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Tanker truck flips, explodes on expressway, bridge collapses, other madness...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by mustangj17, Jul 15, 2009.

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  1. Fly

    Fly Well-Known Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    Don't want all of Hazel Park to burn away. As much as it's one of the per capita leaders in mullets, kids with rat tails and wife beater t-shirts, the best Thai restaurant in the Detroit area, Pi's, is there. A complete hole in the wall carry-out joint but the food is rockin'.
     
    Fly, Jul 16, 2009
    #25
  2. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    Devil's Night in July!
     
    Bubbler, Jul 16, 2009
    #26
  3. Magic In The Night

    Magic In The Night Active Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    Yeah, I keep meaning to get to that place. Heard good things about it.
     
    Magic In The Night, Jul 16, 2009
    #27
  4. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    In all seriousness, having driven that stretch, that would be a nightmarish stretch of interstate to have shut down for a lengthy period of time.
     
    Bubbler, Jul 16, 2009
    #28
  5. Magic In The Night

    Magic In The Night Active Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    Well, it's going to be shut down for a lengthy period of time. They don't fix anything quick around here.
     
    Magic In The Night, Jul 16, 2009
    #29
  6. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    It's probably the main commuting aorta for the entire metro area. Commuting is going to be utterly fucked up for months.
     
    Starman, Jul 16, 2009
    #30
  7. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    Not familiar with Detroit, but they said something like 10 miles from downtown. That's the metro area, at least.
    If Detroit is the asshole of America, this would be the taint.
     
    Batman, Jul 16, 2009
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  8. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    Mustang, for this to be "Detroit Meltdown Thread: the city is actually on fire now", the city has to be on fire. This ain't in the city.

    Moran.

    Commuting IS going to be screwed.
    Before I moved to this city (and lived in southeast Michigan, which is how I know THIS FIRE ISN'T IN DETROIT), the area I;m in now had a tanker fire at the main intersection of town. Car cut off a tanker, which flipped and burned on the north-south freeway under the east-west freeway. (might be reversed).
    Anyway, the state DOT kicked out the contract, paid bonuses to the contractor and got it fixed quickly.

    I'd still like to know how this all started.,.
     
    slappy4428, Jul 16, 2009
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  9. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    Quite familiar with Detroit. It's metro area, but not in Detroit. Yonkers, St. Louis Park, East Chicago, Arilington, the other Arlington....
    Thread title is wrong.
     
    slappy4428, Jul 16, 2009
    #33
  10. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    Thank you Slappy. My grandmother lived 4-5 miles from here, and there are roughly three cities between this and there. She lived in Troy. This is closer to Royal Oak (where I was born) than it is to Detroit.
     
    imjustagirl, Jul 16, 2009
    #34
  11. KP

    KP Active Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    And the bitchfest on the comments has already started.
     
    KP, Jul 16, 2009
    #35
  12. Knighthawk

    Knighthawk Member

    Re: Detroit meltdown thread: the city is actually on fire now

    This is less than two miles from my house - we could see the smoke from our front porch. The flames were unbelievable in person - I'm amazed the gas station didn't go up with the tanker.
     
    Knighthawk, Jul 16, 2009
    #36
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