Electrical Explosions Spark Power Outages in Kenner, La.

WWL-TV New Orleans ^ | 12-27-2018 | Staff of WWL TV New Orleans

[murron]

It was a spectacular display of light that left thousands of Kenner residents in the dark on Thursday.

Dramatic cellphone video from WWL-TV viewer Giovanni Bommarito showed several large electrical explosions and power lines sparking up and down Williams Boulevard.

[murron]

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[House Atreides]

Hmmm...Brooklyn also.

[murron]

I don’t think I posted the video correctly.

[robowombat]

Very heavy rain and lots of lightening all over the metro area and flash flood warnings.

[DesertRhino]

Ok, Transformers explode in Brooklyn and Louisiana. Century Link has big service outages. Verizon has big service outages.

This has a rather odd feel about it.

[ThunderSleeps]

Not a good night for the electrical grid eh?

[a fool in paradise]

>>Ok, Transformers explode in Brooklyn and Louisiana. Century Link has big service outages. Verizon has big service outages. This has a rather odd feel about it.

[caww]

NYC Fire Wire confirmed that a explosion had occurred in the North Queens neighborhood at a Con Edison subplant

The explosion occurred around 9.20pm and no injuries have been reported

[caww]

Viewed from the Upper West Side of Manhattan

[caww]

A man named Nick Riccardo shared a video of the actual explosion as it took place outside his window

[caww]

[caww]

Spectators were mesmerized by the bright flashes of blue that illuminated the cloudy night sky. Folks all the way out in Jersey City reported seeing the flashy lights

[blackdog]

Utility pole transformers have a 50 year life expectancy. 92% of those in service are 70 years old. The dielectric breakdown of a transformer is never slow or boring.

A lack of scheduled maintenance should not be a conspiracy theorists playground. This is entirely predictable. Mitsubishi has opened a plant to make them as fast as possible.

[logi_cal869]

My reaction too (Hmmmmm)...

Coupled with the widespread internet outage.

[Pontiac]

The dielectric breakdown of a transformer is never slow or boring.

Usually it is, if you are looking for it.

If you are doing regular sampling of the transformer’s oil you can detect the gases given off from the dielectric break down caused failing winding insulation and internal arching.

If you find it early you can take the failing transformer off and replace it before failure happen.

I work for an electric utility and we sample our big transformers on a regular bases.

Most transformer failures are caused by wild life. Four legged but occasionally two legged as well.

[jmacusa]

Happened here in Bricktown, NJ on The Jersey Shore on Christmas night around 7:50 pm. Some asshole took a cure on one of the local east/west country roads, slammed into a pole and the power when out for about and hour in my development. I'd say at least a hundred homes were without power. Stuff like this is always happening around my neck of the woods. Especially in the summer. The power goes off around here with a good talking to it seems.

[Nifster]

Odd...they had similar explosions in Washington

[Nifster]

And in Washington

[null and void]

ping

[MRadtke]

Geomagnetic storm?