Monday, August 13, 2007 – 11:38 am
NYC politicians are demanding that Bloomberg form a commission to find out what is going on with NYC’s infrastructure.
Lawmakers called Sunday for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to set up a commission to study the city’s crumbling infrastructure, citing last summer’s blackout, last month’s steam pipe blast and last week’s subway shutdown.
“When disaster strikes, our ability […]
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 – 7:01 pm
UPDATE 2: WNBC’s on air reporter is reporting that besides the few injuries, many people have been “soiled by mud and debris” from the explosion. The humanity!
UPDATE: ConEd was to blame. A transformer fire triggered the steam pipe explosion.
Atleast two injuries have been reported after a major steam pipe explosion. The explosion […]
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 – 4:03 pm
Update #4: All seems to be right with the world, or at least the UES and South Bronx. While it was hot today, it wasn’t outrageously hot and it was basically the first day of being really hot. Let’s just hope this isn’t a sign of things to come.
Update #3: ConEd is saying that […]
Thursday, May 3, 2007 – 8:00 am
ConEd has never been accused of being the sharpest tool in the shed but this seems pretty ridiculous to us. ConEd has been finding so many stray-voltage hot spots throughout the city they’ve started hiring “specially trained” livery cab drivers to park their cars over them to keep people or pets from accidentally […]
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 – 11:28 am
Manhole covers are proving to be extremely dangerous. In Harlem yesterday, 219 residences from 20 buildings evacuated their apartments for fear of harmful carbon monoxide levels caused by exposed manholes that were shot off by burning Con Edison cables.
People on the south side of the street were allowed to return home when […]
Friday, February 16, 2007 – 4:17 pm
Beth Boyer allowed herself a day to grieve the death of her Boston terrier, who she named Boston Bob and was electrocuted on a city sidewalk, before moving on. She was given an exact replica of the dead dog by a Brooklyn pet shop owner, which helped her get over the […]
Friday, December 29, 2006 – 10:37 am
Yesterday, three manholes exploded on Houston St between MacDougal and Thompson.
A Con Edison spokesman said gases from burning insulation on underground wires ignited and sent the covers 30 feet in the air. Witnesses described it as sounding like a sonic boom.
For some reason, the only injury was a cut hand. The victim […]
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