If you get into high pressure gas, do not pass GO, do not collect $200, go directly to heaven. And take a block or two of town with you.
<rant> These things are buried under our streets. We also have HV power lines running down the streets. But people are concerned about storing spent nuclear fuel? They need to go downtown at night and watch tankers of ammonia and chlorine roll through town. < /rant> ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Jason McKemie <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2026 1:40 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] most expensive directional boring oops I've seen some pretty gnarly gas main strikes (not personally, online) - I have to assume those are where it can get extremely pricey, not to mention the loss of life. On Thu, Apr 2, 2026, 2:49 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Ouch. Big ouch. From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2026 2:38 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] most expensive directional boring oops We hit a 48" water main, washed out a RR track, made a lake.... Boring machine hit it dead center. Had to send hard hat divers into the water main to do underwater welding to put a patch on the metal liner. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2026 12:22 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [AFMUG] most expensive directional boring oops What is the most expensive incident you (or a company you know) has encountered, where your boring crew hit something? I’m just curious because an FTTH company (not us) in the next town over hit an 8” water main causing the loss of 390,000 gallons of water and damaging at least 60 feet of roadway. Reportedly it was properly marked and the boring rig went too deep. I’m guessing this isn’t the worst or most expensive thing that’s ever happened. Hitting a gas main sounds like it could be bad. -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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