# Transformer expolodes at Grand Central Station!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformer-expolodes-at-grand-central-station/412319>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 18, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformer-expolodes-at-grand-central-station/412319 "2007-07-18T22:56:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformer-expolodes-at-grand-central-station/412319/1 "2007-07-18T22:56:46Z")

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I hope it wasn’t Optimus Prime :eek:

> **[Air clean, dust still a concern after New York steam pipe burst - CNN.com](https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/18/new.york.explosion/index.html)**
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> No asbestos was detected in the air Thursday after a steam pipe burst in Midtown in Manhattan the day before, killing one person and wounding 26 others as the ruptured pipe sent thick plumes of smoke and ash into the air.

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**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformer-expolodes-at-grand-central-station/412319/2 "2007-07-18T23:11:15Z")

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I think I heard a [rumbling](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429375) about it.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformer-expolodes-at-grand-central-station/412319/3 "2007-07-18T23:16:39Z")

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> Transformer expolodes at Grand Central Station!!

Megatron wanted for questioning.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformer-expolodes-at-grand-central-station/412319/4 "2007-07-18T23:25:53Z")

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[Steam explosion, no biggie](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MANHATTAN_EXPLOSION?SITE=WIMAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT).

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformer-expolodes-at-grand-central-station/412319/5 "2007-07-19T03:20:07Z")

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I was hoping for the giant robot variety ☹

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformer-expolodes-at-grand-central-station/412319/6 "2007-07-19T05:32:48Z")

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Please look directly at the Neuralizer.