You know when there was a NTSB investigation it likely wasn't cheap. Ouch. On Mon, Apr 6, 2026, 11:22 AM Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/PAB1802.pdf > > this one had the most expensive price paid > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 9:39 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wasn't there a Batman villain Mr. Freeze? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chris Fabien >> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2026 9:20 AM >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] most expensive directional boring oops >> >> Worst hit we've had was a single phase primary, cost was around $3000. >> We hit an 8" water main once, but skated out of getting charged due to >> poor locates (although we did know it was there) The worst hits seem to >> involve large amounts of water or gas usually with gas having much higher >> risk of loss of life. >> We have crossed a few pipelines with various hazardous hydrocarbons, that >> depending what they happen to be running today, a break could instantly >> freeze solid anything within a few hundred feet. >> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 8:42 AM Mark Radabaugh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I don’t think anyone has beat a OmniFiber contractor in New >> Philadelphia that hit a water main and a gas main all on the same shot, and >> managed to connect the two pipelines together in the process. Injected >> water into hundreds of homes in the middle of winter. The lawsuits are >> not even close to settled over that one. This is an early version of the >> story: >> https://www.timesreporter.com/story/news/local/2025/01/30/enbridge-customers-in-new-philadelphia-lose-service-after-line-damaged/78053193007/ >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > On Apr 2, 2026, at 3:22 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > 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] >> > 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 >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [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 >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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