In Omaha Manhole Fire Photo, Logging Off in Search of Some Clues

[iProject]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/business/media/in-omaha-manhole-fire-photo-logging-off-in-search-of-some-clues.html?ref=technology&_r=0

[kens]

The original article is much more entertaining than the NYTimes summary: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130129/NEWS/701299893/1734

[Lewton → kens]

I feel bad for giving NYT my traffic now

I hate how part of journalism is paraphrasing other journalists articles, as I see it only bad things can come from that. Feather becoming 10 hens and all

[Evbn → kens]

That is newsless attempt at gonzo journalism.

[lessnonymous]

One interesting point that's glossed over here is the mind's propensity to see things that aren't there.

Because we see flame in the nearest manhole and a similar color repeated down the street our lazy brains tell us it's a whole series of flames.

But when you learn they're not, and you go back to the photo, it's obvious as heck that they're not further explosions.

[dreamdu5t]

They put more effort into investigating this photo than any legislation of Congress.

[leeoniya]

real or fake could have been helped by physically going onto that street (or google street view) and seeing no manholes there to explode :)

[espeed]

Maybe this has to do with the "Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis" :) -- http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com

[funthree]

For anyone interested, here is the place in omaha where the photo was taken. I'm from omaha and I recognized that hotel in the foreground.

https://maps.google.com/?ll=41.255552,-95.938515&spn=0.0...