Big ass steam explosion in Manhattan
Steam terrorists not suspected.
NEW YORK - An underground steam pipe explosion tore through a Manhattan street near Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, swallowing a tow truck and killing one person as hundreds of others ran for cover amid a towering geyser of steam and flying rubble.
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said the explosion was not terrorism.
"There is no reason to believe whatsoever that this is anything other than a failure of our infrastructure," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference at the scene of the blast.
The mayor said a 24-inch steam pipe installed in 1924 broke, with the explosion most likely caused by the introduction of cold water into the pipe.
Eighteen people were taken to local hospitals, including the person who died, said spokesman Stephen Bohlen. He said two seriously injured patients were being treated in Bellevue Hospital's trauma unit. The remainder suffered minor injuries, he said.
Two people were in critical condition at New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center, said spokeswoman Emily Berlanstein.
Initial burst taller than Chrysler Building
A plume of steam and mud shot from the center of the blast, generating a tremendous roar. The initial burst of steam rose higher than the nearby 77-story Chrysler Building, one of Manhattan's tallest buildings. The air near the site was filled with debris.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19837147/
Note to self, do not fuck with steam or live in NYC.
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 16:28
Steam terrorism!?
Lunatic Goofballs
25-05-2009, 16:30
Manhattan farted! :eek:
Manhattan farted! :eek:
Manhattan = New York's Asshole?
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 16:42
Manhattan = New York's Asshole?
Nah, New York= America's Arsehole.
Lunatic Goofballs
25-05-2009, 16:54
Manhattan = New York's Asshole?
Well maybe, but Manhattan has an asshole, and maybe we have found it. ;)
Katganistan
25-05-2009, 16:58
Steam terrorists not suspected.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19837147/
Note to self, do not fuck with steam or live in NYC.
Ok, story from 2007. A LITTLE bit of a gravedig, no?
And no, not everyone is cut out for living here.
Nah, New York= America's Arsehole.
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Where did you get your credentials?
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 17:01
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Where did you get your credentials?
Wait, I have credentials now?
Katganistan
25-05-2009, 17:01
Well maybe, but Manhattan has an asshole, and maybe we have found it. ;)
Manhattan has many. Just get on the subway. ;)
Wait, I have credentials now?
Well, you seem to be putting yourself forward as an expert.... ;)
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 17:04
Manhattan has many. Just get on the subway. ;)
Well, you seem to be putting yourself forward as an expert.... ;)
Oh, I do that for everything. :wink:
Steam terrorists not suspected.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19837147/
Note to self, do not fuck with steam or live in NYC.
t'was a retroactive effect of the North Korean nuclear bomb-test...
Well, you seem to be putting yourself forward as an expert.... ;)
why does the phrase "it takes one to know one..." pop into mind?
[/jking] :D
Manhattan = New York's Asshole?
<Insert appropriate put down of New Jersey here>
Ok, story from 2007. A LITTLE bit of a gravedig, no?
I could have sworn I heard something about that on the radio today. Bah, fail.
Oh, also, disregard that, I suck cocks.
Call to power
25-05-2009, 19:36
is it too late to get my towel and wooden bench?
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 19:39
is it too late to get my towel and wooden bench?
2 years to late.
Call to power
25-05-2009, 19:45
2 years to late.
damn whippersnappers when I was your age we had steam all over New Yorks streets and everyone had a job
at least I think your that old :p
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 19:47
damn whippersnappers when I was your age we had steam all over New Yorks streets and everyone had a job
at least I think your that old :p
lolwut? You're 19, right?
Call to power
25-05-2009, 20:03
lolwut? You're 19, right?
going on 20! *settles down with a mortgage and shit*
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:07
going on 20! *settles down with a mortgage and shit*
Meh, I'm 16 so there wasn't steam all over the streets of Manhattan when you were my age.
Call to power
25-05-2009, 20:17
Meh, I'm 16 so there wasn't steam all over the streets of Manhattan when you were my age.
by god why aren't you lighting fires and being all over that hawt chick?! back in my day...
actually come to think of it don't get drunk before that maths GCSE exam and for the love of god don't bring a solar powered calculator into an exam hall with no windows -_-
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:20
by god why aren't you lighting fires and being all over that hawt chick?! back in my day...
actually come to think of it don't get drunk before that maths GCSE exam and for the love of god don't bring a solar powered calculator into an exam hall with no windows -_-
You were pissed in your GCSE's? You mug.
