As I look through the news stories about the plot against
the Buckeye Pipeline at JFK, I wonder if the plotters got
the idea of a fire traveling down a pipeline from Hollywood.
But history hasn't show any kind of burning fuse effect
with metal pipelines. Here's a story that talks about
that.

And I think they confused San Jose with Walnut Creek.

-Mike Holmstrom

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/68725.html

Jet fuel blast likely would be localized

NEW YORK, June 2 Blowing up a jet-fuel pipeline at New
York's Kennedy airport might not have produced the
chain-reaction inferno the accused plotters allegedly
imagined.

An examination of safety documents and scientific studies
by UPI Saturday indicated it would be virtually impossible
for flames to travel through the line and ignite at other
points along the line.

Commercial airliner fuel, known as Jet-A, is a form of
kerosene and requires a mix with air before it becomes
explosive. Because pipelines are under pressure, the fuel
would be forced out through the hole in the pipe where it
would likely catch fire. The flames, however, would not
travel back through the line.

Explosions along petroleum pipelines carrying jet fuel
in the San Jose and Seattle areas in recent years caused
casualties; however, the blasts were limited to the
original breaches.

Copyright 2007 by UPI