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[annabel]

So four of my friends and I were eating dinner in an Uzbekistani restaurant (one of our favourite places by the way- great food), we had almost finished our first few dishes when we heard a loud bang, felt a huge rush of air and pressure, and the windows exploded and fell two stories to the ground outside below. Flying glass went everywhere. It all happened really quickly. By some miracle, nobody was hurt- customers sitting right by the windows, pedestrians passing outside, staff working in the kitchen close to the source, everyone was more or less ok.

Not knowing too much about explosives, the first thought on my mind while it was happening was a terrorist attack since that subject's been everywhere lately. The next thought was North Korea, which was just as absurd I guess, for Daegu. My third thought was gas leak, but after discussing that among ourselves later we think we would have been killed had that been the case. There was no fire. Not knowing much Korean we couldn't ask the owner what had happened, so I'm hoping to go back soon with a translator and find out. But does anybody have any ideas what it could've been? The best we could think of was chemicals- cleaning or pickling supplies...

Anyhow it was a pretty scary experience...

[VanIslander]

[eamo]

A really bad kimchi fart maybe?

[Grotto]

[annabel]

I'm being serious here, it was really scary. We thought our lives were in danger and we were in shock for the rest of the night. It sounded and looked like a bomb went off. A huge crowd gathered out on the street and people were on their cell phones- calling for help I hope...

Directions- well, hoping that it stays in business: go to Daegu Station, and walk down the pedestrian sidewalk toward XN Milano/Kyobo building. At the first traffic-permitting street you come to (there's a department store on the nearest lefthand corner- Dong A I think, or maybe Debec), turn left. You'll see a Starbucks sign on the ground floor of the department store. The restaurant is across the street from the Starbucks, but you'll have to look hard 'cause the doorway is small and narrow and hard to see. There are pictures around the doorway of food and Russian writing. Go up the stairs to the second floor.

[Bulsajo]

I stayed in a yogwon in Songdo one time and the fish restaurant across the street burned to the ground. My first clue was being awoken by huge booming noises, I thought maybe there was naval exercise off Inchon or something, in my mind it sounded exactly how I thought battleship main guns would sound. Turns out it was the gas (propane?) tanks cooking off. This was about 40' from my window across the street. Sounds likje the same thing in the OP.

[JongnoGuru]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[JongnoGuru]

No, but I heard there were people and some kind of repairs going upstairs at the time. Afterwards the hole left in the ceiling looked too small for the toilet to have slipped through. Weird and unforgettable.

[Jeju Rocks]

Once, I was on a bus and a tire blew, wow, what a loud noise. I knew it was a tire blowing, but everyone else thought WWIII had started. I'll never forget that day for as long as I live.

[numazawa]

Sounds like the OP had a blast. Thanks for sharing!

[Ya-ta Boy]

[blaseblasphemener]

[EdInstead]

That was a great story!

My uncle had a plumbing/electrical company before retirement. My father would help while on uni vacation. One day they were all sitting down for lunch, except my dad. My uncle yells, "Hey, #### get down here!"

Right about that time, my father (260 pounds at the time) took a wrong step and went right through the ceiling, landing directly on the lunch table.

My uncle said, "Well, I guess we'll skip lunch!"

[justagirl]

One of my friends was walking home and heard an explosion as an apartment blew up (one of the small ones on a side street). The gas tank apparently blew and he found part of someone's finger on the ground.