Just lucky. I was talking to a guy in a building on the corner where the explosion took place. I heard the sirens for the last 10 minutes of our call, to the point where he got annoyed and worried, and asked his fellow employees what was up.
They told him they were evacuating. We concluded the call, and I posted.
I used to live in NYC, and I’m glad I didn’t screw up east and west.
I’ve still got the live feed up. As they close the main, and they’ve been showing shots of the ConEd guys turning the valve, the pressure has increased to the point where the steam is really shooting out of that hole now.