From: jock@soccer.com   
      
   On Thu, 15 May 2014 13:05:09 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >For those of you on Usenet so enamored of the safety record of pipelines   
   >for transportation of oil, you may not want to read about last night's   
   >disaster:   
   >   
   >A ruptured oil pipe near the suburb of Glendale has spilled about   
   >10,000 gallons of crude oil onto streets; initial reports had the spill   
   >at 50,000 gallons. The leak from a 20 inch pipe was reported as 12:15   
   >am. Thursay, May 15, 2014. It was shut off remotely within 10 minutes of   
   >firemen arriving. Despite the shut off, the spill continued for at least   
   >45 minutes.   
   >   
   >A strip club had to be evacuated.   
   >   
   >The pipe was under pressure; oil was seen shooting 20 feet into the sky.   
   >   
   >The oil came from Bakersfield. It's a pumping transfer station sending   
   >oil to a storage facility near Bakersfield.   
      
   And don't forget, at some stage, to relate that this was an   
   above-ground structure, not an underground, buried feeder.   
      
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