Explosion in SF - right outside my building!

[bikerz]

Wow - that was something - today at just past 4 pm there was a very loud explosion which made the building shake and windows rattle.

Apparently a transformer (or something) blew under the intersection of California Street and Drumm street, right in front of my building. Two manhole covers blew right off, one of them even broke - the force must have been amazing to fracture cast iron like that.

It's amazing and lucky that no one was hurt - the manholes are right near the cable car tracks, and there are plenty of tourists around.

Fire trucks came within about 3 minutes, which was good to see.

I was too busy backing up all my work to think of taking any pictures right away, but here are a couple of bad shots I took just a few minutes ago with my cell phone.