Posted on 07/05/2021 9:15:45 PM PDT by ransomnote
Sorry to hear about your fave sister. (I’m way behind on this thread).
Awful really. People who blindly follow official “legacy” medicine are really short changing themselves.
Saved. I used to see the EU numbers on your twtter. Are you back on yet?
:: you are welcome to visit Casa de Bagster ::
Be polite and engaging.
But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
Castle doctrine?
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it explains a lot...especially Jackson Pollack.
Now, why use a photo of the man from some time ago and all dressed up and professional like?
Was he beaten and unpresentable, or....?
Surely he has changed.
Likely put on a little weight.
Could have a little facial hair in today’s modern culture.
Can anyone find those photos of the fellow everyone thinks was the Ashley Babbit shooter?
Just thinkin out loud....
or, the entirety of the “impressionist” movement.
As Archie would say, “I got a impression for you!”
#1015 did he spin in under heavy sniper fire like Hildabeast?
Based on the short video, it appears to be a good-sized distribution step-down transformer burning in a substation. Rough guess, feeds 2000-10000 customers, but hard to gauge the size of it from the single video.
Further investigation into the substation - got it up on google maps - could be a transmission voltage transformer on fire. Definitely a transformer. They’re full of oil, used as a coolant and electrical insulation medium.
The transformer is trash, will cost a few million to replace. The how/why it happened - too soon to tell.
It’s a pretty big substation - looks to be 2 transmission level transformers, perhaps 230 kV to 138 kV +/- and also a distribution level substation stepping down to the voltage level typically seen along the side of the road (typically 4 kv to 26 kV depending on the system).
Would attribute to terrorism, myself.
Too small a foot print plus:
- the winter power debacle
- ramping into a warm spring and hot summer
- transformers built in China (lately).
If the transformer sat idle in the winter power outage and wasn’t tested for water content (condensation) at start-up, it could have been gassing right up until explosion.
on the big ones (345kV) up here in the north, we circulate the oil during cool down and check for water before re-start.
Or, drain and replace.
That and the Chinese thing; they ship them over fully assembled. If inferior equipment was used to save a buck...
would \NOT\ attribute to terrorism...
After peaks in the late summer of 2020 and briefly on Jan. 6, QAnon catchphrases have largely evaporated from mainstream sites, DFRLab found.
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Did anyone happen to mention that part of the decline may have been because Q’s last post was on December 8, with only 4 posts made after the election?
Oh yes. DeSantis is very dashing in his dress whites.
Gotcha - yes, I agree. Probably not terrorism.
I would not expect that the transformer sat idle all winter, they’re usually in service unless out for maintenance (which is possible). A multitude of things could go wrong, from internal failure due to defect to overheating and failure to respond and reduce loading in a timely fashion to protect the equipment.
The fire is not unexpected in an actual internal fault event - it can explode pretty violently inside and will generally rupture the outer tank (thick steel) at weld points, bolted connections, anything that is weaker than the rest of the case. Fire is likely though once in a while, they just rupture and spew hot oil around the transformer. No doubt it tripped off line, as it should, to prevent expanding the area of damage and feeding the faulted equipment.
Yes, condensation buildup and oil contamination is a possibility. I know that industry practice is to keep a low pressure “blanket” of nitrogen on the top of the tank, above the oil level to keep moisture out. positive pressure prevents the vent from “inhaling” moist local air. But it it was off line for an extended period of time, and if nobody checked the nitrogen gas pressure (we used to change out tanks regularly at stations) it could have gone to 0 PSI, then vacuum could occur any time it gets cool (at night or winter).
They’ll analyze the issue at the company that owns it (I think it’s Centerpoint energy, but not sure) to see the root cause. But first, they need to put out the fire and restore all the customers from other sources.
Oh, it looks like the high voltage side of the 2 transmission voltage transformers is quite possibly 345 kV. They use that in Texas quite a bit. Can’t tell from google maps what the low side is, but probably 138 kV or 115 kV, whichever is more customary in that area.
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