Question: Major Explosion in Manhattan

Telephone call with client | 7/18/2007 | RinaseaofD's

[frithguild]

[ConservativeStatement]

She is an expert in holes. She married one, too. :-)

[RinaseaofDs]

Subways have just stopped in Manhattan according to MyFoxNY. There is a rumor out among the press coverage that there is also a building collapse.

The weird part of this is that the smoke seems white and light brown, not black like a transformer.

I’m looking at the live feed from a building cam from their website.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Sulphur reported. What do you make of it?

[RinaseaofDs]

Now they are reporting a pungent sulfur smell in the area, and people getting sick.

[brf1]

maybe the stuff they add to natural gas to make it smell

[JimC214]

Local NYC news says its a steam pipe rupturing. Con Ed is turning it off as we speak.

[wtc911]

I have a few good friends right there. Nice nabe once you get east of Second Ave.

[milford421]

thanks,,,winds coming from se, correct?

[RinaseaofDs]

The live feed from MyFoxNY.com shows the scene.

Looks like a volcano of mud and steam.

[NormsRevenge]

This frame grab video image taken from WABC TV Eyewitness News shows the scene of a suspected steam explosion near Grand Central Station in Manhattan, Wednesday, July 18, 2007. The New York Police Department said a steam pipe exploded, and had no immediate detail on possible injuries. The NYPD said it does not appear to be terrorism-related. (AP Photo/WABC via AP Television News)

[CindyDawg]

That smell again?

[NormsRevenge]

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New York police and fire officials arrive at the scene of a suspected steam explosion near Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan on Wednesday, July 18, 2007, during the evening rush hour. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

[ConservativeStatement]

The New York Post website has the headline: "BOOM!" http://www.nypost.com/

[nwctwx]

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

[edcoil]

Thats a lot of steam, they’ll need a water hammer.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

You were waaaaayyyy ahead of the curve! News agencies didn’t start reporting on this ‘til 7:00. Job well done by the pajama media!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Just heard Trace Gallagher on Foxnews ask this question to the guy he was interviewing:

"Isn't it a good thing that we have things like this happen from time to time, to test our first responders?"

What a dunderhead!

[The_Reader_David]

Fox News is now reporting it as a major steam pipe explosion—consistent with the white ‘smoke’ in photos posted here. Evidently it’s really steam, rather than smoke.