I know. They had to evacuate the area. Dangerous stuff was being emitted into the air. That guy in the tow truck and a girl walking on the opposite side of the street were hurt when that thing exploded.
Never seen anything like that. Scary to imagin that much force running under your feet. Wonder how far up you would have been thrown had you steped on the cover when it blew. What ever would be left of you anyway.
Someone in a tow truck crossed the intersection the instant the pipe exploded and the whole truck fell sideways inside the hole the explosion caused. He was able to get out but with 2nd and 3rd degree burns all over his body.
Fantastic footage. My question is, since this is a "steam" explosion from a pipe, what in New York City uses steam? Do you have an aircraft carrier nearby or simply a bunch of trollys like San Fransico...seriously, what would steam be used for, I don't get this....
Steam is used for heat, hot water and A/C turbines in most of manhattans residental & commerical buildings. Steam runs from the Battery to 97 Street, East and West.
Where is the steam produced? In some central boiler plant and then piped, distrubuted and metered to each building like water and electricty? What do they burn to generate the steam? oil, gas??? Garbage??
lol. You make me laugh. Steam is used, first of all to turn the turbins in the Edison Electrical Plant with its pressure. The steam is then released into the city to warm buildings, and to also run some air conditioners. :)
lol. You make me laugh. Steam is used, first of all to turn the turbins in the Edison Electrical Plant with its pressure. The steam is then released into the city to warm buildings, and to also run some air conditioners. :)
^^i'm on the 34th floor in my building. selling it to a TV station had crossed my mind, but i figured there would be so much footage of it, it would be a waste of time.
That is *terrific* footage; I haven't seen anything like it, from above like that. What floor are you on? Probably too late now, but I bet you could have sold it to a TV station because of the unique angle.
Nope. Sorry my bad. I am talking about two different incidents. And yeah it does look like a Volcano in the middle of the city.
jk09345568 3 months ago
I know. They had to evacuate the area. Dangerous stuff was being emitted into the air. That guy in the tow truck and a girl walking on the opposite side of the street were hurt when that thing exploded.
jk09345568 3 months ago
and even this shitty banging sound is even better than hearing that awful soundsystem song
B1gHe4d 4 months ago
THANK GOD TERRORISTS DONT KNOW ABOUT THIS FLAW IN THE LAYOUT OF MANHATTAN. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SPIRALLING COST OF MILITARISING THE STEAM NETWORKS.
MrCHINBAG 5 months ago
What an excellent way to dispurse an neurological agent!
cptexas1 5 months ago
LOL! All the people running for life! XD
clarkloveselevators 1 year ago
looks like a scene from a volcano movie
fastnsexy 1 year ago
damn and just imagine if that thing was moving .... id run like forest gump in vietnam.
pspnichol 1 year ago
is a cloud maker machine? or its a smoke cover for buildings?
Spetznaz 1 year ago
what caused this?
Coasterrider210 1 year ago
@Sreewtyui lool
sugercoatedvenom 2 years ago
It looks like 911 when the towers came flowing down the street.
69landshark 2 years ago
Closest you'd get to a true phreatic explosion in NYC.
tectonaguy 2 years ago
Best view of this event so far... thanks for sharing...
N0RTHWEST 3 years ago
It's like a Volcano in the middle of a city.
jeepin1021 3 years ago 5
Ever see the movie Volcano? This is just like it.
shiningstars109 3 years ago 5
Never seen anything like that. Scary to imagin that much force running under your feet. Wonder how far up you would have been thrown had you steped on the cover when it blew. What ever would be left of you anyway.
tinpan2112 3 years ago 3
@tinpan2112 ...i think there'd be bits of flesh raining down
sugercoatedvenom 2 years ago
when is the bomb going to stop exlpoding
Andyfuture3 3 years ago
That is a lot of steam...
ibook133 3 years ago 3
Yeah, what a moron.
Steam technology is not "old fashioned", and steam heating systems exist in cities all around the world, including Europe.
gguru1 3 years ago 4
911 number two for the people in the street!
remifg 3 years ago 2
Was anybody killed?
Kenny2k08 3 years ago
apocalypse!!!!
angelomes 3 years ago
SO HOW LONG DID IT LAST???
Aceassassin99 3 years ago
Around half an hour or so.
rshapiro1968 3 years ago
thats alot of steam i say if you walked into it you would get 3rd degree burns in seconds
Aceassassin99 3 years ago
Someone in a tow truck crossed the intersection the instant the pipe exploded and the whole truck fell sideways inside the hole the explosion caused. He was able to get out but with 2nd and 3rd degree burns all over his body.
They put him in a chemically induced coma.
He was in the hospital for quite a while.
rshapiro1968 3 years ago
HOW UNLUCKY IS THAT
xXHalpoXx 3 years ago 2
@Aceassassin99 youd be fuckin dead lol
Malunat13 1 year ago
ooo look at the lil people running
flossie57 4 years ago
steam, lol 19 century technology
Robfoxman 4 years ago
you don't know what your talking about !
steam for heating system isn't a part of the 19 century.
maybe the pipes are so old but still today its used for heating up buildings.
Its more up to date than using electricity to warm up your home :-)
Asae2 4 years ago
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is it why the pipe broke by decay?.. up to date technologi? maybe in US, but here in europe we dont dont use old fashion steam power anymore.
Robfoxman 4 years ago
what exploded?
Shimon8080 4 years ago
Broken steam pipe (infrastructure decay).
TECHKLEC 4 years ago
i really like steam,i wish there were alot more videos about steam
brener26 4 years ago
lol XD
LowLowSpinners 4 years ago
Fantastic footage. My question is, since this is a "steam" explosion from a pipe, what in New York City uses steam? Do you have an aircraft carrier nearby or simply a bunch of trollys like San Fransico...seriously, what would steam be used for, I don't get this....
amisamiamiam 4 years ago
Steam is used for heat, hot water and A/C turbines in most of manhattans residental & commerical buildings. Steam runs from the Battery to 97 Street, East and West.
ajmateo 4 years ago
Where is the steam produced? In some central boiler plant and then piped, distrubuted and metered to each building like water and electricty? What do they burn to generate the steam? oil, gas??? Garbage??
REWYRED 4 years ago
lol. You make me laugh. Steam is used, first of all to turn the turbins in the Edison Electrical Plant with its pressure. The steam is then released into the city to warm buildings, and to also run some air conditioners. :)
menicknick 4 years ago
lol. You make me laugh. Steam is used, first of all to turn the turbins in the Edison Electrical Plant with its pressure. The steam is then released into the city to warm buildings, and to also run some air conditioners. :)
menicknick 4 years ago 2
@amisamiamiam Heating building so they dont need boilers and for steam driven chillers in summer.
67tr876 6 months ago
Where did that cold water come from?
kmoney3000 4 years ago
that is HOTTTTT WATER
Mikey7889 3 years ago 3
damn thats good footage
videoviewer224 4 years ago
^^i'm on the 34th floor in my building. selling it to a TV station had crossed my mind, but i figured there would be so much footage of it, it would be a waste of time.
rshapiro1968 4 years ago
That is *terrific* footage; I haven't seen anything like it, from above like that. What floor are you on? Probably too late now, but I bet you could have sold it to a TV station because of the unique angle.
audiatore 4 years ago
I'm one of those people running out of that building on the right. Good times.
ntoriusdan 4 years ago
i hope i didn't breathe in some bad stuff...i was watching for a half hour from 38th and Lex.
mvalinsky 4 years ago