the new york city steam explosion

[rtil]

i'm sure you've all heard about this by now but hot damn

The July 18 2007 New York City steam explosion sent a geyser of hot steam up from beneath a busy intersection, with a 40 story high shower of mud and flying debris raining down on the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.[1][2] It was caused by the failure of a Consolidated Edison 24-inch underground steam pipe installed in 1924,[3][4] at 41st Street and Lexington Avenue, near Grand Central Terminal, just before 6 p.m. local time,[3] near the peak of the evening rush hour. The towering cloud of billowing steam, higher than the nearby 1,047 foot (319 meter) tall Chrysler Building,[4] persisted for at least two hours,[5] leaving a crater about 35 feet (10 meters) wide[3] and 15 feet (4 meters) deep.[6]

A 51 year old New Jersey woman,[7] who worked a block from the site died of a heart attack suffered while fleeing the disaster area.[8] 45 people were injured,[9] with two injured critically.[10][6] The most seriously injured victims were a 23-year-old tow truck driver from Brooklyn, who was scalded over 80 percent of his body by the 400 °F (200 °C) steam, and had to be put in a medically induced coma,[7] and his passenger, a 30-year-old mother of two, who was being driven back to Brooklyn after her car broke down.[11] A witness reported that the tow truck was lifted 12 feet (4 meters) by the escaping steam, higher than a nearby city bus.[7] The tow truck was still in the crater four days after the steam leak was abated.

they have these explosions like on a 5 year basis. pipes installed in the 1920's ? nyc is damn ooold, they need to be replacing these things or the whole city's just gonna fall apart. must be hard to pull that off in a busy city, though. it's too bad a city like new york isn't booming in this era, so they could install more efficient technology underground

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SImhkapRuIs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTXGYFKa4bk

[Dagolith]

wow, thats cool looking.

[jebisa]

i hope charlotte died

[psi43]

Didn't happen. Mirrors and stuff, staged, you know the deal.

[trent bortknob]

i hope charlotte died

[redmongoose]

we are all dead!

[Ross]

STEAM TERRORISTZ.

[jebxz]

fuck ny

[Dagolith]

what happened to the old york?

[jebxz]

^HAHAHH FUCKING HILARIOUS

[Shida]

what happened to the old york?

It's in England.

[Dagolith]

oh

[Anigen]

this reminds me of that time i jacked off

[psi43]

this reminds me of that time i jacked off

You are 14, you can't jack off.