Exploding manhole covers in Washington DC

Thu Jun 14 21:44:10 UTC 2001

On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 05:35:58PM -0400, Deepak Jain wrote:
>
> PEPCO doesn't know why these manholes are blowing up, but started
> putting grated manhole covers on to prevent this. Don't know if this
> one was grated or solid.

http://www.nbc4.com/images/NBC2JRIEYNCP.jpg

That one looks solid to me. But at long as it didn't cut any fiber, why
do we care. :P

If you are in DC and you hear a bang, you should probably duck. I'm
certain most DC residents are familiar with this one already.

-- 
Richard A Steenbergen <ras at e-gerbil.net>       http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras
PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177  (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA  B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)