Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas | |
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Biochemky User ID: 26785164 United States 12/06/2012 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas What the hell was that giant explosion to the right of the sun on 12/5 midnight-ish???? What is over there on the earth side that would do that? Holy Frick! Check that out! I saw what you're talking about. This huge explosive event happened on 12/5 about 8 p.m. to the "right" of the sun. Whew! What the HECK caused that? Does that timing coincide with all of these power pole fires? |
brent pops User ID: 17811715 Puerto Rico 12/06/2012 04:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Kinetic Energy coming from these damn booms maybe. Shorts out the electric lines. My two cents.. "Putting your hand into a river, you simultaneously touch the last of what is passing and the first of what is coming." Leonardo Da Vinci |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 16845676 United States 12/06/2012 04:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Ok try this Pole Fire Knocks Out Power Near El Medio Avenue [link to pacificpalisades.patch.com] Power Outage Caused by Pole Fire [link to www.palisadespost.com] Utility pole fire knocked out power to downtown Alliance [link to www.cantonrep.com] UPDATE: I-30 reopens over Lake Ray Hubbard after power pole fire [link to thescoopblog.dallasnews.com] Power Outage Hits Hillcrest, Bankers Hill [link to www.nbcsandiego.com] Power outage hits downtown Eau Claire [link to www.leadertelegram.com] Power Outage to Affect Residents Friday, Too [link to www.kittanningpaper.com] Power outages sweeping across Central Texas [link to www.kxxv.com] Power Line Poles Catch Fire, Prompt Outages [link to www.kcentv.com] Utility pole fire shuts down I-30 [link to www.myfoxdfw.com] That should be enough |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27889364 United States 12/06/2012 04:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas And it's not even a hot day in Texas. Temp is 70 degrees so this is very, very unusual. Safe to go outside I wonder? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25512421 It doesn't matter what the temperature is. There is an accumulation of dust on the high poles. When it's a dry season, usually the power company will hose down the poles to wash the build up off the poles...Evidently, this did not happen. The fog is moisture...We all know that water is a conductor of electricity...Right? So, build up of dust along with fog causes arcing...there is your fire. using your logic this would happen every time it rains.i have lineman friends also,they are only going to repeat what they are told. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 16845676 United States 12/06/2012 04:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas There HEEEEEERE A loud explosion, a rumbling, and a flash of light, is what residents in Warwick and Barrington repeatedly described to officers as calls flooded the police station last night. [link to www.abc6.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1667343 United States 12/06/2012 04:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Solar activity spikes and CMEs causing currents to be induced in power lines due to their long lengths. Overloaded transformers fry. There are some big ones to follow. Lead time to replace some of these big transformers can be long (try more than a year). Many transformers fried can bring down the grid. Quoting: Sparky 6988499 Better look at hardening the system.... oh yes, they just looked. This scenario was forseen a few years ago but the infrastructure was not updated to take care of the problem. You can expect possible widespread, long term power outages. Will be interesting. No dancing bananas. [link to pbadupws.nrc.gov] Here's the document that shows worse-case scenario. Its interesting. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 16845676 United States 12/06/2012 04:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Ok try this Pole Fire Knocks Out Power Near El Medio Avenue [link to pacificpalisades.patch.com] Power Outage Caused by Pole Fire [link to www.palisadespost.com] Utility pole fire knocked out power to downtown Alliance [link to www.cantonrep.com] UPDATE: I-30 reopens over Lake Ray Hubbard after power pole fire [link to thescoopblog.dallasnews.com] Power Outage Hits Hillcrest, Bankers Hill [link to www.nbcsandiego.com] Power outage hits downtown Eau Claire [link to www.leadertelegram.com] Power Outage to Affect Residents Friday, Too [link to www.kittanningpaper.com] Power outages sweeping across Central Texas [link to www.kxxv.com] Power Line Poles Catch Fire, Prompt Outages [link to www.kcentv.com] Utility pole fire shuts down I-30 [link to www.myfoxdfw.com] That should be enough for got the map from Oncor [link to stormcenter.oncor.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 16845676 United States 12/06/2012 04:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Solar activity spikes and CMEs causing currents to be induced in power lines due to their long lengths. Overloaded transformers fry. There are some big ones to follow. Lead time to replace some of these big transformers can be long (try more than a year). Many transformers fried can bring down the grid. Quoting: Sparky 6988499 Better look at hardening the system.... oh yes, they just looked. This scenario was forseen a few years ago but the infrastructure was not updated to take care of the problem. You can expect possible widespread, long term power outages. Will be interesting. No dancing bananas. [link to pbadupws.nrc.gov] Here's the document that shows worse-case scenario. Its interesting. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 25676821 United States 12/06/2012 04:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas The sun reaches all parts Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22342469 And if this were due to solar activity Very large parts of the Infrastructure would be on fire. Solar activity doesn't just Touch Texas you know. Overvolting or arson Can explain this without the Kooky theory that the sun only fries Texas. I hear you AC but let's also keep an open mind for all possibilities. they have been spraying the crap out of Arizona for the last week. day and night. The entire sky has been covered with chemtrails with no break. So we really aren't getting the sun....otherwise maybe we would be seeing this also. just thinking out loud... Well, what you're saying kind of makes sense. If they're spraying some kind of corrosive material, that would weaken the structure of the transformers, and they "blow." Create power outages all over, test the system, or weaken the system, bring down the infrastructure without anyone realizing it is intentional. Makes sense to me! |
