Reply #25: Getting your knickers in a knot when things actually go right is counter productive. [View All]

[TheMadMonk]

Just speculating here, but it seems reasonable.

As part of a routine test, power gets cut. Pumps stop. Pressure surges behind pump. Pressure relief valves operate exactly as they should. Overflow is caught in pit specifically designed to catch such overflows.

Strikes me, thats a far better scenario than a pipe splitting somewhere out in the middle of the tundra.

Obviously there are some issues here, since the outcome would appear to have been unexpected by the operator, but overall it would appear that safety systems did what safety systems are supposed to do and kept a potential disaster safely contained where it could do no, or minimal harm.


The outrage you're expending on what is ultimately a non-issue, would far better serve the ourangutang's of Borneo.