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You must have an exceptional neighborhood. Everywhere I lived, here's a handy map of "actual cause" :: "what the neighbors said it was" Car exhaust :: gunshot

You must have an exceptional neighborhood. Everywhere I lived, here's a handy map of "actual cause" :: "what the neighbors said it was" Car exhaust :: gunshot Appliance delivery truck liftgate :: gunshot Transformer explosion :: gunshot Garbage truck :: gunshot 787 at 25000ft :: complete ruining of peace and quiet Any police activity :: probably someone robbed a bank For the record, my city has (statistically indistinguishable from 0) homicides and bank robberies and, by American standards (I know, I know) no particular issues with gun crime.

rimunroe 3y ago
I can imagine it being different in a city. I'm in a fairly quiet suburban area. One time I heard a loud boom. A few hours later I saw a neighbor outside and asked if he'd heard it and if he knew what it was. He told me a house a few neighborhoods over had exploded. I was a bit skeptical of it but he turned out to be right.
- sterlind 3y ago
  exploded? the house... exploded? like, a gas leak or something?
  - Arainach 3y ago
    Drug lab is more probable than a gas leak. Sources: https://www.statista.com/statistics/942043/laboratory-incidents-methamphetamine-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/942043/laboratory-incide... - meth lab incidents are down to about 900/yr and have been far higher in the past (presumably because the labs have moved to things besides meth) https://rpgaspiping.com/blog/critical-safety-tips/gas-safety-natural-gas-explosions-are-too-common/ https://rpgaspiping.com/blog/critical-safety-tips/gas-safety... (286 natural gas incidents per year) - I've tried to find a more credible source for this number but keep seeing it cited in various places and have no better source, higher or lower.
    - rimunroe 3y ago
      > Drug lab is more probable than a gas leak. I can’t tell if you’re trying to demonstrate the problem you have with your neighbors ;) It was a gas leak, not a drug lab. The utility failed to fix things in a neighborhood where there’d been reports of leaks for years: https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/17/eversource-fine-gas-explosion-massachusetts https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/17/eversource-fine-gas-exp...
  - rimunroe 3y ago
    Yep. The utility had gotten reports of gas leaks on that street previously and didn’t fix it.

rimunroe 3y ago

I can imagine it being different in a city. I'm in a fairly quiet suburban area. One time I heard a loud boom. A few hours later I saw a neighbor outside and asked if he'd heard it and if he knew what it was. He told me a house a few neighborhoods over had exploded. I was a bit skeptical of it but he turned out to be right.

sterlind 3y ago
exploded? the house... exploded? like, a gas leak or something?
- Arainach 3y ago
  Drug lab is more probable than a gas leak. Sources: https://www.statista.com/statistics/942043/laboratory-incidents-methamphetamine-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/942043/laboratory-incide... - meth lab incidents are down to about 900/yr and have been far higher in the past (presumably because the labs have moved to things besides meth) https://rpgaspiping.com/blog/critical-safety-tips/gas-safety-natural-gas-explosions-are-too-common/ https://rpgaspiping.com/blog/critical-safety-tips/gas-safety... (286 natural gas incidents per year) - I've tried to find a more credible source for this number but keep seeing it cited in various places and have no better source, higher or lower.
  - rimunroe 3y ago
    > Drug lab is more probable than a gas leak. I can’t tell if you’re trying to demonstrate the problem you have with your neighbors ;) It was a gas leak, not a drug lab. The utility failed to fix things in a neighborhood where there’d been reports of leaks for years: https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/17/eversource-fine-gas-explosion-massachusetts https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/17/eversource-fine-gas-exp...
- rimunroe 3y ago
  Yep. The utility had gotten reports of gas leaks on that street previously and didn’t fix it.