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Video - storm spewing out of huge manhole?

Video - storm spewing out of huge manhole?

Video - storm spewing out of huge manhole?

(OP)
I don't know where to upload this for all to see, but there's   a video forwarded to me from a roadway, where stormwater gysers out of a manhole that looks to be 8' in diameter, and the lid crushes the front of a truck passing by.
It's date-stamped july '99, and it happened about 5:20 in the morning.
First: anyone else seen this and can tell me where it was?
Second: anyone who has seen it able to tell me exactly what caused this massive failure?

RE: Video - storm spewing out of huge manhole?

(OP)
Tropical depression 2 happened around the time of this video in 1999.::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Td2a1999filledrainblk.gif

Anybody knowledgable about the range of effects for hurricanes and tropical storms who could verify if this storm crossing near the Yucatan could cause a storm surge in maybe Texas of this magnitude?

RE: Video - storm spewing out of huge manhole?

According to the Accuweather website, it's on I-35W in Minneapolis.

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/world-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&blog=community&date=2007-04-26_20:37&month=4

Here's the same manhole, 5 years later:  

http://www.weatherpaparazzi.com/video/videodetail.asp?id=238

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