Beth n Rod 1,279 Report post Posted December 23, 2008 Crews Use Helicopter, Boat to Rescue Stranded Motorists|ABC 7 News We had a 66" pipe burst not that far from us. Look at the flow from this. Thank God everyone was OK. Beth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 plainpainter 217 Report post Posted December 23, 2008 They had fox news on where I was eating lunch - I think they said 150,000gpm's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Scott Stone 604 Report post Posted December 23, 2008 The article says 2.000.000 GPM. I wonder how many cleaning units that is?:rotfl::rotfl: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 4000psi 16 Report post Posted December 24, 2008 The article says 2.000.000 GPM. I wonder how many cleaning units that is?:rotfl::rotfl: just think if it was hot water!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Tegrey 121 Report post Posted December 26, 2008 Beth, One thing I loved about the DC area when I lived there. Always excitement somehweres! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Palmetto Home and Deck 167 Report post Posted January 4, 2009 Crews Use Helicopter, Boat to Rescue Stranded Motorists|ABC 7 NewsWe had a 66" pipe burst not that far from us. Look at the flow from this. Thank God everyone was OK. Beth Gosh, that reminded me of the time when I was still doing bridge construction. I was building a new bridge over Clemson Blvd. in Anderson, SC. I was operating a track hoe excavating out for one of the bridge foundations that was going in right beside the highway. I knew there was a 36" water line between where I was digging and the highway and the blueprints showed a 6" water line coming off of it behind me and safely out of the excavation site. I was noticing roots and some tree stumps in the dirt I was pulling out when I felt the bucket hit something solid. Thinking I had dug into a larger stump I rolled the bucket up using the back of the bucket as leverage when I felt the object give. In a nanosecond a geyser of water shot about twenty feet into the air and quickly flooded the hole I had excavated. The 6" water line had been mismarked and the plans. The water continued out into Clemson Blvd. and shut traffic down and neighboring business's parking lots were flooded. Channel Four News was located just down the street and a news crew just walked up and filmed the whole fiasco with live coverage. It was hard to believe that much water could come from just a 6" water line. I would hate to think about hitting a 66" one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crews Use Helicopter, Boat to Rescue Stranded Motorists|ABC 7 News
We had a 66" pipe burst not that far from us. Look at the flow from this. Thank God everyone was OK.
Beth
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