Texaggie7nine said:

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schmellba99 said:

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CDUB98 said:

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Finally got Google to let me street view.

Yeah, if some disgruntled former employee or a terrorist ******* wanted to ram a care into the valve station using the matte road, it would be an easy, straight shot.

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The valve station is about 50' off of Spencer Highway with only a chain link fence around it.

Could have been an idiot doing 65 and worrying about their instagram and ran off the road or something as simple as that. There isn't anything there that would stop a vehicle that was out of control or whatever.

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Seems like it would be a no brainer to put up car stopping barriers around vulnerable exposed pipes that close to a major road.

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Ronnie said:

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Static charge from the escaping fluid more likely.

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Electric charges can build up on an object or liquid when certain liquids (e.g., petroleum solvents, fuels) move in contact with other materials. This charge can occur when liquids are poured, pumped, filtered, agitated, stirred or flow through pipes. This buildup of electrical charge is called static electricity. Even when liquids are transported or handled in non-conductive containers, something rubbing the outside surface of the container may cause a static charge to build up in the liquid. The amount of charge that develops depends, in part, on how much liquid is involved, and how fast it is flowing or is being agitated or stirred.

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CDUB98 said:

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Well, learn something new every day.

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Electric charges can build up on an object or liquid when certain liquids (e.g., petroleum solvents, fuels) move in contact with other materials. This charge can occur when liquids are poured, pumped, filtered, agitated, stirred or flow through pipes. This buildup of electrical charge is called static electricity. Even when liquids are transported or handled in non-conductive containers, something rubbing the outside surface of the container may cause a static charge to build up in the liquid. The amount of charge that develops depends, in part, on how much liquid is involved, and how fast it is flowing or is being agitated or stirred.

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https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/static-electricity.html

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CFTXAG10 said:

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CDUB98 said:

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Well, learn something new every day.

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Electric charges can build up on an object or liquid when certain liquids (e.g., petroleum solvents, fuels) move in contact with other materials. This charge can occur when liquids are poured, pumped, filtered, agitated, stirred or flow through pipes. This buildup of electrical charge is called static electricity. Even when liquids are transported or handled in non-conductive containers, something rubbing the outside surface of the container may cause a static charge to build up in the liquid. The amount of charge that develops depends, in part, on how much liquid is involved, and how fast it is flowing or is being agitated or stirred.

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https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/static-electricity.html

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Is this like the warnings posted everywhere before you pump your gas?

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CDUB98 said:

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CFTXAG10 said:

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CDUB98 said:

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Well, learn something new every day.

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Electric charges can build up on an object or liquid when certain liquids (e.g., petroleum solvents, fuels) move in contact with other materials. This charge can occur when liquids are poured, pumped, filtered, agitated, stirred or flow through pipes. This buildup of electrical charge is called static electricity. Even when liquids are transported or handled in non-conductive containers, something rubbing the outside surface of the container may cause a static charge to build up in the liquid. The amount of charge that develops depends, in part, on how much liquid is involved, and how fast it is flowing or is being agitated or stirred.

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https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/static-electricity.html

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Is this like the warnings posted everywhere before you pump your gas?

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No

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AggieT said:

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CDUB98 said:

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CFTXAG10 said:

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CDUB98 said:

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Well, learn something new every day.

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Electric charges can build up on an object or liquid when certain liquids (e.g., petroleum solvents, fuels) move in contact with other materials. This charge can occur when liquids are poured, pumped, filtered, agitated, stirred or flow through pipes. This buildup of electrical charge is called static electricity. Even when liquids are transported or handled in non-conductive containers, something rubbing the outside surface of the container may cause a static charge to build up in the liquid. The amount of charge that develops depends, in part, on how much liquid is involved, and how fast it is flowing or is being agitated or stirred.

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https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/static-electricity.html

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Is this like the warnings posted everywhere before you pump your gas?

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No

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Yes? Isn't this why you fill containers on the ground and not the bed of a truck?

Also why things should be bonded and grounded.

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BayAg_14 said:

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I bet that tickled.

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redaszag99 said:

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The article is poorly worded. I think that they came off of Spencer

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Sea Speed said:

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Of all places I expected to be today, this absolutely wasn't one of them.

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Mathguy64 said:

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It's 100 yards and two fences between that parking lot and the valve. I don't see how you accidentally pull that off. And I don't see someone having a medical emergency staying on the accelerator long enough to be that lucky to make it either.

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