even in your yard.)
Look for pipeline markers
**Dumb asses**
PHMSA rules: Mechanically dig no closer than 18" from a live line ( its a shovel after that)
Oh, and for all you jokers that have to make this political, they don't give a darn if it is republican or democrat when they are digging up that pipe as long as it is safe. And when it blows up.. I can promise you it isn't Obama or Romney their wives are praying to when they are waiting on news from the crew leader and bosses.
AG99 - Can we store the spent rods and waste in your back yard??
totherepublic - I do live on solar and wind - totally off the grid!! Do you really trust those 50 year old pipe lines to your house not to blow up?? Get real!
the planet cannot take this abuse forever, especially as we grow in numbers, doubling in population since the late 60s and we need to be more responsible for future generations.
Amazing - we can't figure out renewable energy - but we can screw our way to depletion. And with twice as many people, you'd think some brainiac could get a good solution going. But alas, seems everyone is acting with the wrong 'head'.
Make babies! Not Energy!
Kim-1294163
REPLY: A bit testy, aren't we? If this "gas company" "knew exactly where the pipe was", why did they rupture it with a backhow, and why were they replacing the pipe while it was pressurized with natural gas (as evidenced by the 50-foot tall flames?
REPLY: Yes, good advice for you too, hmm?
REPLY: "They don't have "human error"??? Now that's just nonsense, which doesn't even comport with your previous heated scolding. At the root of most "accidents" is "human error." The gas line didn't rupture on its own. It ruptured because of the work of the ground crew. How is that not "human error"? Just curious ....
tammenyhall - (interesting handle) anyways I was going to stay out of this debate but wanted to address your question since you asked. Actually the current spent rods could be reused in the Gen IV reactors (or current ones if reprocessed but that has other issues with it as well and LWR need to go away and be replaced anyways), and the amount of waste left is minimal as in only few hundred pounds of which some can be used for other applications and what can't be is only harmful for around 200-300yrs vs about 10,000yrs. Easily stored on site or at a central location like Yucca with little concern. The real bad stuff gets used up in the reaction process. Then these reactors have passive safety measures in that they need electricity (use their own) to keep the the reaction going otherwise they shutdown. Also they can't meltdown because if they get to hot the reaction slows down, it doesn't keep speeding up and nothing is under pressure so there is no explosion either. Oh and making weapons grade material is extremely hard to do with these, so much so it is not practical to try. Google Gen IV or LFTR you'll be amazed. From what I've read to those really could be an option and the hurdles they face are nothing that is impossible to overcome. We could make it happen if we wanted to, just have to get the NRC on board and overcome those who currently control the electrical production market. Military is currently looking into these. They are actually huge players in the renewable and sustainable market, and that is not just electrical production either, regardless of how bloated their budget is and other waste, they get a good grade there.
Otherwise, kudos to being off grid!
My future vision would see us make the switch away from FF for almost all electrical production (bio gas still used) and for the most part have LFTR's be the base power source, supplemented in large part with solar, and combined with an updated, modernized, and decentralized power grid. Then throw the handful of other renewables and non FF on the side kind of like we have now. But that is just my vision (part of it) right, wrong, or subject to change.
Trinity Solar in NJ has over 20,000 customers for a reason: It's a far less expensive form of clean, safe, alternative energy...Now for the totally "ignernt" ...You don't have to buy solar panels today. In NJ, you can lease them month to month for a low rate, purchase the solar energy from the solar provider or ...best way yet...offer to allow the solar company to put the solar panels on your roof, sunny side of the house for ZERO if you are willing to allow the solar company to use the excess solar your panels produce...that's right folks...no more excuses....How stupid is it to have to be a hostage of Big Energy that only makes your tax dollars flood Big Rich Texas? You handed them $12 billion this year. Could we afford that? Oh and by the way, many of the new homes being built in the northeast are built with the solar panels....Leave Big Rich Texas once in a while before you slam the inevitably growing solar industry. Trinity is only one of thousands in NJ.
