Transfomers blowing out...

gtsmith · #1 Postby **gtsmith** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:11 pm

I'm in West Palm by the Villages and I just noticed a number of green flashes followed by booms (looking to the north and east). I think transformers are blowing out all over the area. Just wanted to post this before I lose power...

Good luck to all in my area...

Foladar · #2 Postby **Foladar** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:13 pm

Wow..never seen this, but how would I know? (just curious)

Stormsfury · #3 Postby **Stormsfury** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:13 pm

Good luck to you and all in the path of Hurricane Jeanne tonight ...

My half-sister is in the West Palm Beach area and I've kept a close contact with her all day today, and updated her on what to expect ...

SF

aumoore · #4 Postby **aumoore** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:16 pm

Ivan did the same in the Pensacola/Pace area. There are still about 35% of the customers without power in this area. We did not stay but those who did said they saw the same blue green flashes that lit up the sky

inotherwords · #5 Postby **inotherwords** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:19 pm

I remember transformers blowing out one by one when I was in Hurricane Alicia in Houston (Cat 3). It's a dramatic sight you never forget!

gtsmith · #6 Postby **gtsmith** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:22 pm

First time for my wife and her parents to see them...quite impressive.

Winds are really kicking now...gusts are very impressive. Just dicovered two new leaks in my father-in-law's house....

Amazingly, power still on and DirectTV still coming in....

cat · #7 Postby **cat** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:45 pm

Transformer explosions are really beautiful. The ones I'm seeing blowing up down here in Broward are more blueish-purple, though.

yzerfan · #8 Postby **yzerfan** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:53 pm

Pensacola's WEAR has a 'city cam' on top of the tall hotel building in downtown Pensacola. They were showing footage of several transformers blowing out, sparks arcing around, and then the streetlights in a huge chunk of the city would go black.

Very eerie stuff.

bahamaswx · #9 Postby **bahamaswx** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:55 pm

I also have a sister in WPB, SF. Hopefully she'll come through alright, and yours.

Chilly_Water · #10 Postby **Chilly_Water** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:59 pm

Kerry Sanders said "green lightening" was hitting transformers and making them blow about twenty minutes ago on MSNBC...what a putz.

Website · #11 Postby **Brent** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:02 pm

Chilly_Water wrote:Kerry Sanders said "green lightening" was hitting transformers and making them blow about twenty minutes ago on MSNBC...what a putz.

LOL... OMG

:roflmao:

Chilly_Water · #12 Postby **Chilly_Water** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:04 pm

There he goes again!!! More lightening talk!

T'Bonz · #13 Postby **T'Bonz** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:39 pm

We've seen a bunch go in Broward.

Beezy · #14 Postby **Beezy** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:49 pm

Here in NC we get ice storms in the winter and get transformers blowing with those...quite eerie when you mix it with ice or snow

#15 Postby **drudd1** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 11:07 pm

Geez, I am between Orlando and Titusville, and the power is now going out all around us. Sigh, here we go again............

#16 Postby **MWatkins** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 11:43 pm

Yes you are 100% correct. We were standing on my breezeway tonight watching transformer after transformer blow out.

First you can see a blue/green flash...a beautiful color against the sky I might add...just beautiful.

Then...a few seconds later...there is a BZZZT BZZZT sound from the power arc.

I wonder why they don't just shut the whole darn grid down until the storm passes.

MW

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