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ChisolmTrailDem

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25. Same crane from Google Earth Streetview:

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 04:29 PM

Oct 2012

This gives some idea of the crane's usual configuration. As you can see both from your image and from the TV angles, the boom seems to have been blown directly up and over the cab/counterweight platform and the cross-member structure has been ripped out of thecenter of the boom. It appears as if the boom came down exactly center of the rear cable support structure, the part angling up and back opposite the boom in the image below. That thing seems to be hanging literally by a thread consisting of what's left of the boom.

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Picture of the broken/dangling crane in NYC from my hotel room window [View all] stevenleser Oct 2012 OP

That looks too close for comfort. liberalmuse Oct 2012 #1

**gulp** nc4bo Oct 2012 #2

Hey, you have the heavy duty blackout blinds? jberryhill Oct 2012 #3

Can you get a clearer picture, maybe clean the water off that window? justiceischeap Oct 2012 #4

Could you shake the the frame at the bottom to try to knock it loose? snooper2 Oct 2012 #5

Do you feel at risk in any way Control-Z Oct 2012 #6

I sure do hope that doesn't come loose! annabanana Oct 2012 #7

Where the FUCK is Superman when you need him? Good fucking grief! HopeHoops Oct 2012 #8

You have to hang a baby on it jberryhill Oct 2012 #16

This made me bust out laughing. Thank you! n/t antigone382 Oct 2012 #19

As will all those old white pro-life republicans. Marie Marie Oct 2012 #50

Did somebody call for Superman? Hugabear Oct 2012 #17

Thanks. I just lost my lunch. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #20

lol..i needed a laugh. onecent Oct 2012 #27

Who is that? Panasonic Oct 2012 #34

Lyin Ryan's face hogwyld Oct 2012 #36

Ryan thinks he is Superman Hugabear Oct 2012 #38

Superman lives in Metropolis. NYC is Spiderman's backyard. Hugabear Oct 2012 #26

It depends on which Marvel Universe you are in jberryhill Oct 2012 #28

Yeah, well Gotham is a euphemism for NYC too. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #31

Of course, just about any word would be a euphemism for NYC jberryhill Oct 2012 #42

The use of the Statue of Liberty sort of cemented the deal. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #43

lmbo dropboss11 Oct 2012 #48

I wasn't joking! HopeHoops Oct 2012 #61

We should call The Tick instead. kentauros Oct 2012 #59

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t sarisataka Oct 2012 #65

Superman has it under control. Here is the evidence: Purrfessor Oct 2012 #69

That might be a Photoshop job. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #71

Lookouts below! Nt PCIntern Oct 2012 #9

How about a picture of the street below it bananas Oct 2012 #10

I hope the wind is blowing it away from you.... DonRedwood Oct 2012 #11

+1000 HooptieWagon Oct 2012 #33

I feel for you folks Aerows Oct 2012 #12

Holy FUCK Steve! Get away from the windows! LadyHawkAZ Oct 2012 #13

Thanks everybody! I'm at the restaurant getting some grub stevenleser Oct 2012 #14

Skip dessert... It's coming loose... Get a good picture! jberryhill Oct 2012 #18

Can you switch your hotel room to the other side of the hotel so you are not on THAT side of the NotThisTime Oct 2012 #41

Saw a pre-storm pic of that yesterday; definitely saw that coming. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #15

Man, you are way too close to that window! countryjake Oct 2012 #21

should you be that close to it?? barbtries Oct 2012 #22

I gotta say.. I saw picture of something "dangling from my hotel room"... jberryhill Oct 2012 #23

Yeesh! (nt) Kurovski Oct 2012 #24

Same crane from Google Earth Streetview: ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2012 #25

I am praying that you stay safe...this thing could onecent Oct 2012 #29

Wait, is this one of those David Blaine stunts? jberryhill Oct 2012 #30

Only if David Blaine is strapped to the end of that crane Hugabear Oct 2012 #35

Let's assume he is, and see how this works out.... jberryhill Oct 2012 #40

Do me a favor, stay away from the window nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #32

I think I might request a room change Warpy Oct 2012 #37

Picture from ABC Iterate Oct 2012 #39

Looks like the whole thing could come down, not just the boom. nt Barack_America Oct 2012 #45

Just announced. They are evacuating my hotel due to proximity to the crane stevenleser Oct 2012 #44

good luck stevenleser!! we're worried about ya! DonRedwood Oct 2012 #46

That maybe a good thing. Lone_Star_Dem Oct 2012 #52

I hope you have good luck, last time I was evacuated from a hotel, every hotel in the city was NotThisTime Oct 2012 #54

Glad you're getting out! Wind Dancer Oct 2012 #56

Shouldn't they have begun to secure or lower the cranes when the storm was forecast? Swede Atlanta Oct 2012 #47

oh shit, you you saying this if from the storm?!?!? pasto76 Oct 2012 #49

Wow, you are real close to the crane. nt bluestate10 Oct 2012 #51

That's ominous. Thanks for posting it! slackmaster Oct 2012 #53

I hope they've secured all the construction supplies on the upper half of that building. Incitatus Oct 2012 #55

npr announced they are evacuating the hotel 'across the street' spanone Oct 2012 #57

Stay safe, and check back in when you can. n/t onecent Oct 2012 #58

Damocles spike91nz Oct 2012 #60

Incredible picture! Stay safe! n/t FourScore Oct 2012 #62

I guess they didn't have time to break any of it down? lonestarnot Oct 2012 #63

they probably weren't done using it yet... BlueMan Votes Oct 2012 #66

I will say no more because it is said to be secure now, but some fucking corporate fuck made the lonestarnot Oct 2012 #72

There should have been no reason to take it down. opiate69 Oct 2012 #73

you couldn't be more wrong. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #74

I'm OK. When they evacuated my hotel, I managed to get into one of the last operating cabs stevenleser Oct 2012 #64

Just wondering... Panasonic Oct 2012 #67

I was prepositioned to be close to the office where I work. stevenleser Oct 2012 #68

Ah Panasonic Oct 2012 #70