A key pipeline that carries gasoline and other fuel to the U.S. East Coast has been shut down again for the second time in two months. It is bringing a new threat of price hikes at the pump. There was a fire that broke out Monday afternoon along a section of the Colonial Pipeline in Alabama. The fire killed one person and injured five others. The blaze continued to rage late Monday night which caused the closure of the pipeline that stretches from Houston to New York.
In early September, part of the pipeline was closed for nearly 2 weeks because of a huge gas leak. A spokesman said they were finally starting to recover from the price hike of the on in September. The cause of the fire was from a crew that was working on the pipeline hit it with a track-hoe, causing the gasoline to ignite.
How would you feel if you were living on the East Coast after having this happen twice in 2 months?
How would you feel if you were one of the people working on the pipeline at the time of the fire?
My thoughts-
I would be really mad if this happened twice in 2 months. Especially if the prices had just started going down from the last incident.
If i was one of the people working on the pipeline at the start of the fire, i would be sad because one of our crew members died. I would also be kinda happy because i only walked away with injuries from the fire.
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Good overall but you could have commented more. -5 for one day late.
I would be tempted to move because of the probable price hike from only two months ago. I am not sure how I would feel if I happened to be one of the workers. I would be a little relieved that it wasn't me, but I would also be worried that what if next time, it was? I think that I would be tempted to quit but I am sure that they knew the risks involved before they were hired. Someone has to do it and I am glad for these brave workers.
This would no doubt upset me due to the increasing prices and lots of people had already suffered from the previous fire so its only doing more damage then before. I wouldnt feel good knowing I could have been potentially killed or knowing all these other people are suffering more again for a second time. I wouldnt put myself in that position again cause there is no guarantee of what could happen next with the pipelines.
I don't think that I would want to continue working on the pipeline. If I would have lost so many colleagues to that thing, I don't think I could just go back and continue. It's too dangerous and would not want to set myself to such a big danger; I mean it not just happened once! As someone living there I would be very angry about the rising prices and I would feel a little unsafe living in that area.
I wouldn't be very happy because this is raising prices, not to mention hurting people. I would feel scared because at this point the pipeline is unpredictable. It could start leaking at any point when I start working on it. I wouldn't want to come back to work.
I would be mad if this happened twice in two months. I would be scared looking at what I had done.
I would be considering getting gas for your car and some extra gas into gas cans in case prices do rise again. I would have a scared look on my face and be thinking what have I done.
If I were living on the East Coast at this time, I would definitely be mad- especially since this has happened twice now! I think the pipeline workers need to be more careful! I would also be mad because of the probable rise in gas prices. If I were a worker, I would be sad at the loss of a crew member. I would also be upset because I would know that we (as workers) are causing a rise in gas prices for everyone.
I would wonder how thing like this keep happening, perhaps human error. I would also be infuriated because I dont wanna pay more for gas, but if i had survived the fire i suppose that is reward enough.
If I were to be living on the East Cost I would be frustrated that the problem wasn't being fixed but I would also put in to consideration that the workers are trying and that it isn't an easy process and that it is very dangerous procedure.
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