emergencies
Water at New York Times Building Is Reportedly Contaminated
J.K. Trotter · 09/22/14 09:56AMPSA: Don’t drink the water at The New York Times’ Manhattan headquarters. According to an internal memo distributed this morning, two staffers at the paper’s 8th Avenue office, near Times Square, have fallen ill due to suspected water contamination. The memo’s author, vice chairman Michael Golden, said certain water, ice and coffee machines were being shut down until further notice:
Off-Duty Bomber Pilot Helps Land a United 737 After Captain Passes Out
Adam Weinstein · 06/02/14 04:35PMTaylor Berman · 08/18/13 09:33PM
Colorado Is Engulfed in Flames
Caity Weaver · 06/27/12 12:49AMWorld Watches as Norway Runs Out of Butter
Max Read · 12/09/11 11:05AMKiddie Corner: Yes, Kids, Santa's Phone Number is 911
Max Read · 11/30/11 10:12AMMan Arrested For Calling 911 Five Times to Say His iPhone Wasn't Working
Seth Abramovitch · 11/11/11 12:15AMYou know who will never work at the Genius Bar? Or see his name anywhere near the word "genius" in his lifetime? Michael Alan Skopec. The 48-year-old from Bristol, Illinois, was arrested at 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning, for, according to the sheriff's office report, calling "911 on five occasions to report that his iPhone was not working."
Fleeing Driver Calls Cops, Asks Them to Stop Pursuing Him
Max Read · 09/24/11 01:15PMStoned Guy Steals Ambulance from House Fire
Max Read · 07/25/11 10:57PMNew York's Poop Attack Halted
Lauri Apple · 07/23/11 04:26PMNew York Is Awash in Poop
Maureen O'Connor · 07/22/11 02:21PMThink you can escape the heat by going swimming? Think again! Following a "catastrophic fire that shut down one of the city's largest sewage treatment plants," New York City is awash in poop. Millions of gallons of untreated sewage poured into the Hudson and Harlem Rivers this week, tainting beaches as far as Brooklyn and Staten Island. Basically, New York is a big, hot Port-a-Potty today. A festering cauldron of fecal matter. A fetid puddle of poo. [NYT, image via Flickr]
Alabama Mayor Finds FEMA Trailers Unsightly, Bans Them
Seth Abramovitch · 05/31/11 02:50AMThe tornado-ravaged citizens of Cordova, Alabama — about 35 miles northwest of Birmingham, pop. 2000 — have lost everything after a series of monster twisters tore through their town on April 27th. With nowhere to turn, scores of newly homeless residents were relieved when FEMA came along with a caravan of single-wide mobile homes they could use as shelter. Not so fast: Mayor Jack Scott has declared that single-wide mobile homes are illegal in Cordova.