Stinky steam

As the Herald reports, Tom Menino is ready to blow his top over recent steam explosions out of pipes owned by Trigen-Boston.

Observations from the Underbelly writes that even when not emulating Vesuvius, the steam just smells bad:

... I happen to work near an especially active stinky steam outlet on Stuart Street. So active, in fact, that a makeshift chimney shoddily constructed of steel barrels has been set in place in the middle of the street. Now, in the winter, I would just stand there smoking my Marb's and complain silently to myself about the ungodly stench, but now that it's warm, i have to wonder, do we really need to be subjected to this? ...