On 12/17/2013 8:54 PM, Guv Bob wrote:
"Larry W" wrote in message
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In article , Pete C.
wrote:

The Daring Dufas wrote:

At 2:30am the house shook like it would from a sonic boom and
it turned out to be a gas explosion in a neighborhood within a
mile from me. It destroyed a two story brick apartment building
containing two families and several children were sent to
Childrens Hospital and several adults to another hospital. The
report is that two adults are unaccounted for. The explosion
leveled the building sending bricks into the air striking other
buildings and breaking a lot of windows. I think somebody was
messing with a gas line, trying to get a gas heater working
then winding up with a gas leak. o_O

TDD

Hardly a day goes by without a gas explosion somewhere in the US
during heating season, and even outside heating season they seem
to be at least monthly. Gas simply isn't safe for residential
use, and is even dangerous in industrial settings - recall the
gas pipeline explosion in CA, the gas explosion at the power
plant under construction in CT, a gas pipeline explosion under
and apt building in NJ I think it was, etc.

Far more people have been killed in fires caused by electrical
wiring and device defects than by gas explosions or gas
asphyxiation. Perhaps electricity simply isn't safe for residential
use either.

This reminds me of the gas company vs electric company battles in the
late 19th century when they were both fighting for control of the
lighting market.


If you've ever wondered why rigid electrical conduit is so much like the
pipe used for plumbing, think about what happened many years ago when
folks switched from gas lighting to electric lights. The wire was
probably pulled in through the gas pipes to the converted gas light
fixtures. ^_^

TDD