When I was a kid, maybe 6-7, we moved into the first house that was completed in a new subdivision. With no other kids to around play with, I spent my days watching the workers building the neighborhood. I remember one day a crew was doing something to a gas line. Not sure what since I was just a kid then. But I clearly remember them welding the steel pipe as it hung from the boom on the side of a dozer. I was amazed how flexible the steel pipe was.

Looking back, they welded the pipe, slapped some paint on it, and dropped it in the ground. That was 60+ years ago, I am glad I do not live in the area these days. It is a bit disconcerting to think about what is under ground in a lot of areas. We hear evidence of the degradation of our infrastructure all the time. Bridges collapsing, gas lines exploding, water lines rupture and flood entire neighborhoods, sewer lines break and erode the ground under our roads, the list goes on.....