Quote Originally Posted by CaterpillarWoman View Post
More like this (at least for me): There's a system of pipes and water runs through them. They've been there for a while, and while they work, they may not be in the best shape in all areas. Some joints may leak a little, there may be weaknesses, etc. One day, the water pressure increases to double what it was before. Pipes may or may not hold, there's more leaking... then it doubles again. Stuff starts to give out... and so on. If you can keep up with the leaks and weaknesses, you do fine. If you can't, well, you end up with a big flood and you eventually have to build a completely new pipe system to handle the higher water pressure. All my pipes burst or fell apart. It was quite a mess for a while...
That's a good description, CW!

Ouch, sleeper!