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Multiple gas explosions, fires reported in Lawrence and Andover, Mass.
- Thread starter NihonTiger
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The fucking lawsuits that are going to happen if it's something like this.
They better not have an arbitration clause in their contracts. Or a court voids them if they do.
So the press conference is an hour late....
All public schools are closed tomorrow. Shocking news.
I mean doesnt every contract have arbitration now? Potentially dealing with something involving arbitratio soon and I hate it. It's a terrible way to do business
I meant that sort of sarcastically lol.
Anyway my family is from up that way although no one lives there anymore my mother's been texting me about it for the last half hour. No deaths reported but judging by the pictures it would seem only a matter of time right?
There's a handful of people at local hospitals, a few in critical condition. No more explosions with the power being out and people being evacuated. But no deaths yet.
It was pretty much at the best time of day in terms of preventing mass casualties. Right around rush hour when most people aren't home. Many of the houses were slow burns so people were able to get out.
They are saying very little other than the immediate safety issues and evacuation. I assume the answers of what and why this happened will take quite a while.
It's going to be scary as hell to turn the power back on to the towns without checking every building first. That's gonna take a while
It's going to be scary as hell to turn the power back on to the towns without checking every building first. That's gonna take a while
Live in Andover on the border of Lawrence, no gas line in my home so we're safe. In-laws house has one though so they're staying here for the night.
Pretty crazy here, feels like a Walking Dead episode.
Pretty crazy here, feels like a Walking Dead episode.
Holy shit. I used to work in Andover :( I hope people are ok.
I'm betting the executives at National Grid are checking their stock options as we speak. Given the number of signs I've seen in the area about the gas leaks in Boston/Cambridge
I'm betting the executives at National Grid are checking their stock options as we speak. Given the number of signs I've seen in the area about the gas leaks in Boston/Cambridge
Whats worse is since they locked out their workers, theres no one to send to help which is what would typically happen in an emergency like this.
Pretty crazy news night between this and the hurricane. Humanity and mother nature both testing our crumbling infrastructure and thinly stretched municipal and state services.
Sure, they offered but it says nothing about the conditions they placed on it.
God damn... dude sitting in a car when a series of gas explosions causes a house chimney to fall on and crush him is some Final Destination shit
Ugh. How does one even... The circumstances are just too surreal. Good lord. A house randomly exploding and a chimney taking you out..
I feel sick even thinking of what that family is feeling today.
RIP to the young man from Lawerence. SMH so sad! Please, fellow residents of Massachusetts, be safe!
Don't live near the affected areas but do live in MA and have been watching the local news and keeping up with this most of the evening. So awful, my thoughts to all the families affected and R.I.P to the poor 18yo. Was really hoping that there wouldn't be any deaths from this awful situation but sadly it seems there has been :(
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The 18-year-old who died was in the car with two of his friends, who are still hospitalized. They were celebrating because he got his driver's license today.
I'm going to fucking cry.
I'm going to fucking cry.
I hope no one else is seriously hurt.
I quit working for the that gas company last month, it was for a different state though.
Scary stuff.
I quit working for the that gas company last month, it was for a different state though.
Scary stuff.
Collection of photos from the Boston Globe:
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/09/14/gas-explosions-fires-photos
All that smoke jfc.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/09/14/gas-explosions-fires-photos
All that smoke jfc.
It looks like a warzone. Fucking hell. So much smoke.
RIP to the poor kid. I'm still shocked that there has only been one fatality so far.
Every building that could have been affected has to have their gas service turned off, then inspected, then turned on later by the gas company. 8,000 buildings.
This is correct, read that this morning on the local news site. That's gonna take a long time. And will mean no hot water or heat (the latter isn't really an issue though) for those homes until then. Completely fucked.
Hopefully they will be able to call in inspectors from other states and companies to speed things along.
How long until the first frost? October or November right? They've got a lot of homes to inspect, hopefully they can do them all in time but it feels like it'll be tight.
Those places are 35 miles/45 minutes away from the city. Who cares what happens outside 95/128. It's like if anything happened in Auburn or Milford, no one really cares. Might as well be some town in Alaska...lolz
Coworker of mine was evacuated. Really scary.
It's terrible that the one teenager was killed, and in such a freak way, but also a small miracle that not more people were killed... Especially in the houses that simply exploded.
As a natural gas customer it's pretty damn scary too, to see a house literally burned to the ground for something that's completely out of your control.
It's terrible that the one teenager was killed, and in such a freak way, but also a small miracle that not more people were killed... Especially in the houses that simply exploded.
As a natural gas customer it's pretty damn scary too, to see a house literally burned to the ground for something that's completely out of your control.
You'd be surprised! Although I *am* in a college area (and on campus), so it's probably more likely that any given student might be out of the loop than your average boston resident. Most college students don't really watch the news anymore, haha.
They'll do everything except hire those that are locked out by national grid. Most people working on it will be from out of state.