Explosion in San Francisco Financial District

Just Heard | 6/24/08 | JohnnyCap

[johnnycap]

At 4:18pm PDT there was some kind of large explosion in the financial district here in San Francisco, people have come out of their buildings to see. Police have taped off the area south of Pine on California Street. Cable Cars have stopped running. More to follow...

[glorgau]

Bush’s fault.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Yikes, hope all is ok!

[johnnycap]

...just heard it was some kind of Pacific Gas & Electric Vault explosion at the corner of California and Drumm Street near the Embarcadero.

[Natchez Hawk]

Bill O’Reilly just got wood.

[Cindy]

http://www.ksfo.com
http://www.kgo.com

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.sfgate.com

[unkus]

No Military involvement in any rescue efforts should be allowed. They hate our military. Let them fend for themselves.

[Michael.SF.]

Same thing happened on Market Street some time ago, late 2007 I am thinking.

[Cindy]

How did you hear about it... or are you seeing it?

[SIDENET]

An explosion of gay proportions!

[homeguard]

Is Savage OK?

[johnnycap]

I felt it, it shook the building...large rumble followed...then sirens, co-workers have gone down to investigate.

[Cindy]

http://www.pge.com

http://www.pge.com/mybusiness/customerservice/energystatus/
“Outage and Energy Status”

[Michael.SF.]

Wow, time goes by too fast:

SF Explosion Aug. 19, 2005

[R_Kangel]

"...just heard it was some kind of Pacific Gas & Electric Vault explosion at the corner of California and Drumm Street near the Embarcadero."

Probably some kind of massive overload due to all of the gay weddings scheduled to take at 4:15 Pacific time.

[Dog]

It was a PG&E vault exploding..

http://www.kcbs.com/PG-E-Explosion-in-Financial-District/2475206

[Drango]

Don’t know what happened. But every so often a vault explodes and a manhole cover goes airborne. Big pucker factor, but not a big deal. Calm down folks.

[yankeedame]

Bush’s fault.

Ah, heck, that goes w/o saying.

[Dog Gone]

If San Francisco is still using fossil fuels, it’s their own damn fault.

[Gator113]

Naked men, holding hands, seen running from the building?

[Dog]

It was a vault.

[Cindy]

Ok, I’m still trying to find news updates for you.

[liege]

It was the vaults fault.

[RoseofTexas]

Too bad it wasn’t the sewage plant or the city council building.

[Gator113]

Hey Francisco, we will send in some military help....oh wait, never mind.

Just cover your buddy’s behind, ok?

[CindyDawg]

Ok...please explain “vault” for us down South. Yall say people are running to see what happened. In my mind, I'm seeing money flying in the air:’)

[Uncle Miltie]

Corrected: "An explosion of gay fabulous proportions!"

(Prayers for any affected).

[Disciplinemisanthropy]

id have guessed SF residents can lose the ability to pucker overnight

[Gator113]

“Naked men”

Oops, change that to naked ‘males’...... and “it’s” and lions and tiger and bears, oh my.

[Old Sarge]

Ja, It Vas Bush’s Vault?

[VR-21]

Hope all’s well.

[LibertyRocks]

I hope everyone is OK. Prayers for any who may be injured and for those responding...

[Southack]

I’ll take “Copper Thieves” for $200, Alex...

[johnnycap]

No, it’s some kidn of under the street transformer that probably blew the sewer covers off. So it was an electrical explosion under the street. But having been in lower Manhattan on 9/11, it felt a bit like deja vu all over again.

[fatima]

(((Hugs)))That happens in Philadelphia once in awhile and fire comes out.

[True Republican Patriot]

Bugeyes’ BOTOXED Face finally BLEW!

[JMK]

"Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?"

[El Gato]

Ok...please explain “vault” for us down South.

Basically an underground utility room. Often under the sidewalk. May contain electrical switchgear, transformers, etc., or alternatively similar gas supply fixtures, like a pressure regulator or even a meter supplying a big building.

[SoldierDad]

I’m hard pressed to understand why an explosion in SF would cause Bill O’Reilly to get “wood”?

[CindyDawg]

How terrible for you. It sounds like everything is ok.

[Cindy]

Adding a link:

http://cbs5.com/local/underground.vault.explosion.2.756320.html

Jun 24, 2008 4:41 pm US/Pacific

“Underground Explosion Shakes SF Financial District”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS) An underground explosion at a Pacific, Gas and Electric Co. vault shook the San Francisco financial district late Tuesday afternoon, but caused no injuries, according to the fire department.

The blast took place at Drumm and California streets just after 4 p.m. and jolted guests at the nearby Hyatt Embarcadero.”

[RayChuang88]

Utilities explosions from underground utility lines are a big problem in New York City, where there are a lot of buried steam pipes and electrical cables. Wasn’t there a massive steam pipe explosion in NYC just last year that scared the heck out of everyone?

[Drango]

I’m on the edge of orgasm here myself.

To much information.....

[Natchez Hawk]

He’s made a lot of hey about the cities nit-wit politics (hostility to military, Pat riot act etc.) and basically wished a terrorist attack on the city.

[GOPJ]

Can you see anything from where you’re at?

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

"smoke pouring from two manholes"

just the thing to get san franciscans excited.

[PghBaldy]

Manhole Explodes in San Francisco

Forgive me... Seriously, I’m always concerned one of these days someone is gonna get killed with these covers shooting into the air.

[SoldierDad]

To the best of knowledge, Bill did not make any statement for a “wish of a terrorist attack” against SF. What he did say is that were there to be a terrorist attack that our military should tell SF, “Sorry, you’re on your own”. That’s much different than wishing for an attack.