At What Cost Would You Pay for Safety?

Almost 45 years ago, nine people died in a terrible gas pipeline accident in Georgia. The truly sad part of the whole story is that it was completely preventable. If the pipeline in question had been equipped with a simple and relatively inexpensive safety valve the accident would not have happened. You might imagine that the tragedy taught the county a valuable lesson. It would not be beyond imagination that the very next day safety valves were placed on all of the nation’s gas lines. Sadly, this is not the case.

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