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Underground Explosions in Indianapolis

 
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Now is just me or is the news getting weirder?!

Third explosion in eight days injures three



Alex Sanz/Eyewitness News

Saturday´s blasts marked the third such incidents since New Year´s Eve last Friday. The explosions occurred underground on West Market Street where it meets Capitol Avenue, and sent three people to the hospital with minor injuries.

"We had what I consider a major explosion. It sounded literally like a sonic boom." said Indianapolis firefighter John Harding.

The force of the blast shattered store-front windows, ripped gashes in concrete floors and shook buildings for blocks.

Witness Jack Bayt recalled, "You can see the glass and the door frame laying on the street."

Tonight, the city´s third underground explosion in eight days is raising serious questions. Why has it happened again? The power company maintains its system is safe. But the city´s fire chief is demanding answers. And he wants them before more people are hurt.

"This many, close together, we need to take a look at that and assess what´s going on." state Indianapolis Fire Chief James Greeson, "I mean, if this had been a weekday, it could´ve been much worse."

The explosion destroyed a long-standing West Market Street bookstore. And made a mess of things at next-door businesses.

It came three days after a series of explosions blocks away forced I-P-L to cut power to hundreds.
No one is sure, but there is speculation heavy rains contributed to a short circuit in underground power lines.

And who can forget that New Year´s Eve blast on East Market Street that filled the Downtown skyline with columns of smoke? The culprit there, according to officials, was an underground transformer fire.




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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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It isnīt just you, things are getting scary.
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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There is another thread about it. None to worried around these parts.
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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Sounds like the Mayorīs office over there is running out of cover stories.
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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That is not a "short cicuit" or a "transfomer fire"!! They sound like stories for children out of a comic book.

That is an EXPLOSION and must be caused by SOMETHING.

You must wake up and come back to reality before it is too late for godīs sake!!
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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Yes things are getting weird. Last week downtown Detroit had an underground explosion. City officials said it was caused by underground electric cables on fire. Explosion was so foreful it blew alot of manhole covers high into the air.
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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Wait a minute - Detroit too? Anywhere else? Any links?
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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This stinks like a dead fish.

This line:
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No one is sure, but there is speculation heavy rains contributed to a short circuit in underground power lines.
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Utter nonsense, electricity does not explode like this. It can trigger an explosion, like gas fumes, but by itself even at very high voltages, youīll get sparking and popping at best. Transformers are another story, but still the blast was sizable. And the official statement is: We donīt know?
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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Star will look for link.
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Not to worry...they are just getting an early start on the new stadium...Sounds like they are going for memorial circle...haha
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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Bill you are correct I thought it was so strange when it was on the news here off to find link
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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my friend from indianapolis says thereīs a īsee eye ehī bio lab underneath indianapolis
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Matt,

What is a "see eye eh" bio lab?
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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Here is a link to the Indianapolis Star article:

[link to www.indystar.com]

"Saturdayīs explosions occurred about 11:30 a.m., just east of the Statehouse and a few blocks north of the RCA Dome."

"Saturdayīs explosions occurred about 11:30 a.m., just east of the Statehouse and a few blocks north of the RCA Dome."
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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that combined with the unexplained Chlorine Train wreck the other day is very suspicious
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oh, you know Bill...the other 3 Letter federal agency!
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You are under attack.
Authorities trying to avoid panic.
DO NOT PANIC
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12/08/2005 10:11 AM
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Sorry...this was the 2nd snip from the star article I wanted to post:

"Residents standing on the street said they learned of the explosions when the buildingīs alarm went off, but for Cindy Mavrick, who lives on the second floor on the buildingīs north side, the blasts seemed frighteningly close.

"I heard a loud boom, and the building shook," she said. "Thereīs construction down here (at the Hilton Hotel), but this I knew was different."

When firefighters arrived, smoke was coming from three manholes, said engineer John Hardin. Two manholes emitted medium-brown smoke, and the third, black smoke, he said."
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AC 4:44 am EST,

Ahhhh... thank you.
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I donīt think this is any kind of conspiracy. I think it is one of two things.

1. Very old and poorly maintained underground infrastructure is falling apart. This has now developed into a gas leak(s). Electrical short circuit(s) at the wrong place and time have resulted in explosions. The local govīt officials are doing their best to keep a lid on it to avoid a public panic.

2. Gang punks are running "meth" labs in a rathole environment beneath the city.


Iīm betting itīs door #1
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woohoo
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Went looking for the explosion story in Detroit last week canīt find anything itīs like the story vanished from the papers. I will make some phone calls Mon and see what I can find out. What you describe that happened in Indiana is the same scenerio in Detroit. Will keep looking.
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With the events that happened in Asia with the tusnami and subsequent earthquakes I donīt think you can rule out magma activity as being the cause.

That part of Indiana is in the New Madrid Zone and earth fractures could be allowing water seeping down from the surface (most of Indiana is being flooded at this time because of massive storms)to mix with magma welling up from a cracked fissure.

Not saying this is so but itīs something that sould be considered.

Hereīs a map that shows the New Madrid Zone.
[link to www.igsb.uiowa.edu]
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Hummmm I didnīt think Indiana had earthquakes, guess I was wrong:

Recent Earthquakes With Epicenters Near or Within Indiana
[link to igs.indiana.edu]
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Found it:

Underground fire blows off manhole lids

January 3, 2005


At least a dozen cast-iron covers blew off manholes along Congress in downtown Detroit on Sunday after a fire began beneath the street.


Officials with DTE Energy and Michigan Consolidated Gas said the blaze, under the intersection with Cadillac Square and Randolph, started about 4 p.m. Its cause wasnīt known Sunday night.


As underground cables burned and melted, the heat intensified, said Lorie Kessler, spokeswoman for DTE and MichCon. Pressure built up beneath the street and forced off the manhole covers.


"Between 15 and 20 blew off," Kessler said.


No one was hurt. About 100 feet of cable must be replaced beneath the street. One building near the intersection appeared to have lost power, Kessler said, but none seemed to have lost gas service.


MichCon workers said they didnīt detect any natural gas leaking in the area.


Authorities couldnīt say how far up the covers flew, but workers at the scene said some were discovered feet away from their holes.


The covers, some smashed into pieces, were piled beneath a streetlight as MichCon workers inspected the open holes Sunday night.


The manholes, which allow workers access to pipes and cables beneath the streetsī surface, allow access to several utility companies, including Detroitīs Public Lighting Department.


The utilities worked with Detroit fire officials to put out the blaze. Smoke poured from some of the open manholes, leaving the lingering stench of burning wires.


Detroit police officials said they blocked off the area to vehicles, though several motorists drove through the yellow police tape, toward the uncovered manholes. MichCon workers redirected them.


Kessler expected work at the site to continue today.

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Fast 5 THank you very much I went to the freep site but my pc was very slow and when I entered the date it came back message "that issue not found" I donīt know what the heck was going on but thanks again.
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Oh by the way this is Ice Maiden THANKS!!!!
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Thanks Fast 5! This is really strange.
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Destruction of secret underground satanists facilities, or better self elimination!
They have been tricked into a trap!
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ac 1:04,

Destruction of secret underground satanists facilities, or better self elimination

hiGOOD CALL.

In DIANA polis. In fact I remember reading an article a while back. Apparently there is a lot of ancient evil associated with this place.
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This kind of thing happens in NYC all the time.
They put salt on the roads when itīs icey. Then the weather warms up and it rains. The rain mixes with the salt and goes down into the under ground utilities. Gets on a transformor, builds up and boom.





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