Crowds protest, bombs explode, water rises, buildings fall, miners descend into mines followed by the plunger from Soho's French-press coffee maker; people mourn or pine or embrace.
All reporters had their cellphones confiscated for their preview of Selena's new 11-track album, and though security kindly allowed him to hold on to his pen, Star writer Vinay Menon was not even allowed to take notes during his preview of the CD, which is apparently guarded as though it is "actually the Mona Lisa on a touring exhibition in a city prone to solar flares and exploding water pipes".
In the meantime, wells have exploded, drinking water has been contaminated, and radioactive water sits in holding ponds on farmers' land.
The vessel, the Bilbao, registered in Antigua, was carrying 3,300 tones of ferrosilicone, which may have exploded when water entered the hold, the coast guard said.
During my first try, with a bass fillet, the bag exploded; when water boils and becomes steam, it expands in volume by a factor of 1,600 (Mr. Myhrvold explained that one liter of water becomes 1,600 liters of steam), so excess air will heighten the risk of popping.
A thrashing sound exploded from water that had been eerily still moments before.
He walked the bridge, looked down into the exploding water, and later wrote these words: "The south training wall on the Mississippi River side of the structure failed very early in the flood, causing violent eddy patterns and extreme turbulence.
A card catalog in the school's library had drawers exploded by water-swollen cards.
Lengthy state and federal investigations into the disaster have already found Massey to be a serial violator of regulations — most critically in tolerating a buildup of lethal coal dust that finally exploded when water-spray protectors failed to properly douse sparks from underground machinery.
