  Awfavre Member Username: Awfavre Post Number: 136 Registered: 08-2005 |
Okay, here we go again. A few moments ago, about 3:53 or so, I was sitting at my desk & heard a loud, rumbling, lasting ka-boom-type explosion. I looked up as the rumbling continued & saw a flash of white light toward the East, between the river & Congress, but I don’t know exactly where it was. It set off several car alarms, & the seagulls all took flight & have been circling downtown. My coworkers came down to my office & asked what was going on. We can’t see any smoke or fires out there. Anyone care to hazard a guess? | ||
Sumotect Member Username: Sumotect Post Number: 275 Registered: 08-2004 |
Just a guess, but an exploding transformer due to the heat and high electrical demand??? (Message edited by sumotect on August 10, 2007) | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 3685 Registered: 10-2004 |
It wasn't that long ago when DTE had an underground explosion on/near Lafayette which blew one or more manhole, err. human-access, covers a considerable vertical distance. | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 2375 Registered: 06-2004 |
Did it look like this:  | ||
Michigan Member Username: Michigan Post Number: 948 Registered: 04-2007 |
That always scares me LY, those things are heavy, and they have to come down somewhere!!!!! | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 3686 Registered: 10-2004 |
Something like one/two hundred feet up, maybe. But then my memory fades. It's too bad that the papers don't keep their archives as they once did. Otherwise, I'd know. Maybe somebody remembers the altitude better. There was the expected terrorism chatter for a very short time when it happened. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 1652 Registered: 10-2003 |
http://www.clickondetroit.com/ news/2180078/detail.html This one doesn't mention an altitude, unfortunately. | ||
Awfavre Member Username: Awfavre Post Number: 143 Registered: 08-2005 |
Dabirch, that's exactly what it looked like . . . only louder.  | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 1653 Registered: 10-2003 |
Dabirch, is that what people mean when they say "a two-bit criminal"? | ||
Mountainman Member Username: Mountainman Post Number: 137 Registered: 02-2006 |
I love Kaboom. What a game | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1339 Registered: 12-2003 |
The papers keep archives, you just can't access them online for free. But they are free at the Detroit Public Library | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1612 Registered: 12-2005 |
 It blowed up good! Yeah, real good! (I know I just did this last month) |
