BREAKING: Huge underground explosion in NYC

[airbus990]

Did anyone feel it??

Edited July 18, 2007 by airbus990

[bLu3 de 3n3rgy]

BBC have a breaking news story on it here

[Black_Spade]

I just read about it on Yahoo. No need to worry, it isn't terrorism related.

[Bear's Quest]

Turned it on when you posted it! Went to CNN Glad to hear theres no wrong doing.

[EmpressStarXVII]

With all this talk of new plots dwarfing the failed one, I can see why they were scared.

[jaylemurph]

Damn.

I can see the Chrysler Building from my apartment, but I didn't know anything about this till right now.

Glad I don't have to work tomorrow morning.

--Jaylemurph

[airbus990]

Damn.

I can see the Chrysler Building from my apartment, but I didn't know anything about this till right now.

Glad I don't have to work tomorrow morning.

--Jaylemurph

Glad to hear your safe Jay

[Oxymoron]

I will be breathing freaking asbestos for weeks to come great freaking city. I love NY

[airbus990]

I will be breathing freaking asbestos for weeks to come great freaking city. I love NY

Yeah im sorry, but for sure if I lived in that city I would definitely have a gas mask on hand at all times.

[Bill Hill]

Muslim Terrorists?

Oh no, I see it was a steam pipe..breaking..

er maybe Muslim maintenance staff?

[Clocker]

I'm sure that got many people scared..and why wouldn't it? Good to hear not too many people got killed. Though even one is one too many. Despite its shortcomings, I sure would like to live in New York City, at least for a while. I've only been there once and I absolutely loved it. Well, there's no reason to expect I won't be moving there for a while in the future.

[ships-cat]

Muslim Terrorists?

Oh no, I see it was a steam pipe..breaking..

er maybe Muslim maintenance staff?

More like Zero maintenance staff.

I was sorry to hear that someone was killed, and others seriously injured, but it was a relief to hear that this was not (apparantly) a terrorist attack after all. Bear in mind that the London bombings where initially reported as being an electrical explosion on the underground. (e.g. switching gear had 'arced-over' and exploded).

Meow Purr.

[questionmark]

Muslim Terrorists?

Oh no, I see it was a steam pipe..breaking..

er maybe Muslim maintenance staff?

No matter how good the maintenance staff, a steam pipe that was put in in the 1920s is an accident waiting to happen.

[bee]

It may have been an accident.....but I don't think any government will admit to terrorist

attack, unless they really have to.

It's the fact that it was the rush hour that makes me a bit suspicious.

But.......who knows?

[Princess Serenity]

NEW YORK - A massive geyser of steam and debris that erupted through a midtown Manhattan street left asbestos in the dust that settled, but city officials Thursday said tests indicated the air was safe of the carcinogen.

Tests were continuing, but the city's Office of Emergency Management said in a statement that long-term health problems were "unlikely."

Mayor Michael Bloomberg had said the possibility of asbestos contamination was the main health concern after an 83-year-old steam pipe ruptured less than a block from Grand Central Terminal, spewing a skyscraper-sized blast of steam, dirt and debris into the air.

Some of the city's older pipes that pump steam beneath the city to heat and cool thousands of buildings are wrapped in asbestos, which can cause fatal lung disease, though the disease is typically linked to prolonged exposure.

Crews worked overnight to assess and repair the damage and determine what happened.

One woman died of an apparent heart attack when the pipe erupted, and about 30 other people were injured, at least four seriously.

Officials quickly ruled out terrorism, but for some witnesses, the explosion, dust, debris and chaos were frighteningly reminiscent of the scene on Sept. 11, 2001.

Story

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I don't blame the people of NYC acting the way they did. I'll be acting the sameway & scared. It seems that God hasn't given NYC a break!

[ships-cat]

It's the fact that it was the rush hour that makes me a bit suspicious.

But.......who knows?

Hmmm... it was 18:00 local time. If this steam was used to heat residential homes, then you might expect this to be one of the times of highest demand (and hence perhaps highest steam pressure ??? ). If so, then the timing isn't so suspicious.

Meow Purr.

[questionmark]

Hmmm... it was 18:00 local time. If this steam was used to heat residential homes, then you might expect this to be one of the times of highest demand (and hence perhaps highest steam pressure ??? ). If so, then the timing isn't so suspicious.

Meow Purr.

The timing is not suspicious, but for another reason. The steam demand goes down when offices close, therefore the pressure in the pipes up. If the demand surges pressure goes down.

[Princess Serenity]

Shoot! I was to slow. Oh well. My thread in the back page section.

I don't blame the people of NYC acting like they did. o.o I would act the sameway too.

[Commander CMG]

I bet it brought some bad memories back to the NewYorkers.

[BrucePrime]

I bet it brought some bad memories back to the NewYorkers.

Bad memories? And here I thought there was no such thing as terrorism...

[Princess Serenity]

I bet it brought some bad memories back to the NewYorkers.

I'm sure they did.

I heard about this on the radio. And I was like: "What?"

[Bob26003]

Here we go again, grab yer ducttape.

[BrucePrime]

Here we go again, grab yer ducttape.

What in the hell are you talking about?

[Celumnaz]

maybe the unions use duct tape, and they scrimped on the training videos for its use?

[Bob26003]

maybe the unions use duct tape, and they scrimped on the training videos for its use?

Sorry man, I would rather not see Americans working for third world wages.......... You?