On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 10:23:43 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 06:36:33 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 5:30:34 AM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
J. Clarke wrote in
:

I'll take on most things but for some reason gas scares me.
I heard the explosion. From where I was sitting, it sounded like a door
being shut hard. Fire trucks from all over started making their way up the
hill to a place about 1 1/2 miles away. We didn't know what was going on,
but firetrucks rarely frequent our road and almost never more than 1 at a
time.

Their house was in pieces. Their cars were burnt. They had been thrown
out of the house by the explosion and were lucky to be alive. Their son,
who was normally home that time of night, was out working late. Chances
are good he would have been killed by the explosion. It's a miracle the
parents weren't.

Four and a half years ago, a gas leak destroyed a house, cars, and almost
destroyed a family. Is it any wonder that gas scares me as well?

Puckdropper

If a gas explosion in a single house scares you, Google this:

Merrimack Valley gas explosion

It's ridiculously amazing that only 1 person died.

"...the National Safety Transportation Board says it finally knows what caused the
destruction €“ inadequate management and poor oversight..."

IOW, human error.
i.e. "We have to cover our a$$ so we'll blame one of the victims."
Very common in airline "incidents" too.

In this case the gas company was found to be 100% at fault. No victims
were blamed.

"The NTSB determines that the probable cause €¦ was Columbia Gas of
Massachusetts weak engineering management that did not adequately
plan, review, sequence, and oversee the construction project that led to
the abandonment of a cast iron main without first relocating regulator
sensing lines to the new polyethylene main,€� NTSBs Managing Director
Sharon Bryson said Tuesday. €œContributing to the accident was a
low-pressure natural gas distribution system designed and operated
without adequate over-pressure protection.€