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Wed Jul-18-07 05:21 PM
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WHAT? BBC REPORTS BUILDING COLLAPSE IN DOWNTOWN ;MANHATTAN? |
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WHICH BUILDING? THEY JUST SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHRYSLER BUILDING. . .WHAT HAPPENED?
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:22 PM
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 05:52 PM by OPERATIONMINDCRIME
And no, not that type of transformer.
Says two people injured.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:30 PM
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:22 PM
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2. It's on MSNBC.com too. |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:22 PM
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3. I can see the Chrysler Building ... it's still there. |
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reportedly a transformer explosion.. big and scary events but not terrorism
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:23 PM
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6. Thanks, I love the Chrysler Building |
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 05:24 PM by slackmaster
:nuke:
The Chrysler Building would be VERY hard to bring down. It has about triple the steel of a modern building of comparable size.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:30 PM
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from where I am (Houston and 2nd Ave) the smoke/steam looks several blocks to the left (west) of the Chrysler Bldg. By all reports, closer to Grand Central.
There seems to be a big transformer fire/explosion here every couple of years.. especially during hot weather. Nasty scary stuff.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:22 PM
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:23 PM
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Local news is reporting some sort of explosion between 3rd and Lex on 41st St....four alarm.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:24 PM
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7. abc local - transformer blew - link here |
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 05:24 PM by peacebird
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:25 PM
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9. Others are saying it was a steam explosion. |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:33 PM
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20. we had one of these in downtown SF |
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 05:37 PM by musette_sf
a few years ago. i worked across the street.
as a New Yorker, i am not sure whether i am proud or ashamed to admit that as soon as i heard the explosion, i grabbed my stuff and ran to BART. i wasn't waiting around for the next shoe to drop, for BART to be shut down, etc etc etc.
turned out to be mostly property damage and only several people were hurt. thank the Goddess. NYC in that area is much more dense than where the explosion occurred in SF, so i do hope that as few ppl got hurt as possible.
update from MSNBC: 2 ppl hurt and some property damage. sounds about identical to the SF injured toll.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:25 PM
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8. OK, no building collapse? That IS what BBC is reporting. . . |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:27 PM
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12. Geez, which building collapsed? 43rd at Lexington? |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:27 PM
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13. Todays adult generation in the UK grew on TV shows like Danger UXB |
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Which was actually pretty good, but culturally they are a bit jumpy.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:28 PM
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14. What are you talking about? I'm in San Francisco. |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:31 PM
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19. "OK, no building collapse? That IS what BBC is reporting. . ." |
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 05:32 PM by slackmaster
The reply to which I replied.
Or is the BBC reporting this from their San Francisco bureau?
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:35 PM
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21. What is with you Slack? I have it on my computer. Now can we get back to the story? |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:40 PM
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24. You have a report from the BBC on your computer |
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What's hard to understand about my comment about the British?
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:40 PM
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25. What does it have to do with anything? |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:45 PM
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27. I don't have any problem understanding what I wrote |
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It's like the Brits to prematurely report a collapsed building when there is no collapsed building.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:26 PM
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10. watching it now on my local news |
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Edited on Wed Jul-18-07 05:27 PM by cal04
no confirmation of a building collapse yet 43rd and Lexington
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:27 PM
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11. the chrysler building is one of the most magestic deco structures in NYC |
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May no harm ever befall that structure.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:30 PM
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16. Damn right, that's my favorite building in NY |
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Once I had a hotel room with a perfect view of it. I love that building.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:29 PM
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15. When I lived in New York, I always wondered about the masses..... |
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of aging power lines and subway tunnels and phone lines and sewers that are under the crowded streets of Manhattan.....
I'm actually surprised this kind of thing doesn't happen more often.
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:38 PM
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22. Not a byte on the BBC web site |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:39 PM
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23. I'm watching live video from BBC News 24 |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:48 PM
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28. Are you sure you're not watching video of the Sao Paolo plane crash? |
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Wed Jul-18-07 05:41 PM
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26. ABC says four alarm fire, underground steam pipe explosion |
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Think of the scare mileage they will get out of this one?
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