My latest SFGate.com blog post is definitely off-topic, but I couldn't resist.
My apartment happens to be directly above the street corner where there was a big electrical fire, explosion, and general conflagration on Friday, June 5.
When the power went out in my apartment, I looked outside to see if others had lost power too. There was black smoke coming out of a manhole cover in the middle of the intersection, directly below my window.
Over the next several hours the fire burned and died down three separate times, spewing smoke and flames, and summoning an armada of fire and PG&E (utility) trucks. I was in the perfect spot to photograph what was happening. The smoke was acrid, and the PG&E supervisor on the ground kept yelling at me to close my window when I opened it to take pictures. It got a bit dicey when the fireball coming out of manhole 2581 grew to be thirty feet high, with thick black smoke everywhere. Police megaphones were blaring, "This is an emergency; everyone clear the area" without specifying whether the building I was in was being evacuated or not. But the chance to take some special photographs made it all worthwhile.
A series of photos, documenting the events of that day are posted on my SFGate.com blog. To see them, go to:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/steinberg/detail?blogid=74&entry_id=41554
or
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/steinberg/index?
As always, if you feel inclined, please post a comment on the blog, or send me a response via email.
take care,
David
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ah! Yes! How often does a national news story explode outside your window!? Btw the smoke was toxic!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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