$hit!! My wife wrecked her car yesterday, minor, but still an accident. I think we should forget the wheel and go back to dragging our women by the hair into our caves so we can make more "cave babies". Give it a break you damn tree-hugging fools. You'd be the first to holler if the gas stations ran out of gas or your lights wouldn't come on. You'd freeze to death in the winter because you'd be waiting for someone else to chop your wood and stoke your fireplace. Idiots. If there is a better and cheaper alternative use your brain and make it happen.
Mike,
Texass?? What a jerk!! I might have listened otherwise!!
Ewent,
Once again spouting about knowing nothing. We have wind power all over the state. Takes thousands of them to produce the same power a clean burning natural gas power plant.
BTW, how did each of you get to work today? The computer you are working on is an oil product. Funny, when oil bottomed out in the 80's I didn't hear you people crying for the thousands of workers that lost everything. Further, natural gas and oil are produced all over the United States. Including the Northeast. Marcellus Shale.
Robert in Oregon,
I am testy, because that is what my husband does for a living and has done for 20 years.
And I pray to God every day that he comes home to me alive. Yes, they replace these pipes with the pressure on them. Do the research sir. SCARY STUFF! You dig that pipe up, with a backhoe, and not hit one, for 20 years. It takes talent, it takes skill. I can promise you, this was an ACCIDENT. NOT an error. Not someone that didn't locate a pipe, not someone that dug in the wrong place, not someone that wasn't paying attention. I can assure you these men, they pay attention. They want to come home at night.
It's my understanding replacing pipe is done after severely reducing the presure. I seem to recall a very low positive pressure is maintained, even when welding - a 'hot weld' I think. Today's event is an accident as the result of human error. Please do not think 'human error' is meant to be casting an aspersion on the workers. Robert is correct - an accident is the result of human error- whether it be inattention, miscalculation, misinterpretation, misunderstanding, forgetfulness, incorrectly drawn maps - you name it - somewhere human error crept in whether at the site of the accident or on the drawing board where the pipeline maps were generated. Remember, "to err is human, to forgive is divine." We all, repeat ALL, are subject to 'committing' human error - 'to err IS human'.
R. Galli
Edison, NJ
Kim-1294163
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"Most of the accidents are attributable to human error."
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Kim, I suggest you read the article at the following link, and watch the WFAA video ....and then reduce your level of indignation, just a bit. Thanks.
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How could Atmos contractor rupture a gas line?
by BRETT SHIPP
WFAA
A six-inch gas transmission line owned by Atmos Energy was struck by a backhoe operated by workers replacing a line. The incident raises questions about why the gas company's own contractors were apparently unaware of its location. Read more: http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Atmos-contractor-strikes-line-causes-explosion-167770635.html
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth Video: http://www.wfaa.com/video?id=167770635&sec=552927&ref=rcvidmod
Oh Snap!! Another reason to raise the price of gas.
So, it must be Obama's fault then....
Only in your mind, stop voting for your own stupid political drool.
AG - There is no such thing as a safe nuclear power plant. The first nuclear disaster happened in 1947 in Ventura, California and was 200 times more serious than Three-Mile Island. Few people know about the Ventura leak. Chernobyl covered most of Europe. We haven't seen all the effects of the Japanese disaster, but it's started with the mutated butterflies. And nobody really knows what to do with the nuclear waste. If you really want to make our planet uninhabitable, then nuclear is the way to go.
Isn't it funny how in Big Rich Texas the "Whole Other Country" how they are too stupid to take the proper precautions like we have in the northeast states...Here, signs are everywhere....Call before you dig!" And this is the swaggering buffoons who want the rest of the country to trust them with more fracking and rigging digging digging like energy moles for more more more natural resources so Big Rich Texas, that "Whole Other Country" can stick it to the "other country" they rely on for tax subsidies in the billions for their slime ball industry? The one...the only....Big Rich Big Energy?
So let's see if I've got this right...everywhere else but in the Confederacy engineering departments in local municipalities know where forklifts plan to dig. The companies planning to do digging everywhere but Texas are regulated enough to where they have to place a call to the appropriate engineering and municipal liaison before they can dig...Everywhere but stupid Swaggerville US. That Whole Other Country. Any more dumbass than this you can't make up folks.
