Regarding the Explosion in New York
 

It was a old steam pipe that blew up.

All line into grand central are out. Tomorrow will be toture on commuters.

The pipes are old and they eventually will burst.

Glad I'm not in NYC tomorrow.

left a pretty fuckin big sink hole in the ground, sucks for those commuting tmw

the pipe was installed in 1924 i believe...im right there on 47th between 2nd and 3rd : (

i think i heard ALL traffic into and out of grand central is closed :disgust:disgust What a nightmare!!!

holy shit that's gonna suck. I'm glad I'm not there right now

heh i was actually on the train going into penn and i got a call from the girlfriend saying that they were going to stop the trains and all but they didnt.. and the city was calm just some streets closed off

This makes me recall the weird stuff that happened when I lived in Manhatten in the '90s. On very cold winter nights the oldest pipes in the city would freeze and burst. Some of these were and probably still are from 1870s.

It became common place to have manhole covers suddenly take off into the air several stories and come crashing down a top of moving and parked cars alike. Somehow no one ever got killed or even hurt; probably because it would mostly happen at the coldest time, the middle of the night. Still, NYC is pretty busy even then compared to most places.

thanks for info man !

It was amazing to see the videos of the geyser of steam, there was alot of power there!

What i was thinking. Up close and personal that must have looked horrific.

dont breathe the air. there is alot of asbestos in that shit. :(