Michigansheik Member Username: Michigansheik
Post Number: 114 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 69.242.214.54
| Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 1:20 am: | |
That thing spews steam out like a mo fo. Anyone know why? |
Michigansheik Member Username: Michigansheik
Post Number: 116 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 69.242.214.54
| Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 1:23 am: | |
pipe not pips, lol (Message edited by michigansheik on April 05, 2006) |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 5742 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.242.213.167
| Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 8:32 am: | |
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Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister
Post Number: 568 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.169.65
| Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 11:03 am: | |
Itsjeff, You are completely insane!!!!!!!!! ROFLMBAO! later - naturalsister |
Gannon
Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 5649 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.167.75.70
| Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 2:23 pm: | |
My bet, 'sheik, is that you're seeing a leak from the steam generation system that runs much of downtown's high-rise heating. When that new firm took over a few years ago, they ran around fixing a good many of the leaks...but apparently they couldn't get to 'em all...but installed a few of those pipes to send the scalding steam away from potentially harming people. I've seen them in a few locations...and they always remind me of the homeless I've met who have been injured when they slept over the steam for their winter survival. Twice in one winter, back in the late eighties when I used to attend that dirty little brown church at Edward and Woodward, I drove homeless dudes to Receiving when we realized they had both severe frostbite AND deep burns from the steam. The memories of one fellow's screams during this drive continue to haunt me whenever I think of this stuff. I'm sure they are not eager to field lawsuits for injuries sustained from steam contact...but even that large collection of grates near the northwest corner of Beaubien Street and Congress (if that is the street St. Andrews is on) still spew steam after they worked under there for a few months...and I've been bitten by it just walking by...through jeans. But when you're already frostbitten...I guess you lose that acute awareness of injury during your desperate thawing when you've no place else to turn. (before I learned of the steam heating system downtown, I used to think it was just hot sewage steam...glad I was wrong on that one.) |
Jams Member Username: Jams
Post Number: 3053 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.212.127.152
| Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 2:36 pm: | |
It's a substation, it was DTE's. I'm not sure who it belongs to now. |
Michigansheik Member Username: Michigansheik
Post Number: 127 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 63.65.97.67
| Posted on Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 2:22 pm: | |
The stack I'm referring to is near Farmer and Grand River. It extends 50ft high from the ground and is constantly spewing tons of steam, seems wasteful. I heard Detroit Thermal did fix many leaks and now some of the steam we see is actaully water mains leaking onto the steam pipes. With all the steam they are letting out at this location they could heat a building or two it would seem. |
Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister
Post Number: 583 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.255.236.166
| Posted on Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 6:23 pm: | |
Good point. They could defintely heat several locations. Imagine the red tape trying to get something like that done. later - naturalsister |
Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister
Post Number: 584 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.255.236.166
| Posted on Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 6:30 pm: | |
I know a master plumber and he's talked about how simple the engineering for something like that is. Now the cost... later - naturalsister |
Psip
Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 1069 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131
| Posted on Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 9:06 pm: | |
<<< I though you were talking about me. |