You're a real TOOL ewent. I'd like to see you dig a hole with a forklift. You don't even know what digs holes or why you are so comfortable living in your warm/cool house. I'd love to see you helpless pieces of $hit survive without all those comforts because it hurts our earth. The real pain in our world is idiots like you! Bet you've don't even know what pipe looks like. Have you been to the site where the accident happened? or even to Texas. Gosh I sure hope not. We have enough of dumba$$es moving down here working in our filthy state because people like you have killed the businees atmosphere where you live.
Summertime: Go read up on Generation IV reactors, then get back to me. They ain't your daddy's nuclear power plants anymore.
Archie Haley
You're a real TOOL ewent. I'd like to see you dig a hole with a forklift.
REALLY?? I'd like to see anyone dig a hole with a forklift Archie!!!!!!!!!! It's a BACKHOE!! A forklift is what you use to pick up pallets and such in a warehouse or construction yard - You don't dig holes with it!! Ugh....
You are certainly right. We, in Wisconsin had a gasoline line leak that ruptured and ruined several private drinking water wells and yes, a week later gasoline prices shot up and the cause was this interrupted gasoline supply. Every time something like this happens I cringe at the republican's complaining about all the regulations that we are to abide by. Yikes, they are such idiots.
Exhao, THAT is what he meant.
?
Who was supposed to call the gas company?
Seriously! a 12 inch line!! Those are usually VERY well marked
not to mention pretty thick
I'm trying to imagine what was going through the backhoe operator's mind.
'Oh, I hit something, damn its hard, I'll just poke at it a little harder and show it who is boss...OH @!$%#!!!'
Nice one, could be weinnie roast time.......
Seven2Seven...My bets are on a barbecue with side of cow on the menu.
Atmos IS the gas company.
What was going through his mind? Probably " I hope this pinche gringo measured correctly".
For sure procedure under OSHA was not followed. Call, Locate, Spot, Go slow. I have dug around many and have never hit one and I am not that good at it.
LOL, u idiots know nothing about pipelining, so stop presuming.
delainey...We know more than that forklift operator. Maybe his double sized butt end and overloaded gut was so big he couldn't see his two feet in front of him much less where he was digging...Facts....You call call call call before you dig. I guess telephones must be banned on jobsites in Swaggerville USA.
What a bitch.
Ewent:
What forklift operator? I am a certified forklift operator (not my job, but certified none-the-less), and I can tell you one thing...I couldn't dig a hole with that thing to save my life!! Before you start calling people idiots, and knocking Texas, you better educate yourself...it even says BACKHOE in the article. Nitwit. It was an ACCIDENT. They knew where the pipeline was, ATMOS OWNS IT!!
Archie:
HAHAHA. I know, right?
I will assume that they were aware that there was a hole in the pipe, thus the digging. Backhoe (NOT forklift) makes mistake and hits steel pipe with steel bucket. Spark, Oxygen from open hole. Boom!
We have car accidents and drunk driving accidents everyday in America. Funny, I don't here idiots calling for us to stop making cars or beer!!
Yet another reason why natural gas should stay below ground! It was under ground for a reason!
the construction company and backhoe operator were at fault. They should have had a spotter
and should have known there was a gas line there. Also, the backhoe operator must have
been inexperienced.
john 528 i take it that you don't have much experience either. Listen people not every line that gets marked is marked correctly. Often times they are marked incorrectly and it is the marking companies fault. No where in this article does it say that it was any ones fault. How about waiting until all the facts come out before everyone says what they don't know.
As a result, gas will now be $7.50 a gallon
Really? Natural gas has an impact on REAL GAS!?!?! DOOFIS
Why not? Everything else seems to have an impact on crude prices.
This is America. If the sun is too bright on a Tuesday afternoon it effects gas prices. Pay attention moron.
Well, this ought to be good for another 10-15 cent increase in the price of a gallon of gasoline.
Please tell me how a ruptured natural gas line will cause an increase in Gasoline prices?????
