</lurk> Christopher X. Candreva <chris@westnet.com>, tearfully said:
On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Jeff Weisberg wrote:
[Atlantic County, NJ] While attempting to wreck havoc on the world's telecommunications infrastructure, a backhoe mistook a gas main as a fiber optic cable. The evil yellow beast was destroyed in the resulting fireball.
While this is funny, I really hope the backhoe driver was OK.
If you're concerned about the injuries, this is a link to the closest AP story I found. http://www.bergen.com/region/gas0919981009.htm "One worker, whose name was not released, was burned on his right arm, said Patrolman Troy Midgette. Ruggiero said it was a minor burn. ... A backhoe was engulfed in flames at the excavation site ... " <lurk> :) -- Erik Neuenschwander Research Associate, Stanford PTL at CSLI erikn@stanford.edu http://pcd.stanford.edu/captology/ eneuens@hpl.hp.com http://www.stanford.edu/~erikn/ "No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking." - Voltaire
http://www.bergen.com/region/gas0919981009.htm
"One worker, whose name was not released, was burned on his right arm, said Patrolman Troy Midgette. Ruggiero said it was a minor burn. ... A backhoe was engulfed in flames at the excavation site ... "
South Jersey Gas Co. crews were digging about 5:25 p.m. when they hit the 2-inch gas main, said utility spokesman Al Ruggiero. I'll close my input by saying this was clearly distribution, not transmission. Transmission lines are ~10-30" dia and do not run through resi. areas {for the most part...}. The scary part is where they do go --- including along railroad rights-of-way, next to existing highway easements, etc. Sound familiar? -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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