Call to power
25-05-2009, 20:25
You were pissed in your GCSE's? You mug.
hawt socking wet girl, bedroom, 2 bottles of whiskey vs exams that I couldn't give a shit about and have no relevance on my future
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:27
hawt socking wet girl, bedroom, 2 bottles of whiskey vs exams that I couldn't give a shit about and have no relevance on my future
Oh, well fair enough, in that case I'd do the same as you. But I need 2 more GCSE's or I'm fucked.
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 20:28
Oh, well fair enough, in that case I'd do the same as you. But I need 2 more GCSE's or I'm fucked.
I've still got about 2-3 years until I'm in the same position as you.
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:30
I've still got about 2-3 years until I'm in the same position as you.
*points and laughs at your misfortune*
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 20:31
*points and laughs at your misfortune*
Hey, I'm 14!
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:33
Hey, I'm 14!
I know, and you're all the more misfortunate for it.
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 20:34
I know, and you're all the more misfortunate for it.
How I'm misfortunate for it? I can't change the Finnish education system.
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:35
How I'm misfortunate for it? I can't change the Finnish education system.
Yeah, but you've got 2 years left at some shitty school.
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 20:38
Yeah, but you've got 2 years left at some shitty school.
No, actually the next year, then to lukio.
(basically high school)
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:39
No, actually the next year, then to lukio.
(basically high school)
Oh, so you've got to go till you're 18?
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 20:44
Oh, so you've got to go till you're 18?
Yup, then you graduate from there as a 'ylioppilas'(don't know how to translate that). Then you either go to the university or to this another school.
More on the Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College#Finland
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:47
Yup, then you graduate from there as a 'ylioppilas'(don't know how to translate that). Then you either go to the university or to this another school.
More on the Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College#Finland
I feel sorry for you.
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 20:53
I feel sorry for you.
It's not actually that bad. At least I can postpone deciding to what career I want go to until I'm ready. And if I go to the uni, then I have 3000 euros to use on study-related stuff.
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:54
It's not actually that bad. At least I can postpone deciding to what career I want go to until I'm ready. And if I go to the uni, then I have 3000 euros to use on study-related stuff.
What, the government gives you 300 euros if you're smart?
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 20:56
What, the government gives you 300 euros if you're smart?
That's one extra zero, and no, I get it because my dad left it to me when he died. Each kid in our family gets 3000 when they turn 18 and the rest when they're older.
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 20:58
That's one extra zero, and no, I get it because my dad left it to me when he died. Each kid in our family gets 3000 when they turn 18 and the rest when they're older.
Oh, right, sorry.
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 20:59
Oh, right, sorry.
It's okay. He died in 2003, IIRC. It's only a memory now.
Call to power
25-05-2009, 21:00
Oh, well fair enough, in that case I'd do the same as you. But I need 2 more GCSE's or I'm fucked.
whats gonna happen they threatened to refuse you for a-levels? :p
*suddenly feels like that guy who offers kids cigarettes*
Yeah, but you've got 2 years left at some shitty school.
so have you no?
Before you two get this locked for derailing it, apparently I meant this (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30927718/). But feel free to continue discussing education and inheritance in Finland, mystery bomb isn't as amusing as steam terrorism.
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 21:02
Before you two get this locked for derailing it, apparently I meant this (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30927718/). But feel free to continue discussing education and inheritance in Finland, mystery bomb isn't as amusing as steam terrorism.
Sorry, sorry, will stop the derail.
Call to power
25-05-2009, 21:05
Before you two get this locked for derailing it, apparently I meant this (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30927718/). But feel free to continue discussing education and inheritance in Finland, mystery bomb isn't as amusing as steam terrorism.
omg fight club is real!
*has testicles cut off*
Ring of Isengard
25-05-2009, 21:09
It's okay. He died in 2003, IIRC. It's only a memory now.
Yeah, well sorry anyway.
whats gonna happen they threatened to refuse you for a-levels? :p
*suddenly feels like that guy who offers kids cigarettes*
Not doing em, doing a National Diploma.
Western Mercenary Unio
25-05-2009, 21:13
Yeah, well sorry anyway.
Thanks. :fluffle:
(This is the first time I've used a fluffle smilie.)