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Pipe pressure before gas explosions was 12 times too high
The pressure in natural gas pipelines prior to a series of explosions and fires in Massachusetts last week was 12 times higher than it should have been, according to a letter from the state's U.S. senators to executives of the utility in charge of the pipelines.
Democratic U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey sent the letter Monday seeking answers about the explosions from the heads of Columbia Gas, the company that serves the communities of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, and NiSource, the parent company of Columbia Gas.
"The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has reported that the pressure in the Columbia Gas system should have been around 0.5 pounds per square inch (PSI), but readings in the area reached at least 6 PSI — twelve times higher than the system was intended to hold," the letter said.
The pressure spike registered in a Columbia Gas control room in Ohio, the senators said in the letter, which requests a reply by Wednesday.
See also: Columbia Gas pledges $10M toward relief efforts in Lawrence, Andover, North Andover
Previously: 60-80 Homes Burn; Gas Line "Incident" in Northern Massachusetts
(Score: 2, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday September 19 2018, @12:32AM
Massachusetts, they had an explosion. Little mistake by the Gas Company. Now @SenMarkey [twitter.com] is all over it. And @SenWarren [twitter.com] is all over it. I call her Pocahontas, she says she's Indian. Well, she doesn't look Indian to me and she doesn't look Indian to Indians.
We love safety, we want VERY SAFE energy. All kinds of energy, the gas. Coal -- Clean Coal, so important. Nuclear, we just had Hurricane Florence and our nuclear had ZERO problems. PERFECTO, so beautiful. Oil, we're doing the Bayou Bridge Pipeline to bring that wonderful oil where we need it. Wind & solar, frankly I don't know if those can be safe. Not for our birds, so many eagles and birds dieing. Falling from the sky. The White-throated Needletail, so sad. But if we can make them safe we'll do the wind & solar too. By the way, I put a tariff on the solar so we'll have the money for that. So nice of our Dem Senators to tell the Gas Company, "oh, your pressure was too high, try less pressure and you'll be much safer." Nice letter, very informative.
But, what about the sharks? One guy killed in this Gas Explosion in the Merrimack Valley. And, one guy killed in a HORRIBLE Shark Attack at Cape Cod. Also Massachusetts. But you don't hear about that one from the Fake News MSM. And you don't see our Dem Senators writing beautiful letters about it. Or doing anything at all. They could do the nets -- Australia, they have shark nets everywhere, they do a tremendous job. They could do the Depth Charge. You drop the Depth Charge, up come the sharks. Totally stunned, very easy to take them out. You do the harpoon, goodbye sharks. Don Jr. -- my son -- tremendous shark fisherman. And possibly I'll send him with my Coast Guard. And the Depth Charge. To make the wonderful waters of Massachusetts safe again!!! youtu.be/8wWkJJv95ss [youtu.be] foxnews.com/us/2018/09/15/man-bitten-by-shark-in-cape-cod-waters-has-died-police-say.html [foxnews.com] foxnews.com/travel/2018/09/17/waters-closed-following-cape-cod-shark-attack-beach-manager-says-people-will-need-to-use-common-sense-after-fatal-incident.html [foxnews.com]