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Dramatic New Video Surfaces of the Massive Manhattan Power Plant Explosion

Oct. 31, 2012 9:50am Jonathon M. Seidl

One of the most incredible videos associated Hurricane Sandy was the massive explosion at a Con Ed power plant substation in Manhattan (see the original video here). Now, new video has surfaced of the explosion taken from a much closer perspective, given you a better idea of just how big the blow-up was.

Gothamist explains:

This stunning video, which appears to be taken from the Williamsburg waterfront, shows the dramatic explosion of the East Village Con Ed Substation that knocked out power to parts of downtown Manhattan. The blast happened during the Hurricane Sandy surge at approximately 9 p.m. on Monday night, casting a large swath of the island into darkness. We knew the explosion was a big one, but this video really conveys its frightening magnitude.

Here it is (CONTENT WARNING FOR LANGUAGE):

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Old Ogre
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:02pm
After watching those kids going “ooh” and “ahh” all I could think of was the movie a bug’s life…
“STAY AWAY FROM THE LITE!!!”… “BUT IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL!!!”… ZAAAAAP!

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historyguy48
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:38pm
Have the 9/11 “truthers” blamed Bush or Cheney yet? Perhaps it was those mystical invisible people that supposedly wired the towers in plain sight so they could be imploded.
Most likely it was water hitting a hot boiler causing a steam explosion.

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- drphil69
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:49pm
  Apparently it was an overload at a substation. GIANT arcing, brilliant white light, but little in the way of explosive force.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 5:17pm
  3000 psi + superheated steam boiler exploding would make a whole lot of noise and there would not be much of the building left.
  
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tiki886
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:29pm
Standing in water next to a power plant in the middle of a storm is nuts to begin with. Zzzzzzz!

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- IsThereADifference
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:43pm
  After that first bright flash I would have been running for cover… They all just stand there going ooooh ahhhh!
  
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jimbob1234
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:55am
Dear Glenn: Please do something about that pop-up that I have to constantly fight with, and also I have serious problems with video only on your site. With the video I have to hit the refresh button twice to get the vid to finally play.
Thanks: jimbob1234

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- IsThereADifference
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:40pm
  This site is here for Glenn to sell ads space to WHOEVER wants it (Barack Obama campaign ads…) so that he can rake in more dollars. He couldn’t care less if they are getting in your way. Wake up dude.
  
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- Treaty
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:57pm
  Hey Moochie, you’re using the Blaze URL where you don’t have to pay right?
  
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- MeteoricLimbo
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 1:00pm
  @IsThereADifference
  
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- IsThereADifference
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:49pm
  METEORICLIMBO
  
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- JediKnight
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:20pm
  I don’t even get pop up warnings from this site. There aren’t popups flying all over the place on this site. I see far more on other sites than I do here. I see one pop up every so often when I clear my history or cookies and it always comes from the main page, never after clicking an article.
  
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- Buddynoel
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:52pm
  JIMBOB – On a browser you don’t use to play video (let’s say Firefox) and leave IE for everything else; go to Tools – Add-Ons – scroll down to Shockwave Flash – click “Disable.” You will lose all those auto-play videos. They’ll be replaced with static ads while most pop-ups disappear. The Blaze pop-up is part of this site and deserves your answer because you are not paying for your content.
  
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Jenasus
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:07am
The Con Ed substation did not blow up because of some water.
I wonder what terrorist group is going to claim they did it?

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- joe.r.piehole
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:20am
  I wonder how long until conservatives are blaming Obama for not preventing it from blowing up.
  
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- Beto760
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:43am
  @Joe.. Waunder how its gonna take u to blame bush.. any second now
  
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- Pro-Palin
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:52pm
  Another coal powered plant gone !! Take that America !!
  
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term limits for congress
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:26am
Maybe next time they will use a surge protector! ha.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:30am
  Or GFCI.
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:22am
Some people are just so easily entertained. Even when its not entertainment.

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Frederick_Douglass_Republican
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:19am
Its not an explosion. A transformer or switch may have been ruptured in the process but the source of the light is an electrical arc. From the brightness of it I think it may have been arcing across conductors made from aluminum.

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EtchASketch
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:17am
Pretty sure that was just Cristie farting!

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:24am
  As much as I know that you mean that as a slur, I actually do find it rather funny.
  
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- EtchASketch
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:37am
  I wasn’t trying to be mean!
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:15am
Well, I told Michael Moore not to stand next to a transformer after eating spicy chili beans with fish burros…

Seriously now, the one clapping over the site was an idiot; the transformers such as that will take a month or more to replace. Phoenix lost one of three main line transformers in a monsoon storm that threatened the city with brown and blackouts for weeks until one could be fabricated from scratch and delivered.

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sooner12
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:06am
Did you see the idiot clapping? Idiot.

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- EtchASketch
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:27am
  Yeah, I saw you! Great job!
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:33am
  Shake Etch’s head. Then a new , maybe cogent thought could be created. Nah. Just a container full of sand.
  
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freenj
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:06am
Quite an explosion. That will take a few months to repair!

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