[38795] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Exploding manhole covers in Washington DC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A. Steenbergen)
Thu Jun 14 17:44:46 2001
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:44:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard A. Steenbergen" <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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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.
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