The Water Main break of all water main breaks

[Dave (imported)]

A water main broke about 12 miles north of where I live and it gushed for over an hour. I've never seen anything like this before. I have seen leaks from a 36 inch water main but that was lots and lots of water flowing down a street. I wasn't a real gusher like this. I don't know how big this water main is...

And think about the water pressure involved to push a geyser that high. There's nothing in your home or any other home that can handle this high pressure.

https://www.wtae.com/article/collier-to ... d/30433703

[Paolo]

Amazing! Can you imagine, if you'd been driving over that when it went? As Ray Stevens said, "State Farm ain't never gonna believe this one!"

[Dave (imported)]

Flowing water is very destructive ...

Last year was the 2nd rainiest year of all recorded history for this area. Lots of water damage

[Losethem (imported)]

I'm mildly amused that when I went to watch the video, it started with a commercial that at the beginning is from the perspective of being inside a tornado.

[Dave (imported)]

I'm mildly amused that when I went to watch the video, it started with a commercial that at the beginning is from the perspective of being inside a tornado.

I've gone to WTAE news website several times and never had a commercial ... Are you sure that's not an overhead view of the water spouting out of the ground about twice as high as the electric poles?

[Losethem (imported)]

No, it was an actual commercial. Included a spinning house in it ala The Wizard of Oz.

[Dave (imported)]

No, it was an actual commercial. Included a spinning house in it ala The Wizard of Oz.

That was dumb of them. I don't get the commercials. Maybe because of my adblocker or because they actively read your location.

BTW, both my local newspapers are behind pay walls or some sort of memberships. It's a real pain in the gazorkie {technical term}.