New York City explosion

So in New York City, we don't need terrorism to stall the whole city. At 5:56 pm, this afternoon an explosion of a 24-inch steam pipe, resulted in a big crater on the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 41st Street, a street I used to tread daily around that time. Just to think that I could have been among the injured, if not a casualty, sends the shivers down my spine.

For goodness' sake, how is it possible to have such a thing happening in a city where taxes eat up a big chunk of one's salary! The whole infrastructure in the city is a mess. When the sky is raining cats and dogs, as it did this morning, the subway system becomes flooded and trains don't run from one borough to another for the whole day as it did today with Queens.

It is a relief though to hear the mayor, Bloomberg, admitting the failure

There is no reason to believe whatsoever that this is anything other than a failure of our infrastructure

I did a hell of a walking to get from point A to B on that side of the City and clicked a couple of pictures with my cell.