Valley Gas Pumps Run Dry
Yoy, one pipeline ruptures and the whole Phoenix motorists are crippled. Good Gates, what a tempting target for a plotting terrorist. With no refineries in Arizona, fuel must be piped in. But there are only two pipelines connected - one comes via Tucson from Texas and the other from Los Angeles.
And this news blurb from KFYI is comforting:
"Chuck" worked for Williams Pipeline from September 1999 to August 2000. His job was to place new fiber along the Kinder-Morgan pipeline that broke down over a week ago. He was shocked to see the condition of the 44-year-old pipeline. He says the pipeline is flaking and is ten years beyond the time for it to be replaced. The state Attorney General's office is in contact with the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Energy and other Attorneys General to monitor the supply and price situation.
It's probably going to take another week or two of testing before the pipeline can be reopened.
Another scary note - the July 30 rupture spewed 10,000 gallons of premium gasoline onto a construction site northwest of Tucson. A construction site for residential homes with occupied homes 200 feet away. Residents living in a subdivision near the rupture are understandably angry they weren't notified of the potential hazard.
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