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Explosion on Bridge Caused by 'Thermic Event:' Police
NBC10 ^ | Feb 1, 2013 | Lauren DiSanto

Posted on 02/01/2013 7:21:28 PM PST by fatima

Four people were hospitalized with minor injuries Friday night after an explosion on a bridge over the train tracks at 30th and Cecil B. Moore in Brewerytown.

The explosion was originally thought to have been an explosive device, but after an extensive investigation, police are calling it a "thermic event."

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bridge; explosion; thermic; thermicevent
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1 posted on 02/01/2013 7:21:33 PM PST by fatima
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To: fatima

17,000 volts AC at 16 hertz can cause a lot of damage if bridged by frozen water. I wouldn’t want to be nearby.


2 posted on 02/01/2013 7:24:49 PM PST by Publius ("A centralized government is a centralized evil." -- Gen. John Graham)
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To: fatima

What’s a “thermic event,” an explosion set off by Muslims?


3 posted on 02/01/2013 7:25:47 PM PST by madprof98
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To: Publius

16 Hz?


4 posted on 02/01/2013 7:28:30 PM PST by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable Tyranny)
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To: fatima

Gerbils Swarming?


5 posted on 02/01/2013 7:28:42 PM PST by rfp1234 (Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess with a pigeon.)
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To: madprof98
What’s a “thermic event,” an explosion set off by Muslims?

No, it was set off by Therms. Gee, try to keep up.

Off with there heads!Thermahu akbar!

6 posted on 02/01/2013 7:30:40 PM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: null and void

Depending on where you are, the frequency on the Northeast Corridor can run from 16 to 60 hertz. It has to do with who electrified that stretch of track originally. Thanks to the modern art of thyristors, today’s electric locomotives can change on the fly.


7 posted on 02/01/2013 7:30:49 PM PST by Publius ("A centralized government is a centralized evil." -- Gen. John Graham)
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To: null and void

Yeah, it Hz a lot!


8 posted on 02/01/2013 7:31:25 PM PST by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: Publius

Crazy stuff,my daughter takes this train everyday.
“Chief Sullivan says icicles formed as a result of the recent moisture and these icicles came in contact with high power lines from AMTRAk that run underneath the bridge.”


9 posted on 02/01/2013 7:32:23 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Graybeard58
Off with there heads!

What a idiot I is. Their heads not there heads.

10 posted on 02/01/2013 7:32:42 PM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: fatima

Global Warming: It makes bridges explode.


11 posted on 02/01/2013 7:33:08 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: fatima

Was Al Gore seen lurking in the neighborhood?


12 posted on 02/01/2013 7:33:15 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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13 posted on 02/01/2013 7:34:06 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: fatima

Back in the Sixties, I commuted on these lines when I was in college.


14 posted on 02/01/2013 7:34:18 PM PST by Publius ("A centralized government is a centralized evil." -- Gen. John Graham)
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To: Jim Robinson

He’s too big to lurk.


15 posted on 02/01/2013 7:34:18 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Jim Robinson

Now we know what happens when his chakra is released....


16 posted on 02/01/2013 7:37:19 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Graybeard58

We got it anyway.


17 posted on 02/01/2013 7:38:53 PM PST by x1stcav (Man up! We're all going to have to become Samuel Whittemores.)
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To: fatima

Why can’t they simply call it a short circuit caused by icicles touching the third rail?

“Thermic Event”, huh?


18 posted on 02/01/2013 7:39:39 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: BwanaNdege

Not third rail. Overhead caternary.


19 posted on 02/01/2013 7:41:44 PM PST by Publius ("A centralized government is a centralized evil." -- Gen. John Graham)
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To: fatima

Good thing this never happened back before glogal warming.


20 posted on 02/01/2013 7:43:47 PM PST by REDWOOD99 ("Everyone should pay taxes. Everyone should pay the same rate.)
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