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Eric Wieling wrote: > Some time ago Scott Yoneyama said: > > You're right. I forgot about the decomissioned pipelines. > Although, > > you'd be surprised how stupid some of these morons with backhoes > are! I > > remember a major MCI cut along their west coast route a few years > ago > > that took out the entire northwest for 8 hours. The guy was 600 > yards > > away from where his permit allowed him to dig. He stopped when he > cut > > the fiber and shut his hoe down. When they got out there, they > found > > that he was digging right next to train tracks, was inches from > cutting > > a high voltage power line that surely would have killed him, and was > > > also fairly close to a gas line. > > Is there any compensation to MCI in a situation like this? I would > think that multi million dollar fines would make people think a little > > before they start digging. > > --Eric The comment from the VP of Operations who came out to brief us on this at the time was something to the effect of: "trust me, we'll be putting this guy out of business and adding a backhoe to our portfolio." -- Scott Yoneyama Director Starcom (206) 448-4034 (206) 448-4485 fax [email protected] "The only way between Canada and the U.S. and all points along the way"
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