NG pipeline explosion caught on police dashcam

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/18/2017 at 21:21 • Filed to: ka-boom

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The explosion happens at about :38 in the video. But start at the beginning so you can watch the cop run a red light. This happened yesterday in Spearman, TX, way up in the Panhandle. No injuries were reported.

bob and john > ttyymmnn 01/18/2017 at 21:26

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thats a big fucking ka-boom

ttyymmnn > bob and john 01/18/2017 at 21:28

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smobgirl > ttyymmnn 01/18/2017 at 21:41

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HUD only requires that buildings be 10 feet from the pipeline easement! I mean that would be totally safe here.

RacinBob > ttyymmnn 01/18/2017 at 21:44

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You know, I often think about that when I raced at Heartland Topeka and at Autobahn. Both I believe have major NG pipelines near if not on the properties.

ttyymmnn > RacinBob 01/18/2017 at 21:58

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And folks wonder why people are protesting pipelines.

ttyymmnn > smobgirl 01/18/2017 at 21:59

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And folks wonder why people are protesting against pipelines.

Wacko > ttyymmnn 01/18/2017 at 22:22

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Looks like he is texting or is drunk, he crosses the yellow For a few seconds, then crosses the white line then the kaboom.

ttyymmnn > Wacko 01/18/2017 at 22:26

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Probably on his laptop. They have laws against that in TX, but peace officers are exempt.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ttyymmnn 01/18/2017 at 22:40

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I think I’ve found the culprit...

facw > ttyymmnn 01/18/2017 at 22:55

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Should still be safer transporting by other means (plus natural gas is not the easiest thing to transport in general).

RacinBob > facw 01/18/2017 at 23:21

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Absolutely correct it’s something I notices looking at those 36" manifolds.....I am not saying pipelines are unsafe, especially compared to me racing a Chevy Citation X 11 at Topeka...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/18/2017 at 23:56

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That’s because cops know how to drive and the rest of us do not.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 01/18/2017 at 23:57

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Not the SPACE MODULATOR! Anything but that!

RallyWrench > ttyymmnn 01/19/2017 at 00:11

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Holy shit... why haven’t I seen this in the news? It always bugs me that such disasters seem to get swept under the rug on the national stage.

ttyymmnn > RallyWrench 01/19/2017 at 07:32

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There are bigger disasters unfolding in the US right now...

Takuro Spirit > ttyymmnn 01/19/2017 at 10:41

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Since there were no visible lines on the road denoting a limit line or crosswalk, he could have been IN the intersection when the light turned red.

Takuro Spirit > ttyymmnn 01/19/2017 at 10:48

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Also they can have cracked windshields :P

ttyymmnn > Takuro Spirit 01/19/2017 at 10:50

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You’re being generous. He totally rolled it. There was an old traffic judge in my hometown named, ironically, Judge Lawless. He had a favorite saying: “Traffic lights only have two colors: green and not green. If it’s green, you go. If it’s not green, you stop.”

RallyWrench > ttyymmnn 01/19/2017 at 11:56

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At least we can see that one coming, it’s been scheduled. People need to know when this shit happens though.