Pipeline ‘pig’ crashes through Grand Prairie home
a device called a “pig” — being used to pressure test a pipeline under construction — was launched like a missile out of the end of a pipe, straight toward a house 500 feet away.
As the photographs provided to News 8 showed, it was a direct hit — right into Robert Heredia’s bedroom.
“It looked like a war zone in here when it hit, it was really bad,” Heredia said.
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Shocking! As the lady stated in the report, "Does no one care?" They were cleared by TCEQ and Texas RRC. How long can all this be brought to light and no one do anything?
The answer: A long, long time. I have talked to people who are still voting for Perry and Burgess. I don't get it.
Scream louder. Fight harder.
>>Scream louder. Fight harder.
You forgot.. Get Sick Faster and Die Sooner
We'll see if the TRRC is still weak kneed about taking action for late accident reporting after this "Flying pig" incident.
According to a trusted news source, the only reason it was reported to the TRRC was because it was pushed. The TRRC's piss poor (as usual) response was that the operator wasn't required to report this accident was because the damage was less than $50K.
Last I checked State Wide Rule #8, it specifically states that ANY Fire, Leak or ACCIDENT must be reported IMMEDIATELY. Immediately is in caps, bold and underlined. I don't recall it having an asterisk with a footnote saying *Only if the damage is more than $50K. Whose measuring stick are we using, anyway?
Now we now that pigs can fly, after all. What we just learned is that they have poor navigation skills, and have a strong tendency to crash into homes.
No Matter what agency-(or city) anything that has to do with gas drilling is reported to, there is always a loop-hoop, misunderstanding, or misinterpretation of what is allowed.
The RRC is nothing but an O&G lapdog. NO help for ordinary citizens. I'll bet they will say that the homeowner had somekind of magnet that grabbed the pig and made it hit the house. It's the homeowner's fault according to the RRC!!!!