Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:52:13 -0000, Martin Brown
wrote:

On 11/03/2019 15:46, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:28:57 -0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Commander Kinsey wrote:

hat are those things you see in the middle of nowhere (in the UK at
least), a 10 foot high white pole with an orange roof-shaped lid on top?

Hi-viz poles to allow the chopper to follow the pipeline route easily.

They're not just markers, I'm sure they can actually let off gas.

They are simple makers for the helicopter that checks the pipeline to
follow with its airborne leak checker. One of the high pressure
pipelines runs close to me. They also mark the no dig zone at the
roadside (permission required from the pipeline owner Ineos or Shell).

Are you sure? I looked at one once and I'm sure it had some kind of valve
in it to let gas out. When I asked someone at the time, I was told that
if it had let off pressure and ignited it, the bright orange lid would
have been blackened, signifying there had been a problem.

Do you often have a problem with people taking the ****?

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Roger Hayter