November 15, 2004
Smokeblogging
filed under: Stuff you never, ever needed to knowEver since 9/11, every time I pass a window at work, I cast a quick barely-conscious glance over the skyline, making sure there aren't any plumes of smoke. Last night I had a dream involving a passenger jet plummeting into a city, and today as I walk past a conference room I see a huge gout of smoke furling up from Brooklyn.
Something in DUMBO or nearby is energetically on fire, and has been for the last half hour or so. There are no threads of white in the smoke yet, so the FDNY has yet to get a significant stream of water on it. Seems to be a building, with smoke coming from the center and the far side, as far as I can tell.
I'm sure it's just a regular old building fire (albeit a big and nasty one). Still - gave me quite a turn.
UPDATE:
If I have a cameraphone I might as well use it, right?
