This is unreal: Underground water pipe bursts in Ukraine street
KIEV, Ukraine - A surveillance camera captured an underground water pipe exploding Tuesday in the middle of a street in Kiev, Ukraine.
The video from ABC News shows the street bubbling up all of a sudden and bursting. Another view from the surveillance cameras shows water rushing down the street.
The explosion damaged cars and buildings nearby, but luckily no one was hurt.
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May 31, 2017, 01:21 AM
12131
Hope the woman who was walking right close by was not seriously hurt.
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May 31, 2017, 04:32 AM
flashguy
I thought it was a sewer burst.
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May 31, 2017, 04:49 AM
XinTX
That'll buff right out.
Or not.
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May 31, 2017, 07:36 AM
jbcummings
That woman walking down the street is probably still running. WOW!
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May 31, 2017, 07:40 AM
BRL
How the hell does it build that much pressure? I've seen/been part of more than one water pipe bursting in my earlier life working in underground boring. While the effects and results were devastating I've never seen that kind of pressure released so suddenly.
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May 31, 2017, 08:11 AM
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May 31, 2017, 08:16 AM
mikeyspizza
How about the guy that comes out of the building at 00:17 and just calmly looks around.
May 31, 2017, 08:24 AM
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May 31, 2017, 10:01 AM
rusbro
Careful washing your hands in the sink - you might lose a finger.
May 31, 2017, 10:02 AM
redstone
I tried to find a news article on it but could not, but back in the early 2000's in Dallas we had a water main break when they were boring underground, the bit punched through and cause a river in downtown, it even flooded a parking garage and cars were floating around in it. Cool thing was that they discovered an old abandoned rail or subway line in the cleanup.
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May 31, 2017, 10:40 AM
LS1 GTO
quote:
Originally posted by 12131: Hope the woman who was walking right close by was not seriously hurt.
Can you say "deaf"?
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May 31, 2017, 10:52 AM
Woodman
It may have not been so much the pressure, but rather, the volume. The street could only hold back so much force and when it let go, BANG.
A 3' water main may only be moving product at 80# but the volume of water moved is a different story.
quantity = velocity x area
Q = liquid flow through a pipe. V = average velocity of the flow. A = cross-sectional area of the pipe.
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May 31, 2017, 10:57 AM
bobtheelf
Water always wins.
May 31, 2017, 01:18 PM
Rightwire
quote:
Originally posted by bobtheelf: Water always wins.
Much like gravity
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May 31, 2017, 01:30 PM
sigfreund
quote:
Originally posted by Rev. A. J. Forsyth: My favorite.
Unlike most of those drivers, I believe I would have been driving slower or even stopped if I had seen something like that ahead of me.
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May 31, 2017, 04:06 PM
onegeek
quote:
Originally posted by bobtheelf: Water always wins.
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May 31, 2017, 07:16 PM
Rey HRH
quote:
Originally posted by Rightwire: That was a lot of pressure!
That's what I was thinking. I know a lot of people would kill for that kind of water pressure to service their neighborhood.
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