@EsquireErrant @EndGameWW3 Steel rips easily down weld seams. When pipelines are welded much care is given to put the seams 180deg apart so a rupture down the length weld tends to get "captured" by the circumferential weld and prevents it from opening like a zippered sausage.
@EndGameWW3 I work in this industry. The likelihood of it being pig-bourne is low. You need flow to move a pig and NS2 wasn't flowing. +Its hard enough to track a pig 4-6ft below the ground let alone under the ocean. Given that they were all pretty close to one another, I doubt it was q pig.
@tunedresonance @IntelDoge Pipelines like this contain a lot of gas. Usually pipelines have whats called "rate of drop" valves which automatically close off sections of ruptured pipeline. This being a subsea line likely didn't have any between the shores causing all that was inside to release.
@noseratio@Clarembaldo@lasorciere17@HorsemobileUK@SamRamani2 I work in this industry. Its technically possible but unless they have physical control of the valve stations outside their borders, they can't cut off countries selectively. They could reduce rates to only the demand of certain countries but it'd still flow the full length.
Alexander’s tearful farewell with family #Kyiv railway station. They’re going to relative safety in Lviv, he’s staying to fight. Wouldn’t let go of a toy ambulance his 8 year old son gave him as he put them on the train. #ukraine more later on @BBCNews @BBCWorld
@Blargenoso@jsrailton@FordFischer Thats absolutely a fire department badge, if you look the "thin blue line" badge is actually red. 90% certain this guy is a firefighter, unsure if volunteer or career.