Mexican Gasoline

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I remember years ago when they were running the fuel through the sewer lines. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Although it didn't work out that great, parts of GUADALAJARA exploded underground.

I don't think they are using sewer pipes to move gasoline and oil around. But there is thousands of miles of hi pressure lines carrying everything from crude oil to refined gasoline in the country. You didn't think they trucked gas to places like Needles and Barstow did you. There are stations that are better than a thousand miles from the nearest refinery.
They don't even sent fuel trucks into refineries to fill them any more, They pump the fuel to distribution centers and the trucks get it there. About the only trucks going in and out of refineries today are trucks haulinjg out coke and sulfur.

In 1976 I was coming out of bank about a 1/2 block from a line explosion on Venice Blvd separating Los Angeles and Culver City. It knocked me back about 20 ft and right on my ass. Then I thought the world was coming to an end. Ugliest thing I have ever seen.

This is a list of pipe line accidents in the US since 1900. You can fine the one in Los Angeles in the '75-'99 list.
U.S> pipe line accidents

I remember the Guadalajara explosion very well. A worker at our shop had a niece that was killed when a car landed on her. It blew the entire main street straight up. They had cars on roof tops. Much worse than want I witnessed, and that was baaaad!