Huge explosion hits Midtown after work today

I was in Grand Central when the explosions happened. A young lady came running into the rotunda muttering "Everything's blowing up outside" and I thought "Poor girl's off her meds". Then all hell broke loose. I got outside and everyone was running up 42nd Street. I got out of the crowd and headed up Park. When I got to the corner of 41st I looked down towards Lex and there was just this huge clowd of brown debris in the air. It looked like a building had exploded. So I double-timed it over to Madison, called home to let everyone know I was okay and started walking south. I was covered in some debris, but not nearly as bad as some folks who were clearly on Lexington when the explosion occurred.

hehe i was there when this happened.

i was heading down on Lexington ave loading up bulk mail.

suddenly everyone on the street stop walking and looks behind me. and i nearly hit a idiot in the street who stop in the middle of the street.


so i look back and saw this huge plum of smoke.

i got to my job and loaded up the balk mail and left. people were stil l gawking at the smoke when i was finish loading.

for me it was like 15 blocks away or so.

@ Homeowner -- i read that the city is urging anyone who was covered in any debris to put the clothes they were wearing in plastic bags for either disposal or serious cleaning b/c of asbestos concerns. You probably already know that, but I thought I'd put it out there.