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Lucky Luciano

(11,710 posts) Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:42 PM Dec 2018

Video of extremely bright light/explosion(?) outside my apartment window just now

I have no idea what this is - but it lit the sky up almost like daytime for a couple minutes at 9:00pm and at the end went dark immediately - big contrast.

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Video of extremely bright light/explosion(?) outside my apartment window just now (Original Post) 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

Con Edison Transformer Fire In Queens Lights Sky, Social Media Ablaze elleng Dec 2018 #5

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

Thankfully sabbat hunter Dec 2018 #10

I once saw a transformer blow in Boulder that lit up the sky like it was daytime. byronius Dec 2018 #7

From another angle True Dough Dec 2018 #9

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

1. Looks like magnesium burning to me.

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:44 PM

Dec 2018

Power outage?

Sanity Claws

(22,236 posts)

2. Someone posted a few minutes that it was a substation blowing up

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:44 PM

Dec 2018

He didn't provide a site.

I'm still looking around for something.

jrthin

(5,208 posts)

3. Holy cow, this can't be good. nt

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:45 PM

Dec 2018

The Velveteen Ocelot

(126,688 posts)

4. This?

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:46 PM

Dec 2018

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/12/27/laguardia-airport-transformer-fire/

Lucky Luciano

(11,710 posts)

8. That's it.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:57 PM

Dec 2018

elleng

(140,452 posts)

5. Con Edison Transformer Fire In Queens Lights Sky, Social Media Ablaze

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:48 PM

Dec 2018

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/12/27/laguardia-airport-transformer-fire/

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

6. Bet a lot of people will be without power.

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:49 PM

Dec 2018

sabbat hunter

(7,029 posts)

10. Thankfully

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 28, 2018, 10:36 AM

Dec 2018

power blinked momentarily when the initial explosion of the transformer happened, but no power loss here in Astoria. LGA lost power for a few minutes.
If this was summer time, when power usage is higher, there probably would have been blackouts/brownouts from the loss of the substation.

I live just a couple of blocks from the substation, heard the explosion, saw the fire from my block. The buzzing sound from the electric fire was loud. From the glow I thought that some towers were on fire or sparkling with electricity. But it was just a trick of the light.

Lots of NYPD, NYFD were on site very quickly. Con ed had trucks going in and out all night, bringing in parts, supplies to repair the transformer/substation.