Jamaica Plain manhole explodes, belches thick brown smoke

By adamg on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 7:22pm

At Centre Street and Greenough Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Video.

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that reminds me

By SharpWave on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 7:50pm.

for some reason, google maps shows "VA" on top of the Loring Greenough house even though that's totally wrong. I've tried reporting it but maybe if a bunch of other folks do too they'll correct it.

Facebook, again?

By Notfromboston on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 7:57pm.

Facebook, again?

And?

By adamg on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 8:31pm.

And?

It's not news if you can't

By Notfromboston on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 9:13pm.

It's not news if you can't read it.

Let's break this down ...

By adamg on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 9:45pm.

The news is that a manhole exploded. You read that here.

There is video that further illustrates the news. Yes, it's on Facebook, but it's on a page that doesn't require you to log in (if it had, I would have noted that). It does pop something up, but you can make that go away, which isn't really any different from any number of free news sites, including WCVB.

"You must log in to continue."

By Tim Mc. on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 10:02pm.

I get that for about 50–80% of the Facebook links you post, or at least the ones I try to click through on.

No, I can't see the video. I

By Notfromboston on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 10:09pm.

No, I can't see the video. I come here to read and watch news about the world class city Boston and JP, and it is disappointing to be directed to closed Facebook posts.