New York is filled with Manholes. NY is filled with assholes too, but this post is about manholes.
I am not talking about the Manholes you can find at the Meatpacking district. I am talking about the manholes on the roads throughout the city.
Last night, at approximately 4:30 a.m. at 117 East 39th street (I live at the 200 block on E39th), a manhole explosion occurred. They evacuated people in the area and power was lost for a short time. Six buildings in the area were evacuated due to raised carbon monoxide.
For those wanting some more information about manholes:
New York City gets the manholes made in West Bengal in New Delhi. That's right. These days, your cell phone and internet customer service reps are not the only ones working for you outside of the U.S.
The reason for these manholes being made outside the U.S. is because they cost 20 to 60 percent cheaper. U.S. manhole makers make $25/hour. In India, only a few dollars for a whole days work.
The employees there work with bare feet and long hours around 1,400 to 2,500 degree Fahrenheit of molten metal temperature.
So next time you walk on a manhole, or see one exploding into 150 feet in the air, stop and look and realize all the people and effort that went into it. After all, protecting you from falling into the sewer of New York City is not easy.
Keeping the city away from smelling like sewer in the summer....well, not much anyone can do about that. Not even in India.
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