Comment on Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York

• tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pipes transferring steam.

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  • TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

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• Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When you take a hot shower where do you think that water is going?

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  • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t it cool off in the sewer, though?

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    • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes but hot water continues to flow in.

      And it doesn’t need to stay very hot. It just needs to be warmer than the outside air temperature in order for vapor to form.

      The ground and continuous hot water input keeps everything insulated.

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      • dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But cold water is also continuously flowing in. And as someone said, it perhaps cools down quickly. Is that all and all enough for such a dense vapor cloud to appear as in pic?

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• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  en.m.wikipedia.org/…/New_York_City_steam_system#%….

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• WordBox@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Subway brakes.

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  • dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ehhhhhhhh

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    • WordBox@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ask London.

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