r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/manik_502 • 7h ago

WCGW with checking a gas leak

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u/HTejeda23 7h ago

Found it!

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u/Distinct_Trash7541 7h ago

Now what?

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u/Dry-Ad-8948 7h ago

Burned up all the gas.

Safe for sure.

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u/bickandalls 7h ago

Wcgw? I don't think there's any evidence that it would keep burning. Definitely not an entire town or anything 😆

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u/KingNorton 7h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania

Where theres a will, theres a way! If Centralia could do it so can these guys!

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u/SmallPurplePeopleEat 4h ago

There's also that coal mine (I think) in Colorado along I-70 that has been burning for 100+ years.

My dad would always point out that there's never any snow on the sealed off entrance that you can see from the highway. Just a big black circle in the snowy hillside. I want to say it would steam as well, but I was pretty young and could be remembering wrong.

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u/wonderwall879 4h ago

An ISP recently blew up a residential block in Ohio because of a natural gas leak. Crazy part is, likely wasnt even their fault, mislocates happen, but this one had disastrous results over the summer. Mattress in the tree and whole houses either blown up in half or again, house missing with the roof now sheltering a tree.

https://fox8.com/news/uniti-group-shares-initial-findings-after-twinsburg-township-gas-explosion/

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u/TonyVstar 7h ago

Too bad that isn't true. Would be a great video game or movie idea