The same reason as the storm, region unrest, electrical failure and what not affect gas price. If someone sneeze at the top, gas price will increase as well.
The storm will shut down oil production. That can affect the price. Unrest in the Middle East. Same. Electrical failure?? I guess. Depends where. It is the speculators that cause price fluctuations. Oil companies pay the same price for gasoline that you do.
@TXHorseman
If only that makes sense like you said, but when the storm is several hundreds miles from oil production, civil unrest in region that don't even produce oil and electrical failure somewhere in the state.
Oil companies paid the same prices? I guess all the subsidies and record profits in billions are chump changes, right?
Hey people it's Texas what do you expect.Don't you know we need more pipelines,more drilling,and more explosions s//
What would Jeff Foxworthy say about these guys? "Here's your sign."
RT, wrong comedian. Foxworthy is the "You Might Be A Redneck" guy. Which by the way, might fit this occassion.
I believe that would be Bill Engvall.
R. Galli
Edison, NJ
I stand corrected Sir.
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In my state natural gas is sold by the cubic foot.
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in texass they sell it by the cowboy boot full.
I wish I had the underwear replacement concession for all the backhoe drivers everywhere who have done this. This happens... a LOT! Makes you wonder? :)
another thing you can blame the President
This was a NATURAL GAS line, it will have no effect on the price of gasoline.
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Took 10 folks before this fact registered.
See # 11.
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your post wasn't up when I typed mine, but it is amazing how many people don't know the difference/confuse the two.
Its amazing how many people are naive enough to think gas companies won't find a way to make this mean higher gas prices.
TRB167 Wanna bet? Every disaster or accident is blamed for the price of gas at the pump.
Remember Kids, call before you dig, it's the law.
I just wish I had the underwear replacement concession for the backhoe drivers that do this. This happens... a LOT! Makes you wonder, eh? :)
Politics aside, negligence is the cause and after an investigation the guilty party will be exposed. The important thing is that nobody was seriously injured or killed.
OK first off its not the operators flat its not the company's flat its no reason to worry your self about alternate energy because the operator could have be made to dig there Ive seen 20 year operator veterans hit gas lines its just something that's there have you ever run a hoe? i didn't thank so i have its hard. the company yea they should of called miss utility but did you ever thank that the line could have not been marked? I've found hundreds of unmarked lines that was dead and know one marked! and as for the alternate energy source we are screwed ether way
nuclear is unstable
wind is only in certain areas
water well we are in a drought
coal obama is trying to stop
now hell just leave the oil and gas alone its been working for 100 or more years just leave it be.
as for all of you who thank that all of are accidents was fixable well yea they are fixable we did clean the golf? we did clean up all the salt brine dumped in Alabama and we have done a lot of things to prevent and to fix are mistakes but we have to make mistakes to learn how to fix them...
Joshua summers environmental science/land surveying major Grenville state college
For being in "college", you are an utter embarrassment. This isn't just about grammar. It is about your total inability to even write a meaningful sentence. Once again, your southern ignoranace is showing. Seriously. You can't even spell the name of YOUR COLLEGE correctly?
People like you are the reason the future of this country is damned. God only knows how you were even admitted into college to begin with. You are studying environmental science and you don't see a problem with oil and gas? Yep, let's just cook the planet a little more. Nothing like warmer waters in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to exacerbate the strength of hurricanes. You don't see a problem with receding glaciers? No snowmelt (hell, who needs fresh water?)? Let's keep burning coal, gas and oil for the next twenty years and see what kind of planet we end up living on.
And no, we didn't "thank" (think) all of "are" (our) accidents are fixable. And we didn't clean the "golf". We cleaned the Gulf.
By the way, I'd love to know where "Grenville State College" is because I did an internet search and didn't find one.
Also, I LOVE the way you left solar of your little list of energy sources. Even in GERMANY (not known for their sunny weather), they use solar extensively. Unfortunately, you prove that far too many Americans are self-centered, ignorant and uneducated. 100 to 1 odds you are also a NASCAR fan, right?
