Water Main Break Floods Philadelphia's Center City

Deleted member 42 · Jul 3, 2018

Making a thread since it's Philly and it me:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/w...ter-city-philadelphia-20180703.html?mobi=true

Water gushing from a break in a 48-inch main in the area of Sansom and Juniper Streets flooded several blocks in Center City Tuesday morning.

The flooding was reported about 4 a.m. and by 6 a.m. crews were beginning to reduce the flow. The immediate cause is unknown.

Streets that flooded were in an area bound by South Broad Street and 10th Street between Walnut and Chestnut Streets.

This is downtown Philly and what in the world

shnurgleton · Jul 3, 2018

Well that's embarrassing

Deleted member 4372 · Jul 3, 2018

Bless the folks tasked with fixing situations like this. I wouldnt want to do it.

Rainy · Jul 3, 2018

Yikes it's pretty bad. I avoided it because I live in Rittenhouse but I have a whole bunch of friends in the middle of it.

THErest · Jul 3, 2018

BronsonLee said:

I thought that cone was a dude's face for a second. Like, a guy in a black hat was having a swim.

Shiloh · Jul 3, 2018

So when's that infrastructure week start kicking in?

UnholySpectacle · Jul 3, 2018

Yikes, I hope it does not do too much damage and people get power back today. I love Philly and take an annual trip with my wife every year in August so it sucks to see City Center like this.

Deleted member 42 · Jul 3, 2018

dietpepsi said:
Bless the folks tasked with fixing situations like this. I wouldnt want to do it.

Their time to shine~

Rainy said:
Yikes it's pretty bad. I avoided it because I live in Rittenhouse but I have a whole bunch of friends in the middle of it.

Lucky sod, that's right outside the splash zone!

Rainy · Jul 3, 2018

BronsonLee said:
Their time to shine~

Lucky sod, that's right outside the splash zone!

Yeah I know haha. My girlfriend texted me and said she didn't have any water at 5:30am. She lives on Spruce, luckily it's back for her now.

intheflorsh · Jul 3, 2018

Well this is going to fuck up my walk to work. Awesome.

Captain Goodnight · Jul 3, 2018

That's one way to clean the streets!

Chamaeleonx · Jul 3, 2018

THErest said:
I thought that cone was a dude's face for a second. Like, a guy in a black hat was having a swim.

I can see it. =D

Fat4all · Jul 3, 2018

that's sure to give you Philadelphia Fever

ratcliffja · Jul 3, 2018

Crap I was going to visit there for the first time today. That's bad timing. Is it still traversable?

ronco2000 · Jul 3, 2018

ratcliffja said:
Crap I was going to visit there for the first time today. That's bad timing. Is it still traversable?

By canoe

Azerach · Jul 3, 2018

Uh, is there sewage mixed in that?

Rvaan · Jul 3, 2018

ratcliffja said:
Crap I was going to visit there for the first time today. That's bad timing. Is it still traversable?

Depends. You bring scuba gear?

Dennis8K · Jul 3, 2018

Street food lovers, where is your god now?

ElectricBlanketFire · Jul 3, 2018

TrademarkTM · Jul 3, 2018

Thank god im working from home

Rvaan · Jul 3, 2018

Dennis8K said:
Street food lovers, where is your god now?

Over on Drexel's Campus about a block away from 30st Station.

Cydonian_Knight · Jul 3, 2018

Phew, glad I don't have to be anywhere close to the city til much later. Sucks that those crews are going to be working out in this heat though.

Deleted member 42 · Jul 3, 2018

ElectricBlanketFire said:

They tried

Cat Dad · Jul 3, 2018

Yo Tim Jimenez is my dude. Worked with that guy back when I interned at KYW in highschool. Seeing the images on the news this am was crazy.

Bigkrev · Jul 3, 2018

Shout-out to whoever did that- it's been like 1000 degrees the last few days in the city, we need a larger-scale pool to clear off in
Alternate take: Man, someone got really jealous of Dillworth Park's fountain and decided they needed to one-up it

Davidion · Jul 3, 2018

Visiting Philly this weekend, staying right by rittenhouse.

