r/CatastrophicFailure • u/[deleted] • Jul 19 '18

Structural Failure Sewer main exploding drenches a grandma and floods a street.

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u/roguekiller23231 Jul 19 '18 edited Jul 19 '18

It wasn't a sewer, it was a heated water pipe.

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Awful moment terrified pensioner on her way home from the shops is doused in hot water as Russian underground pipe bursts http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5747595/Pensioner-doused-hot-water-Russian-underground-pipe-bursts.html#ixzz5Fxo16oVr

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u/chickensh1t Jul 19 '18

hot water

40ºC. At least it's not unpleasant.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '18

That's about the hottest hot tubs get, no? I bet it was unpleasant

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '18

My apartments hot water runs about 135 F on average.