I'd hate to be that person without power. This storm did manage a ton of outages all across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic U.S. though. I myself was in the storm's path and was screaming like crazy.
BracketNeutron37 TV I wasn’t screaming, but I was definitely alarmed. I lived in the Midwest long enough to see so many incredible, violent storms, but this one was so different. There was so much lightning, multiple strikes at all times and overlapping, just tons, and this wind, it just came on like nothing I’ve ever experienced, I was concerned it might be a mild tornado - i had a wall of windows in my apartment in D.C., and finally I stepped the hell away from them, but I assumed one or all of them would pop soon...
It’s fairly common to lose transformers, at least in the Pacific Northwest, during windstorms. Maybe less so in the Midwest and East, you guys seem to have figured it out putting these things underground. Never lost power during the derecho, or snowmageddon.
I still remember that night. It was when i was at my old house, my parents were at our backyard neighbors house and it was just me and my two sisters in the living room. I went out front to watch the lightning but there was no thunder. Then after a bright flash i ran inside. After that the power did flicker but no outage.
Yep, exactly! That's why if you see a serious line fault occur always switch off the main breakers. The sound could well be a fluorescent light fixture by the sounds of it.
An electronic device in the house failing; the circuit practically frying. What you see isn't a transformer, but the power lines arcing together, causing a phase to phase fault which causes power surges that can damage sensitive electronic equipment.
The cell tower/antenna in the distance didn't go out. That's a little weird, usually right by where I live, when the power goes out, the cell towers go out to. I guess they don't go out in some areas.
When a power surge like this happens, the best thing to do is turn off your main breaker in your house. Because long term brownouts, surges, and spikes can burn things out.
More of this storm! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6Y6MbRqmUls.html Watch the glass bulge from inside a car dealership during the storm!
