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crusader4truth

08/31/05 12:19 AM

#421366 RE: Train Guy #421365

I was not concerned about "pressure" it's the sparks that'll hurt- There are tools for dealing with pressure taps- small ones at that- even under high pressure If it's water no problem but gasoline- no way

but how many times will the opportunity present..i.e. low pressure the right tools and a method for storage- once in a lifetime but you would've had to have already been ready- but of course it ain't legal either-s
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Elroy Jetson

08/31/05 7:07 AM

#421387 RE: Train Guy #421365

When farmers in the California Central Valley accidentally hit Chevron's crude oil pipeline, the oil geyser is something like 80 feet high until the automatic valves shut. Pretty safe actually.

When a backhoe ruptured PG&E's LNG trunkline from Canada it threw the backhoe back 50 feet, landing upside-down on the flattened operator.