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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Insomnia Boring Report

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:58 PM

Big day in the hole. This is how the scene looked a couple hours ago—the orange crane swinging around, that green backhoe (see it?) lifting sludge out, the workers in bright clothes (behind the tree) closely watching. The boring machine that started its journey in the U District was estimated to break through the near wall (the wall you can't see, near those workers) tonight at 9 pm, but I was just down there and the estimate has been revised to midnight. News crews have been crawling the block for hours. Now they're not going to get the footage they were all looking forward to for the 11 o'clock news. The boring machine is said to be under the sidewalk and moving slowly, cautiously, just about to break on through.

Meanwhile, from the building across the street, even from the upper floors, you can hear a low, distant groan, like the building's stomach is growling.

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zOMG RUN!

Posted by rob!

on March 20, 2012 at 9:59 PM

Seattle continues to self-mutilate.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on March 20, 2012 at 10:28 PM

You guys. Be careful, you guys. No smoking out the window while you wait, either.

Posted by gloomy gus on March 20, 2012 at 10:32 PM

@2 - Horrors.

Posted by Donolectic on March 21, 2012 at 4:00 AM

But the Seattle Times tells me that building will crack in half and you'll all surely die!

Posted by brian on March 21, 2012 at 4:37 AM

Supreme Leader is. Right! It all began with damn Great Northern Tunnel. We should have kept the rail lines running along the waterfront downtown. That would be much more authentic.

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay

on March 21, 2012 at 7:23 AM

They holed through at four AM, according to the PI: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/S…

Posted by Fnarf

on March 21, 2012 at 9:09 AM

Walked by there about 1 30 in the morning and saw a news van with no one inside. Was wondering what was going on.

Posted by sikandro on March 21, 2012 at 10:05 AM

Saw it on the TV news this morning (from Sound Transit film from a few hours before). Looks pretty cool. The borer spins a bit faster than I had thought. I'll be glad when it's done and will happily ride a train to the U District.

Posted by Daddy Love on March 21, 2012 at 1:36 PM