Lastly, please don't tell me you are planning to procreate (that means "have children").
hayy robert :) buddy ol pall i may not be the best speller of the best at grammer and im not from germany im from amarica and with out oil coal gas timber we are lituraly @!$%#ed!!! and spell checked changed the name of my college so go @!$%# your self its glenville state college and it has one of the best enviromental science classes on the east cost. and by the way 20 years down the road we wont even be here we even if you stop all oil gas and coal what will you eat farmers wont be able to grow anything you will be runing around in the dark and besides do the math if we do stop this with all the extensive damage we have allready done we will be lucky to last 20 years...
Handyman Special: Anybody want to buy a slightly used backhoe? Needs paint, but it's a real runner.
Oil execs must be happy about this. Once the hurricane passed, they were wondering what excuse they could use to raise gas prices.
Peter, that is just dumb.
Should have called Ms. Utility!
You people really need to get reading lessons. Atmos IS the gas company. It's their line!! and their crew!!. AND, natural gas has nothing to do with the price of gasoline!!
They probably knew they had a leak as well, thus the reason to dig. Backhoe hits pipe caused spark!! Boom!
Here's another reason to drive the price of gas up. Just full of idiots.
How much will the price at the pumps go up over this one?
none
It is a natural gas pipeline, NOT gasoline!! Good lord people!!! Get a clue!!
Josh, I wouldn't say this natural gas pipeline leak won't affect gasoline prices. It seems the oil companies use ANY excuse to raise the price of gas, even when consumption is dropping, the price of oil is relatively low and stocks of completed gasoline are bursting the seams of the tanks. The oil companies gouge the consumer at every opportunity.
Now, DIRECTLY causing gasoline to go up in price, yeah, I'll concede there isn't a DIRECT connection, but that won't stop Big Oil...
Devil,
Just another mis-informed person spouting mis-information. Once the oil company sells the oil. They have the profit and are done.
You have proof of this I guess??
ok first off its not the operators falt its not the companys falt its no reason to worry your self about alternant energy becase the operator could have be made to dig there ive seen 20 year operator veternes hit gas lines its just something thats there have you ever run a hoe? i dident thank so. the companey yea thay should of called miss utility but did you ever thank that the line could have not been marked? ive found hounderds of unmaked lines that was dead and know one marked! as for the alternat energy sorce we have tryed everything just stick with what works. nuclyer was unstable, wind is only in ceirtan areas, water well we are in a drought, and coal? obama is trying to ban it!
as as for all of you thanks we are destroying the "enviroment" go hug a tree. all of are past mistakes have helped us find new salutions to are future problumes yea acadents happen but hay its life its the only way we can learn. we cleaned what we could from the golf we cleaned up the salt brine in alabama.
you know what go to google and serch how many people in the united states of amarica work in the oil and gas related fields yea its alot we take oil and gas out of the picture we are screwed the work field will drop drasticly and guess what you cant drice your car now more and by the way this incadent wont move the gas prices!!! get real people and look out of the box
West Virginia eh? I never would have guessed...
I have worked in the Pipeline business for over 20yrs. Pipeliner's have all kinds of Safety Rules and Regulations that has to be gone by. This happens!! People work their butts off so that yall can have a warm house in the winter time... UNGRATEFUL !!!! Yall are some sick people for all of yalls rude comments.
Sorry for the families that as lost a love one... That was someones dad, brother, son, grandfather
I will be praying for yall.
tj29...One of the reasons people in the northeast are converting to solar is because y'all charge too damn much to heat a small 1200 ft. home not to mention the rip off of the McMansions so y'all can collect nice fat salaries ripped off with price gouged heating costs. In NJ, the minute First Energy out of Texas bought up the electric and gas companies, the heating costs went through the roof. Y'all need to get a clue. Y'all caint stay business if y'all overprice your products.
Think y'all need to pray that your addiction to fossil fuel energy doesn't hit bottom.
Ewent,
Lord, your jealousy is shouting today!! Here, read this and then feel free to shut up!!
I was here in the 80's when thousands of people lost their jobs, their livelihoods and their homes. I have zero simpathy for you or anyone like you.