Breaking: Major power outage in Annapolis MD. Reports of "fire in the sky"

[icwhatudo]

Relative on Eastern shore says all lights out on Western side of Bay Bridge. Green and red lights in sky.

[silverleaf]

OK, so when the power went off we saw something I've never seen before

the sky did not flash, light lightning or something blowing up, it just diffused with colors that changed from one spectrum to another, like northern lights

Intense blues of different shades, green, purple, if there was red I was too shocked to notice. The diffuse from one color to another was a fade, then brighten, not a flash

the house power came up weakly as the sky brightened, then everything went black after about a 2 minute light show

I told the kids it seemed like a solar flare, like northern lights, but it affected the electric power

power back on now and super juiced, but the kids are afraid and are sleeping in the family room tonight..me too! LOL

If this had to happen I wish it didn't happen on this date!

[eyedigress]

Hwy 441 over the smokes was closed for 100mph winds. Just keep up and be ready.

[smoothsailing]

Has anyone alerted Indiana?

[Mozilla]

http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/massive-power-outage-plunges-annapolis-into-dark/article_1ebef05e-6c79-5efe-8b27-44ebd6118c61.html

[spotbust1]

I live in GA, but am out of state for the holidays. What general area are you in? Just wondering how my house is holding up.

[smoothsailing]

That sounds so strange.

Hug those kids tight! :)

[DJ MacWoW]

Post 84. He didn’t do it! ;-)

[NoCmpromiz]

but not to any Ravens fans

Thought for a minute there you might be from an anti-Art Modell part of the country but you're a couple of hundred miles further west...

[fattigermaster]

Earth to Captain Kirk:

Ship’s phasers missed WH.

Is Scotty on the hooch again?

[amom]

Thanks for the link to WTOP listen live.

[null and void]

And do you know where Darks was, hmmmmmmm???????

[null and void]

And do you know where Darks was, hmmmmmmm???????

[HollyB]

Update: 70k without power

[Spitzensparkin1]

Who’s Art Bell ???

[Duchess47]

LOL - I did a search but couldn’t find it on Google or Yahoo news. Have to admit, I’m glad I’m not there.

[NoCmpromiz]

I do suspect there will be quite a lot of pranking going on tonight.

Terrorists may think this a great night for a “prank”.

Not sure you are correct calling it 'pranking.' Don't know what it's called in Arabic, but I think the Obama voters call it 'shopping after dark...'

[Venturer]

I am in St. Mary’s County Maryland and the wind is mostly out of the SE, but it keeps changing direction, I judge it to be about 35 to 40 MPH. A right good breeze.

[BipolarBob]

Time is, after all, relative.

[HollyB]

There’s probably stronger wind near the water, such as in St Mary’s County and Annapolis area. It’s only 13 mph in my area.

[HereInTheHeartland]

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