So as most of you probably heard, there was a big scare in NYC today. I happened to be almost in the middle of it, but thankfully I had a long day at work and if I had only been one or two minutes earlier leaving work I would have been even closer to where it all happened on Lexington and 41st Street. I left work (Third Ave and 41st) around 5:50pm and was at the Northwest corner of 42nd and Third when I heard this loud rumbling that I first thought was thunder. But the rumbling kept going and then people started to scream and everyone started to run in my direction yelling to run away. I had no idea what to think. Was this a terrorist attack? Was it perhaps a tornado or something? (it had been raining all day and there were tornado warnings in neighboring counties) Well for a good 10-20 minutes I really didn't know what was going on and neither did anyone else around me. Some were saying there was an explosion at Grand Central Terminal. Others were saying a building was collapsing.
Needless to say, there were many scenarios running through my head. After heading uptown a couple of blocks I stopped to determine if it was okay to head downtown. I finally decided it was okay as people weren't really running anymore and others were walking downtown. Still not sure what was going on, I started to head in the right direction towards home and stopped to take this picture at Third and 41st. Kind of scary.
I kept walking not sure where to get the subway, but later found out that other trains were running and proceeded to walk down to 23rd and 7th Ave to catch the red line. When I got home, Jenn was on the couch and that's when I learned that we had all been running away from a major steam pipe explosion. Read more about the story
here.
As for me, this is my tale of my first real NYC scare. And boy it was a doozie!
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It happened on the West side of 41st and Lexington Ave. I was like a block away in the office. At first I thought it was thunder, but it just kept going for like over 20 minutes it seemed, and it was very very loud.
Very scary, the NYPD says it was not terrorism. They say it was a steam explosion. Smoke and steam went up over the 45th floor. There was no black smoke like a fire though. People were running down Lexington. It was pretty scary, I was positive while in the area that it was terrorism.
It happened right around the corner from one of the biggest creators of traffic congestion in NYC.
Will Mayor Bloomberg do anything about Park Ave. being blocked off at 42nd street?
I think Mayor Nanny Bloomie is a very arrogant man. I also highly doubt he rides the subway that much. He's the mayor, I want someone driving him around so he can work and make calls and stuff. New Yorkers shouldn't want him wasting all that time on the subway.
We all have to wonder what Bloomberg is really thinking of with this congestion pricing tax scheme. Maybe he mostly just wants a new tax. Just wrap it up in ‘concern for the environment’, and then people can just demonize those who oppose it.
If he cares so much about traffic jams, congestion and air pollution, why does he let Park Avenue be blocked off? Why doesn’t he do anything about that?
It's true, Pershing Square Restaurant blocks Park Avenue going South at 42nd St. for about 12 hours a day/5 months of the year! This Causes Massive Congestion and Air Pollution!
But apparently it does not bother NYC’s Nanny-in-Chief Mike “Congestion Pricing Tax” Bloomberg?
It certainly supports his claim that the city is hugely congested.
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Oh, NYC scares are so crucial. New York has to give you one every year...whether it be a black out, transit strike, small plane crash into building on the upper east side, etc. Its part of the fun.
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