We hit propane, no one knew there were laterals going ACROSS the road, now they do. Didn’t vaporize anything, but everyone held their breath. Gas company was surprised.
> On 2 Apr 2026, at 2:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > 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 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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