HMMMMM

ash32121 · Jul 3, 2018

Bigkrev said:
Shout-out to whoever did that- it's been like 1000 degrees the last few days in the city, we need a larger-scale pool to clear off in
Alternate take: Man, someone got really jealous of Dillworth Park's fountain and decided they needed to one-up it

Its been up 90 these couple of days and I trying not to shower myself every 30 mins at works. Fuck summer.

Also the freaking humidity after all these water heat up is gonna kill me. I think I just call out now and stay home for the day lol.

No Onions · Jul 3, 2018

Haha, we had a similar size water main break in downtown Minneapolis a few years ago, a pipe that size will flood the streets pretty quickly. Once they get the valves shut down the flooding will stop at least, but now some Philly public works guys are gonna be working overtime on a holiday to get that fixed.

Deleted member 42 · Jul 3, 2018

Davidion said:
Visiting Philly this weekend, staying right by rittenhouse.

HMMMMM

You should be fine

Kwigo · Jul 3, 2018

In Center Philadelphia, born and raised
On the playground was where I swam most of my days

Good luck out there, hope there's not too much damage.

Sephzilla · Jul 3, 2018

Holy shit, there's 2 inches of water on the ground. Someone grab BronsonLee before he drowns!

Pbae · Jul 3, 2018

Those are the tears from all the Sixers fan when Lebron chose the Lakers

thecouncil · Jul 3, 2018

I'd've taken a detour to see that if I knew it was going on this morning. Damn.

Deleted member 42 · Jul 3, 2018

thecouncil said:
I'd've taken a detour to see that if I knew it was going on this morning. Damn.

I tried fam

nib95 · Jul 3, 2018

Holy crap. 48 inch pipe? That's 1.2m wide. No wonder so much water is gushing out of it.

thecouncil · Jul 3, 2018

BronsonLee said:
I tried fam

well, howd it go?

Landy828 · Jul 3, 2018

I'm an engineering inspector, and 48 inch pipes bursting is something I've yet to see. I've seen a single 10" line flood the street, basement of houses nearby, and a factory floor once. Just 10" did that.

Deleted member 42 · Jul 3, 2018

thecouncil said:
well, howd it go?

I drowned

gcubed · Jul 3, 2018

Didn't one just burst up in the northeast last week?

Rvaan · Jul 3, 2018

BronsonLee is now posting from ~~~beyond the grave~~~.

Nassudan · Jul 3, 2018

Shiloh said:
So when's that infrastructure week start kicking in?

Philly is a sanctuary city, infrastructure funding will magically not make its way here.

thecouncil · Jul 3, 2018

BronsonLee said:
I drowned

damn. RIP.

Pbae · Jul 3, 2018

Landy828 said:
I'm an engineering inspector, and 48 inch pipes bursting is something I've yet to see. I've seen a single 10" line flood the street, basement of houses nearby, and a factory floor once. Just 10" did that.

So what you're saying is that we're ahead of the curb and a visionary utopian city that others wish they could be.

Deleted member 33533 · Jul 3, 2018

Davidion · Jul 3, 2018

BronsonLee said:
You should be fine

Why thank you.

How much of this is aging infrastructure vs weather related, do we think?

Dennis8K · Jul 3, 2018

BronsonLee said:
I drowned

Soooooo.........there is a moderator job opening?

SegFault · Jul 3, 2018

I see my office!

needless to say, I'm not there. power is out everywhere down there.

The Almighty Tria · Jul 3, 2018

This is the city trying to drown its sorrows after not getting Lebron.

Deleted member 28461 · Jul 3, 2018

Davidion said:
Visiting Philly this weekend, staying right by rittenhouse.

HMMMMM

PA will definitely be completely washed away by then. Make other plans.

Davidion · Jul 3, 2018

Jbourne said:
PA will definitely be completely washed away by then. Make other plans.

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