Purposeful ignition is NOT necessary. See the study below. Leaks of natural gas can ignite simply by the friction of the gas escaping from a leak.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2X-4S0PKNV-2&_user=10&_coverDate=01/31/2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1457264567&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=bda45adf178201d1b05b4116fd545c4b&searchtype=a
Patricia
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any possibility, that someone knowing the leak so impending failure
was going on, decided to ignite it as a terrorist act?
In a message dated 9/10/2010 10:14:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, katehutton@gmail.com writes:
I doubt if an escalating failure, or even a slowly creeping slide, would show up on a short-period seismometer. It will be interesting to see what USGS Menlo Park has to say, if those lawyers don't get to them first ...
Kate
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