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Massive Explosion on 41st
Anyone around over there?
Just watching it now. Everyone was running eastward...Kinda scary looking. Grand Central station will be affected heavily. Lines 4,5,6 closed temporarily.
It looks like a volcanic eruption. The steam is just blasting out of the street... theres a massive whole in the street, atleast half the block is a hole.
I work two blocks from there...thankfully i didn't have to work today....4, 5, & 6 bypassing grand central sux!!!! I guess the attendance at the yankees game is going to take a minor hit, considering all the LIRR riders won't be able to get there from GC.
It was a Transformer!!! sikkkkkkkkkkkkkk! i knew those fockers were real!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/18/ne...sion/index.html
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A transformer exploded Wednesday afternoon near Manhattan's Grand Central train station, possibly a result of steam underground, New York Police Department told CNN.
A transformer exploded in Manhattan during rush hour Wednesday.
Video from the scene shows what appears to be steam billowing from underground and a small school bus with its windows and a door blown out.
Jim Margolin in the FBI's New York office said there is no indication that there is anything "suspicious" behind the explosion, though the FBI is still collecting information from city agencies and officials.
The New York Fire Department said it received a call reporting an explosion at 5:56 p.m.
More than 170 firefighters have been dispatched to the site at Lexington Avenue near 41st Street.
Subway lines near the explosion have been rerouted to alternate lines bypassing the Grand Central station stop, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
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| Originally posted by massivenyc It was a Transformer!!! sikkkkkkkkkkkkkk! i knew those fockers were real! |
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| Originally posted by massivenyc It was a Transformer!!! sikkkkkkkkkkkkkk! i knew those fockers were real! |
Oh man, they are saying that steam pressure is starting to build in other pipes. Ill piss myself laughing if more pipes blow.
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| Originally posted by Vlad Oh man, they are saying that steam pressure is starting to build in other pipes. Ill piss myself laughing if more pipes blow. |
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| Originally posted by massivenyc hey look at the bright side, at least you will have cleaned your pipes. |
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| Originally posted by massivenyc It was a Transformer!!! sikkkkkkkkkkkkkk! i knew those fockers were real! |
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| Originally posted by steven-neil Hey,,I'm gonna wait to see if there are any casualties before I tell you how funny you are... |
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| Originally posted by get nyce thats what im sayin robots in disguise |
Any first hand accounts? Pics?
(reference is made to first hand accounts from NYTA members)
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| Originally posted by neon Any first hand accounts? Pics? |
At least 12 injured now, and one witness on tv was talking about a man running toward them with his skin all burned. 
man that scene looks scary with the steam and debris coming out like a geyser...man seeing the news broadcast with all those people running like hell away from it, it was horrible.
My mom has a condo apt on Park and 39th i wonder how far debris travelled from the original area...looks like it deposited over a few blocks' radius
well i dont think we are coming into manhattan now. we were initally planning on it.
pray there are no more serious injuries.
Bloomberg press conf at 7:45. There's some videos posted on youtube. CNN was showing a few of them.
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| Originally posted by get nyce turn the tv lol |
A 24in. steam pipe installed in 1924 is what burst, due to cold water getting into the pipe. Those that know how pipes work, they expand and condense with temps.
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| Originally posted by Vlad A 24in. steam pipe installed in 1924 is what burst, due to cold water getting into the pipe. Those that know how pipes work, they expand and condense with temps. |
gah! finally made it home after nearly 3 hours.
wasted a lot of time sitting on the 5 train downtown as the conductor's announcements went from "train delays due to congestion" to "train delays due to police investigation @ grand central" to "train delays due to building collapse."
i gave up and left the train station @ spring street. heading towards 14th & 7th i passed by whatever hospital that is down there and there were quite a few people on stretchers who looked merked the fuck up, debris and all.
i've definitely gotta move soon. the distance between where i live, and where i work/play is annoying in situations like this. 
as per Mayor Bloomberg's press conference, one fatality at Bellevue due to cardiac arrest from incident.. sad.
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| Originally posted by neon as per Mayor Bloomberg's press conference, one fatality at Bellevue due to cardiac arrest from incident.. sad. |
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| Originally posted by jerZ07002 Wow, that sux!!! |
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| Originally posted by neon - 1 person at Bell or Cornell with third degree burns to 90% of body |
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