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Explosion on Bridge Caused by 'Thermic Event:' Police
NBC10 ^
| Feb 1, 2013
| Lauren DiSanto
Posted on 02/01/2013 7:21:28 PM PST by fatima
Four people were hospitalized with minor injuries Friday night after an explosion on a bridge over the train tracks at 30th and Cecil B. Moore in Brewerytown.
The explosion was originally thought to have been an explosive device, but after an extensive investigation, police are calling it a "thermic event."
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bridge; explosion; thermic; thermicevent
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:21:33 PM PST
by
fatima
To: fatima
17,000 volts AC at 16 hertz can cause a lot of damage if bridged by frozen water. I wouldn’t want to be nearby.
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:24:49 PM PST
by
Publius
("A centralized government is a centralized evil." -- Gen. John Graham)
To: fatima
What’s a “thermic event,” an explosion set off by Muslims?
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:25:47 PM PST
by
madprof98
To: Publius
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:28:30 PM PST
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable Tyranny)
To: fatima
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:28:42 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess with a pigeon.)
To: madprof98
Whats a thermic event, an explosion set off by Muslims? No, it was set off by Therms. Gee, try to keep up.
Off with there heads!Thermahu akbar!
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:30:40 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
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To: null and void
Depending on where you are, the frequency on the Northeast Corridor can run from 16 to 60 hertz. It has to do with who electrified that stretch of track originally. Thanks to the modern art of thyristors, today’s electric locomotives can change on the fly.
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:30:49 PM PST
by
Publius
("A centralized government is a centralized evil." -- Gen. John Graham)
To: null and void
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:31:25 PM PST
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: Publius
Crazy stuff,my daughter takes this train everyday.
“Chief Sullivan says icicles formed as a result of the recent moisture and these icicles came in contact with high power lines from AMTRAk that run underneath the bridge.”
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:32:23 PM PST
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: Graybeard58
Off with there heads! What a idiot I is. Their heads not there heads.
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:32:42 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
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To: fatima
Global Warming: It makes bridges explode.
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:33:08 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Nothing will change until after the war.)
To: fatima
Was Al Gore seen lurking in the neighborhood?
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:33:15 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: fatima
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:34:06 PM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: fatima
Back in the Sixties, I commuted on these lines when I was in college.
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:34:18 PM PST
by
Publius
("A centralized government is a centralized evil." -- Gen. John Graham)
To: Jim Robinson
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:34:18 PM PST
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: Jim Robinson
Now we know what happens when his chakra is released....
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:38:53 PM PST
by
x1stcav
(Man up! We're all going to have to become Samuel Whittemores.)
To: fatima
Why can’t they simply call it a short circuit caused by icicles touching the third rail?
“Thermic Event”, huh?
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:39:39 PM PST
by
BwanaNdege
("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
To: BwanaNdege
Not third rail. Overhead caternary.
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:41:44 PM PST
by
Publius
("A centralized government is a centralized evil." -- Gen. John Graham)
To: fatima
Good thing this never happened back before glogal warming.
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posted on
02/01/2013 7:43:47 PM PST
by
REDWOOD99
("Everyone should pay taxes. Everyone should pay the same rate.)
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