A gas pipe rupture wracked havoc on the SoMa neighborhood yesterday afternoon, disturbing businesses and inducing massive traffic gridlock.
According to PG&E, a private construction crew was repairing sewer lines around noon, near Folsom and 11th Street, when they hit a two-inch underground gas pipe, severing the pipe in the process. In response, police cordoned off a four-block radius, forcing residents, businesses and their customers to evacuate and causing tempers to flair.
"Ask my customers," said Crocker's Lockers manager Carlann Lauria. "They were pretty irate."
Even with angry customers, the self-storage company still found a way to keep business going by collecting payment checks from their customers outside of the police perimeter.
However, other businesses were not as fortunate. Samantha Feldman, manager of Wa-Ha-Ka restaurant said that the restaurant had lost about $500 worth of business in the shutdown.
PG&E has stated that all gas service was resumed as of 5 p.m. yesterday.
1 comment:
You lead is headed in the right direction, but then it runs into a few road blocks (to extend a metaphor).
First, you've got a word usage error in your lead. Check the "rack, wrack" entry in the AP Stylebook.
Second, what kind of gridlock? I assume you're referring to the traffic tie-up, but it's not clear.
The rest of this works really well. Nice job! 9/10
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