Transformer Explodes Outside World Bank

[dqueue]

I found this article after a friend emailed from downtown DC. His initial email reads:

Additional underground utility explosions have been reported. All personnel should remain inside their buildings until the situation has been brought under full control.

Secret service directing traffic and stuff!

The first article I've seen on comes from WTOP, Washington, DC, news radio.

WASHINGTON - Outside the World Bank, there were three separate explosions of manhole covers, FBI spokeswoman Deb Weirman tells WTOP.

"These manhole covers blew into the air spewing smoke, debris and some small flames. This appears to be have been caused by an electrical transformer in an underground tunnel," Weirman says.

"This is simply electrical in nature," Weirman says.

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[Justin54B20L]

1. Optimus Prime!!! NOOOOoooooooo.......

Oh, not that kind of Transformer :)

[Frederik]

10. LOL

:-) That would have been cool.

[chopper]

33. you know...

he's jewish you know.

[barbaraann]

2. I think there are explosions like this all the time in D.C.

There was one when I visited there a few years ago. I don't know of any other place in the country where this happens and it's pretty freaky!

[bertha katzenengel]

3. Mrs. V. just called to tell me not to panic in case I heard about this.

Her building is on the next block.

[dqueue]

4. World Bank workers sent home...

World Bank spokesman Damian Milverton tells WTOP the World Bank Building does not have air conditioning and that workers have been told to go home.

ABC News in Washington, DC, has a blurb about this, too.

And thanks for the update to "Don't panic". Almost premonitory.

[eternalburn]

5. Manhole explosion happened maybe 6 to 8 months ago....

.....underground in the immediate vicinity of Leavenworth Prison.

The story on a local TV station was removed from it's website within an hour and no mention of it was reported by any other source.

There are however some interesting results when searching "manhole+explosion" via Google.

[LibertyLover]

6. World Bank

It's not a big deal. There is no electricity in the MC (Main Complex) building and J building, which means no A/C. Staff in those buildings were evacuated. Jim Wolfensohn came on the intercom about an hour and a half ago to say that staff in those two buildings should be allowed back in to get their stuff in an hour or so and then could go home. Until then they should enjoy the sunshine or go to friends in other buildings and use their telephones, etc. After they were able to get their stuff they could go home for the day. Other buildings, like the F building where I'm located (21st and Penn) haven't been affected and so we are continuing to work. As another poster mentioned, we have these explosions in DC, if not on a regular basis, at least often enough to be used to them.

[dqueue]

7. Thanks for the update! n/t

[Dover]

8. Is this a fairly new type of problem?

How long have exploding manholes been occuring? I know that D.C. and New York have had the problem but no good explanation as to why this continues to happen, and when this type of problem started.

I imagine when someone gets killed and sues there will be more answers uncovered.

[HughBeaumont]

9. Looks like my friend Aurele gets to enjoy this great day today

Lucky him.

[MADem]

11. Here we go again!!!!!

It was like Baghdad in Georgetown the past few summers--the manholes were blowing like mad, made worse by the fact that they are screwed down with no where for pressure to escape...

[Moderator]

12. kick to combine

[Lori Price CLG]

13. Manhole Explodes Near World Bank, IMF

Manhole Explodes Near World Bank, IMF

WASHINGTON — Buildings were evacuated in an area near the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on Thursday because of a manhole blast that was said to be a result of a transformer explosion under the street level.

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Lori Price

[truthisfreedom]

14. i hate it when that happens. pole pigs seem to blow up every summer in

my neighborhood... KA-BLAMMM! like a bomb going off. i had to buy a 15KW generator for all of the outages we have here... 7 times in one summer 3 years ago, up to 6 hours per outage.

[BeHereNow]

15. Woah!

Does this mean some folks are sick and tired of
the economic hit men like WOLFOWITZ?
BWAHAHAH-
Sorry, I hope no one was hurt-
Off to read link now.
BHN

[BeHereNow]

16. Was it a tranformer OR

a message from God?
Makes ya wonder.
BHN

[Lori Price CLG]

18. Hopefully! :) n/t

[burrowowl]

17. Overload of sewage gas

from said occupants of said buildings, when will the WH sewer explode?

[BeHereNow]

20. Well you see, ACTUALLY-

The reason this one exploded was because
the KKKabal has been using a secret tunnel
from Cheney's bunker to this location
for pool parties, they feel more comfortable
near their element and all.
Their excessive use of the area simply
overloaded the system.
BHN

[AndyTiedye]

19. I Just Have a Little 3kw

If a tree falls in the forest,
it usually manages to hit our power line.



this genny is nice and quiet, and produces really clean power.

[moddemny]

21. Is this some form of..........

stealth marketing?

[BeHereNow]

22. No, more like

DIVINE JUSTICE.
World Bank evil simply manifesting in
its proximity.
Artists among us will "adore the metaphor...."

BHN

[moddemny]

24. I was talking about the generator

in reply #6.

[BeHereNow]

26. Sorry, I am caught in the fact that

it came from "below" the surface, near the
manifestation of evil incarnate (the World Bank and IMF)
I like to imagine that it was actually an invitation
from hell below for them to come on down
where they belong.
I am SO outraged by the onslaught of atrocities,
you see.
My coping technique is all about metaphors...
BHN

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

30. It would only look like stealth marketing

to a stealth marketer.

Relax and have some tea.

[AndyTiedye]

31. Disclaimer

I have no financial interest in Honda, or in the company whose
website I linked the picture off of. They were just the first
image of that genny that I found on google. I bought mine from
a local dealer.


I would prefer that those who buy generators buy quiet ones,
and I'd like to see the more being built like that one and fewer of
the really noisy ones like what the people who camp next to us always
seem to have.

The EU3000 is 49db.
Some other gennys the same size are as high as 80db.

[moddemny]

32. It's Ok....

I was kidding.

[baby_bear]

23. I hope it's not an older one full of PCBs

Lordy what an environmental mess that would cause.

b_b

[punpirate]

25. I just had this mental image...

... of a manhole cover flying high into the air, crashing through the roof of the World Bank and landing on Wolfowitz's desk.... :)

Closest he'd ever come to incoming. :P

[Lori Price CLG]

27. Aim 'higher ' w. your 'mental images.' Why stop at the desk? LOL! n/t

[BeHereNow]

29. See my post above-

My vision is ALL about the explosion
coming from hell- instant messenger style
to Wolfie and all...
Heh-heh...
BHN

[dxstone]

28. OH, THAT POOR MAN!

Is he going to be alright?
:rofl:
(I only read the main headings!)
D