I can’t find any record of what might have happened – but here’s my experience of it:<\/p>\n
I was walking on Houston Street this past Saturday, March 3, 2007 – at almost exactly 8 p.m. I was approaching the corner of Houston and Lafayette – a block before the Angelica Film Center – I was walking from east to west – and I heard (felt) SOME kind of explosion. Like – I felt it, whatever it was, in the sidewalk – and also my eardrums. It was unmistakable – it wasn’t a car backfiring – it had a much larger feel to it. As I got near Lafayette – I could see that there were about 6 firetrucks all parked there – with firemen milling about – streets blocked off – and cop cars on the periphery – with cops holding down the fort, directing people this way and that. There appeared to be smoke in the air – but there was also the telltale steam coming out of the grates. I couldn’t see any evidence of an explosion anywhere – but the firemen appeared to be massed on the north side of the street. However – when I took a left, and walked down not Lafayette – but the next street to the west – I glanced across the street and saw 3 firemen, in full firemen gear, walking into an upscale clothing boutique. ?? They were a bit outside of the fray half a block north … so i wasn’t sure if they were investigating an underground gas leak perhaps?<\/p>\n
Oh – and there were a couple of people with press passes hanging around on the outskirts too – but I didn’t see what organization any of them were from … so I can’t find any mention of this anywhere.<\/p>\n
The explosion felt like the one that woke me up <\/a>a couple years ago – when a car drove directly into a house a block away from me (the driver was in a fit of rage against one of the inhabitants in said house), – and either the car promptly exploded – or a propane tank exploded – no idea – but the house burned to the ground, and my entire town was pretty much traumatized and shut down for about a week. That happened at about 6 a.m. one morning, and I was fast asleep – but the explosion literally rocked my house – and it had that almost contracted feeling to it – as though the air cringed at the sound wave bursting through it, if that makes sense.<\/p>\n Does anyone in this area know what might have happened?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I can’t find any record of what might have happened – but here’s my experience of it: I was walking on Houston Street this past Saturday, March 3, 2007 – at almost exactly 8 p.m. I was approaching the corner … Continue reading