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7. I once saw a transformer blow in Boulder that lit up the sky like it was daytime.

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 09:50 PM

Dec 2018

For a measurable length of time, too.

I thought it was apocaplyptic. But no, just electric.

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Video of extremely bright light/explosion(?) outside my apartment window just now [View all] Lucky Luciano Dec 2018 OP

Looks like magnesium burning to me. Crutchez_CuiBono Dec 2018 #1

Someone posted a few minutes that it was a substation blowing up Sanity Claws Dec 2018 #2

Holy cow, this can't be good. nt jrthin Dec 2018 #3

This? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #4

That's it. Lucky Luciano Dec 2018 #8

Bet a lot of people will be without power. democratisphere Dec 2018 #6

Thankfully sabbat hunter Dec 2018 #10

From another angle True Dough Dec 2018 #9