Stories tagged “pipeline”

• ENTER THE HERO --- OR FOOL part 1

  Drawing on my parka, I glanced out the office window at the thermometer. Twenty eight degrees. A snow covered propane tanker had pulled into the loading dock. We weren’t officially opened for another three hours, but being I was on pipeline duty ...

  • Author: Wyatt Aapr LoA
  • Posted almost 3 years ago.

• ENTER THE HERO --- OR FOOL part 2

  I stamped my feet as I stood watching the propane gauges inch upward. When the gauges read 89% I climbed the stairs to the top of the tanks, walked down the gangway to the two tanks and closed their fill valves. Now I was down to one tank to top-off be...

  • Author: Wyatt Aapr LoA
  • Posted almost 3 years ago.

• ENTER THE HERO --- OR FOOL end.

  By the time I reached the power panel I was engulfed in propane, I could barely see my hand in front of my face. Why the propane didn’t cause me to pass out will always be a mystery. After killing the sub-station I ran in the direction of the off...

  • Author: Wyatt Aapr LoA
  • Posted almost 3 years ago.