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Aug 24, 2021 4:54 AM
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thatlooksinfected
Fuck that turd in particular
cryborg
"Did you make a little mess, brother?"
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LtTurtles
Dangerous, but still cool
fantasticlight
SingaThor
Willybum84
Timetoupdatemyusername
I once saw flames rythmically shooting out of a sewer (gasleak), and to this day I regret not having filmed it.
zchn
The title sounds like a Tom Waits song
IamThatGuyAfterAll
Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
Baynalz
Sewer operator here. US based. Lightning likely struck somewhere nearby and lit the methane causing the explosion. Happens a lot.
redtails2649
Ain’t that some kinda electronic discharge? Their wiring is shit
onceicaughtafishalive12345
Yes. Electronic discharge from the sky. ?
THECBEFORETSTORM
Welcome to Imgur, @OP ?
onceicaughtafishalive12345
Thank u. I'm probably doing some noob shit that i'm not aware of. ?
solidsample
How come such a big residential complex don't have any lightening arrestor?
RedCamaro
Thor landed right in the drink
OverMyDadBody
Ok now make the explosion fire an upvote
TwoPlyGaming
That poor rat
TheRicM
PthreeTthree
What if.. Thor was a ninja turtle?
Daxton
When someone punches you in the stomach and the TacoBell from earlier decides to make a reappearance
danbrazier
Taco Bell, amirite?
Dokukaeru
Storm catch basin, not a manhole.
tippytippytiptoe
Telecommunications Access
victell
Doubt.
Meanomal
So... Not the new Michael Bay film?
Toffeeaccident
Does he even still exist
DrMaggot
Singathor
sf111
youcanreachmenow
Was that today? Its been raining like crazy
onceicaughtafishalive12345
Yup. Bukit batok.
youcanreachmenow
Not too far from me, but then thats not saying much in Singapore haha
Iamyourcaptainnow
Tons of big buildings with lotsa metal on top, yet lightning strikes like THE lowest point? How's that possible?
onceicaughtafishalive12345
They're saying now that its just an explosion. No lightning. I dunno what to believe.
blindruminant
Better clean that mess up Zeus. We all know Singapore's attitude to dropping rubbish on the street.
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
"That's a canin'"
HandoB4Javert
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
It brings me meaningful happiness to see Clippy burn.
AndrewBrandon
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/26/us/us-student-tells-of-pain-of-his-caning-in-singapore.html
Soldon
IIRC he was warned multiple times about littering, and still did it, so yeah they caned him. Good for them.
Strangedays2024
He's busy making a new demigod... apparently this girl had a preference for anthropomorphic turtle and yellow jumpsuits...
SavagePatchKids
Mythanris90
Zeus? You mean Thor, right?
MerkinSuit
Zorba isn't from Singapore.
spartanatreyu
Nah definitely Zeus. He was trying to find something new to stick his dick in.
longleggedbeastie
That's grate!
onceicaughtafishalive12345
Really? Kinda gives me a sinking feeling.
MoxieMonster
Fuck that manhole in particular
WithNothingBetterToDo
Fuck that chud in particular
elijajaja
Well...
chuffmunky
are we not doing phrasing any more?
aaaaaandimdone
elijajaja
jamesx
looks more like internal explosion. Maybe lightning strike sparked something.
OddOod
Yeah, I was like, this goes against everything I know about lightning https://what-if.xkcd.com/16/
HelplessRomantic
the sewage gas that smells horrible
Bystandr
^ yes. Methane, likely from organics/sewage decomposition.
onceicaughtafishalive12345
Methane build up maybe.
Everyfootisalegend
Maybe the lightning rod was grounded close to the manhole where it ignited the methane buildup? It really doesn't look like a direct hit.
vicvalour
gmlovera655
Sewer gas, perhaps???
CerisCinderwolf
"Poo gas." - Sergeant Cosgrove.
anotherdeadaquarian
that would be most gruesome if we had internal explosions when we got zapped
Toffeeaccident
With enough zappage, we do indeed explode!
ArtisZ
Zapologia?
anotherdeadaquarian
how much zappage? asking for a friend
Totallycasual
I would have thought it to be impossible for lightening to ignore the higher buildings and go for a manhole like that, are we sure about it?
FsImgur
Yes, we completely sure.
chuffmunky
ive seen lightning hit the middle of a London street near the car i was in. it was at night. I don't remember if there was a manhole there
azuureth
allyouneedtodoisbreathe
Yeah exactly my taughts
DuineSgith
Loosen up there buddy.
ThanatosElNyx
Looks CG to me
PhoenixfireUK
My initial thoughts exactly. Looks fake - especially the explosion. Lightning doesn't do that.
Endonae
It could have ignited whatever was beneath the cover.
Dgcstr
What a figment of my imagination would say
OhNoDontTouch
I agree, but it's real. It's on news sites with comments from the fire dept and photo of them on scene investigating.
eagalian
Lightning can ignore tall objects - it’s just unlikely to do so. If you watch slowed down videos, a strike is preceded by 30 or so feelers -
eagalian
That trace out potential pathways for the rest of the charge. When one touches the ground (or something connected to it, the rest of the
eagalian
Charge rushes along the newly completed line. (Well, technically up, not down) the path can connect any two points, but since charge
eagalian
Builds along the closest surfaces it can, tall things get hit far more often.
SilentShift
That was my thought too, with a huge building and trees nearby it would be next to impossible for it to get hit...
Trenzalors
Improbable
somnif
Metal grating might've been a better ground than the trees, lower resistance and whatnot? Electricity at that scale is weird.
HoldingAccount
Yeah, but tall buildings with lighting rods are better, perhaps?
L4t3xs
Do they have lightning rods?
HoldingAccount
Yes. Otherwise the building might be damaged by a lightning strike.
dylancockels
*Otherwise the lightning will have to find the next best ground, such as a manhole cover for example
W92Baj
Also the total absence of any lightning
OhNoDontTouch
The lightning may have struck elsewhere that somehow lead to ignition of the sewer gas, or the lightning flash may have been coincidental.