This is what we in the gas industry call a “crater maker” and it lived up to its name. This was on the east side of Michigan. Some of the videos of the dirt flying is pretty wild! I’ve been by a 60# main that was damaged and the sound and amount of dirt and rocks flying through the air was pretty wild! We locate distribution mains up to 300#. This was a 22” transmission main so it was over 300# and up to 1000#. Going off from the transmission mains we have around here I’m speculating this was 950#. From our conference call yesterday this crew was using what’s called a smart pig which is a device they run through the pipe to clean it and check for weak spots in steel gas mains. Thankfully no one was hurt or killed. 
 

https://www.wxyz.com/news/us-23-closed-in-both-directions-near-fenton-as-consumers-energy-investigates-gas-line-break

Holy cow 

reminds me of PG&E in san fran california where a portion of a  neighborhood block blew up in Daly City.

4 hours ago, throttleplate said:

reminds me of PG&E in san fran california where a portion of a  neighborhood block blew up in Daly City.

Speaking of PG&E

 

 

On 3/19/2022 at 10:45 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Holy cow 

That about sums it up perfectly

On 3/19/2022 at 10:45 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Holy cow 

x3

I guess that the smart pig isn't so smart any more. 

FM

37 minutes ago, Fishingmickey said:

I guess that the smart pig isn't so smart any more. 

FM

Well they clean the mains and find weak spots and inconsistencies in the mains. I’d say this smart pig went a little overboard finding the weak spots. ?

 

I joke about it knowing no one was hurt.