How Safe are Harlemites?

The article discusses basic safety of the residents of Harlem, New York. The question of basic safety has become a very serious concern to Harlem residents as federal court papers recently revealed that faulty operations at North River Plant during the blackout of August 14th, 2003, could have resulted in a cataclysmic explosion, which could have engulfed parts of Harlem in a fireball. According to the report, the back-up power generators were not operational during the blackout period, they were supposed to produce a flame that would have safely burned the methane gas produced at the plant. Experts in the field of wastewater treatment indicate that high concentration levels of methane gas equates to highly explosive conditions.