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Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

merchant account service — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:06:09 -0000

thanks for posting this. i park over there all the time and saw the aftermath but i was so confused as to what happened. glad i wasn't parked next to this guy.

Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

johannabartley — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:20:28 -0000

I've never seen a car explode except from the ones in movies. It's terrifying. We're supposed to feel safe in our cars but seeing how easy one can explode makes me think I should use my bicycle more.
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Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

larry_m — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:57:54 -0000

Car explosion in the night? I figure it's quite a shock, I hope all the cars around it are covered with insurance, I can't remember if I ever discussed with my insurance company the clause of car explosion, those people could use a car insurance advice here.

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boston moving companies — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:03:27 -0000

That car explosion in NYC is such a horrible accident. Hope it will not happen again.

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L.V. Randolph III — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:13:18 -0000

See...I told you to move to Brooklyn. That kind of thing only happens there for insurance purposes, is much more controlled and relegated to certain areas!

Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

Snow — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:48:25 -0000

I saw some dudes shoot somebody outside my apartment in Chicago once (scary neighborhood, cheap rent!) and, while I called 911, I'll be damned if I was going out there to investigate. Hellllll no. Even though I saw the dudes in question jump in a truck and race away...still! God knows who else was still lurking out there. Just two days before I'd come home and found a suspicious character lying prone on our stoop.

I imagine most of the people in your neighborhood were thinking the same thing - what if something else blew up next??!
Scary.

Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

xolo — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:45:08 -0000

As one of your neighbors, I have the following to say:

- I was shocked to go out and see the charred remains.
- Relieved that I didn't park there - that is where my car usually ends up.
- Heartbroken for the people whose cars were destroyed or damaged.
- Amazed that I had not heard anything the night before. My apartment is on the other side and I was passed out from cold medication, but still, I would have thought that something like that would have stirred me. Of course, I didn't know there was a fire IN the building a couple of weeks ago until it had already been put out.

The owner of the Subaru said that later that day she was in the playground with her child and they met someone whose child had leukemia. It definitely put everything in perspective.

Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

kate — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:44:24 -0000

thanks for posting this. i park over there all the time and saw the aftermath but i was so confused as to what happened. glad i wasn't parked next to this guy.

Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

ms — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:56:34 -0000

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Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

baratunde — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:25:42 -0000

haven't gotten any new info. guess i'll look into a police blotter announcement or something. there was a woman with a ridiculous camera on the scene. those photos would have ended up somewhere, maybe local press

Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

Olivia Ma — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:11:18 -0000

wait, so what happened?? Do you know what the deal is?

Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

saidy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:30:58 -0000

people usually duck and hide during this kind of sh*t. hell, i live on seaman ave, and it's going down in the park, the best thing to do is STAY INDOORS. you never know how quickly the other side is going to retaliate. thanks for giving us a heads up and the photos are great.

keep us posted!

saidy

Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

baratunde — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:38:22 -0000

or maybe they are all in on it!

Re: Car Explosion Outside My NYC Apartment Last Night

tiffany — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:34:30 -0000

if there are flames and exploding bits involved, i ain't going near it. i'm calling the po-po and the fire folks from the comfort and safety of my apartment. let the professionals get all up close and personal. maybe that's why no one went out to investigate.