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In Omaha Manhole Fire Photo, Logging Off in Search of Some Clues
- kens 14y agoThe original article is much more entertaining than the NYTimes summary: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130129/NEWS/701299893/1734 http://www.omaha.com/article/20130129/NEWS/701299893/1734
- dreamdu5t 14y agoThey put more effort into investigating this photo than any legislation of Congress.
- espeed 14y agoMaybe this has to do with the "Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis" :) -- http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com
- funthree 14y agoFor anyone interested, here is the place in omaha where the photo was taken. I'm from omaha and I recognized that hotel in the foreground. https://maps.google.com/?ll=41.255552,-95.938515&spn=0.002036,0.00284&t=h&z=19 https://maps.google.com/?ll=41.255552,-95.938515&spn=0.0...
- lessnonymous 14y agoOne interesting point that's glossed over here is the mind's propensity to see things that aren't there. Because we see flame in the nearest manhole and a similar color repeated down the street our lazy brains tell us it's a whole series of flames. But when you learn they're not, and you go back to the photo, it's obvious as heck that they're not further explosions.
- leeoniya 14y agoreal or fake could have been helped by physically going onto that street (or google street view) and seeing no manholes there to explode :)