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Old 05-07-2003, 05:58 PM
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Something Strange Happened At Work Today...

I work in Cupertino, right off HWY 85, near the corner of Stevens Creek and Bubb Rd. It is about 2:45pm, and I am getting ready to leave work. I was in the R&D lab in the back of the building, BSing with some other co-workers, when the building shook. I thought maybe someone slamed the slide door at the other side of the building. I looked down the hallway, and no-one was down that way. Then I opened the back door, towards the railroad tracks. Across the rail road tracks, they are building a bunch of Condo's, starting at $600,000 each. It must have been an explosion of some kind.Well I get a strong wiff of either natural gas (not that kind, or propane). A bunch of people from inside the building came out and smelled it too. So we went back inside. Then I looked out again, and there was a bunch of smoke starting to billow upwards, across HWY 85 towards De Anza College.

Did anyone else see this smoke. It was pretty thick at times. I just wanted to know if anyone happened to drive by that area as well, and maybe explain what they had seen.

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Old 05-07-2003, 06:08 PM
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Just found more info on this explosion:

http://www.nbc11.com/news/2188683/detail.html

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Old 05-07-2003, 09:30 PM
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holy cow!! the explosion knocked the house off its foundation!! now that's a lotta boom. the lucky SOB had just left the place when it happened, unbelievable. i would say that's like having a new lease on life, but when you have to deal with the fact that your house just blew up, you probably have a lot to worry about still. hope the guy had insurance.
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Dude, if that construction crew is lucky, the fines for hitting that line won't cause it to go under. That's a major no-no.
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One lucky SOB:

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercuryne...al/5813099.htm

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yeah I went to my dentist yesterday on Pasadena Ave and he was telling me about it. They had to be evacuated for the entire afternoon!!
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Saw it on the news when i got home


that sucks!

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Man, that's crazy that you were that close. That guy's SOOOO lucky. I saw the T.V. report the other night.

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Horizontal drilling...Hmmmm...there are very few companies in the state that do this.

My friend, and his father have been doing jobs arount the Bay Area the last couple of years. I wonder if it was him? I will call his mother tonight and find out.

Crazy isht!
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I work at Cupertino Sportscenter and I saw the smoke coming up too. Pretty crazy after i heard the story about what happened.

By the way,

Kurlee Daddee, i believe you left your "card" on my car at De Anza one night. I was the car parked next to yours. Nice to meet you.
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Originally posted by Japsican
I work at Cupertino Sportscenter and I saw the smoke coming up too. Pretty crazy after i heard the story about what happened.

By the way,

Kurlee Daddee, i believe you left your "card" on my car at De Anza one night. I was the car parked next to yours. Nice to meet you.
Yeah, sup Japsican,

I posted a thread about a sighting here:

https://www.i-club.com/forums/showth...threadid=17265

I almost tried getting in your car on accident. It was dark out. But when I clicked my alarm button, my car lights flashed and I checked myself. Then I put my card on your car. Glad you found the car before it flew away.

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