why does this happen in America & not in the UK?!
2007-03-05 00:53:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
If you mean from city sidewalks, it's from the underground subway & buildings lower floors air conditions. You see them alot in movies.
2007-03-05 01:03:37 · answer #1 · answered by MellowMan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may have to do with the size of America. There are other island nations, such as Iceland, have these events all over the island. What is happening is water is flashing to steam due to seismic activity, molten lvae being close and heating the water flowing on top of it. When the water turns to steam it expands 16 times it standard density, therefore a teaspoon of water will encompass an entire 10 foot by 10 foot room in steam. Plus heat rises and the expanded water needs to go somewhere up and so it comes out of the earth as a geyser and steam.
England doesn't sit on or very near any tectonic plates so it would have few if any of these outlets. Therefore God has decided to make your nearest neighbors are French.
2007-03-05 09:04:31 · answer #2 · answered by raiderking69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean steam escaping from manhole covers.? The phenomenon is dependent on the volume of hot water draining into the sewers and there will be more of this in high-density areas like New York but it happens in the UK often enough.
2007-03-05 09:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I always wondered that too. Watching an American movie wouldn't be the same without that steam on the city streets. I guess it's the New York rats taking a shower or something :))
2007-03-05 09:33:52 · answer #4 · answered by rose1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's where the rats, cockroaches and other such creatures live, and it is only human to provide them with steam for the long cold winter months. Have a hurt UK, and let us see the steam of love come out of your ground!
2007-03-05 08:59:51 · answer #5 · answered by markos m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as I know, it only happens in Yellowstone National Park.
This is because of volcanic activity in the area. Water flows into a holding area, warms up, expands, and spews out.
I suppose there aren't too many volcanoes in the UK... the conditions aren't right for it. I supposes it has something to do with plate tektonics.
2007-03-05 08:58:49 · answer #6 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing whatsoever to do with geological nonsense - it's steam coming from underground air conditioning and hot water (central heating) vents.
2007-03-05 09:14:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no geological "hotspots" below the UK.
2007-03-05 08:56:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh! yes there are hotspots below the UK....New Zealand is one of them...they have hotsprings and such underground....haha..well you did say...below...Ozzyland is below the UK also....
2007-03-05 08:59:17 · answer #9 · answered by ozzy chik... 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the americans are full of hot air and excess gas
2007-03-05 09:48:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