BRIEF User ID: 381742 United States 12/06/2012 04:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Ok try this Pole Fire Knocks Out Power Near El Medio Avenue [link to pacificpalisades.patch.com] Power Outage Caused by Pole Fire [link to www.palisadespost.com] Utility pole fire knocked out power to downtown Alliance [link to www.cantonrep.com] UPDATE: I-30 reopens over Lake Ray Hubbard after power pole fire [link to thescoopblog.dallasnews.com] Power Outage Hits Hillcrest, Bankers Hill [link to www.nbcsandiego.com] Power outage hits downtown Eau Claire [link to www.leadertelegram.com] Power Outage to Affect Residents Friday, Too [link to www.kittanningpaper.com] Power outages sweeping across Central Texas [link to www.kxxv.com] Power Line Poles Catch Fire, Prompt Outages [link to www.kcentv.com] Utility pole fire shuts down I-30 [link to www.myfoxdfw.com] That should be enough and my sammich? I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 16845676 United States 12/06/2012 04:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Ok try this Pole Fire Knocks Out Power Near El Medio Avenue [link to pacificpalisades.patch.com] Power Outage Caused by Pole Fire [link to www.palisadespost.com] Utility pole fire knocked out power to downtown Alliance [link to www.cantonrep.com] UPDATE: I-30 reopens over Lake Ray Hubbard after power pole fire [link to thescoopblog.dallasnews.com] Power Outage Hits Hillcrest, Bankers Hill [link to www.nbcsandiego.com] Power outage hits downtown Eau Claire [link to www.leadertelegram.com] Power Outage to Affect Residents Friday, Too [link to www.kittanningpaper.com] Power outages sweeping across Central Texas [link to www.kxxv.com] Power Line Poles Catch Fire, Prompt Outages [link to www.kcentv.com] Utility pole fire shuts down I-30 [link to www.myfoxdfw.com] That should be enough and my sammich? you make me laugh in this doom |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4637200 United States 12/06/2012 04:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Ok try this Pole Fire Knocks Out Power Near El Medio Avenue [link to pacificpalisades.patch.com] Power Outage Caused by Pole Fire [link to www.palisadespost.com] Utility pole fire knocked out power to downtown Alliance [link to www.cantonrep.com] UPDATE: I-30 reopens over Lake Ray Hubbard after power pole fire [link to thescoopblog.dallasnews.com] Power Outage Hits Hillcrest, Bankers Hill [link to www.nbcsandiego.com] Power outage hits downtown Eau Claire [link to www.leadertelegram.com] Power Outage to Affect Residents Friday, Too [link to www.kittanningpaper.com] Power outages sweeping across Central Texas [link to www.kxxv.com] Power Line Poles Catch Fire, Prompt Outages [link to www.kcentv.com] Utility pole fire shuts down I-30 [link to www.myfoxdfw.com] Thanks OP!! That should be enough |
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StormeyGoddess User ID: 22004193 United States 12/06/2012 04:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas And it's not even a hot day in Texas. Temp is 70 degrees so this is very, very unusual. Safe to go outside I wonder? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25512421 It doesn't matter what the temperature is. There is an accumulation of dust on the high poles. When it's a dry season, usually the power company will hose down the poles to wash the build up off the poles...Evidently, this did not happen. The fog is moisture...We all know that water is a conductor of electricity...Right? So, build up of dust along with fog causes arcing...there is your fire. using your logic this would happen every time it rains.i have lineman friends also,they are only going to repeat what they are told. It isn't my logic! I am repeating what I was told by a professional. I posted earlier that I would make a call and I did. That's the best I can do. It makes sense, doesn't it? I'm just a freaking girl, what the hell do I know? I do know after looking at that sun video that something is way wrong...I've been watching solar activity for a few years and have never seen THAT before. But a CME would not just affect Texas. That much is a fact. Also, I've been hearing loud booms in Ohio. I do think something is going on...something leading up to something, lol, but I don't know what... As far as the poles, I think it's unusual, but my friends husband said it's a matter of no rain and the power company not hosing down the poles during an excessively dry season. I'm going to take his word for that. oh, and BRIEF how bout a beer to go along with that sammich??? :-0 "Don't look back, you're not going that way." "As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28701154 United States 12/06/2012 04:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Hmm....sink holes every where...now power lines catching fire all over... add to this last night I was visiting a friend who has large windows with no curtains watching TV facing her double windows and this out of the blue slow moving descending sphere with a band of lights growling like a bear not helicopter or silent came at an angle and looked like it landed behind the buildings the next block over like where this assisted living is in a small town with NO airport. It stopped its sound about the time it "landed" and no explosion was heard.We ran to the window to look seeing it was not a plane or helicopter to see better but it went down behind the buildings on the next block.There's a couple over there are expecting a UFO to rapture them or ick up expected by or before 12-21. They've been having meetings on it.My friend decided it was definitely some "spaceship" but it looks like my friends got a defective relief system as it sure was on same extremely slow descent after popping up out of nowhere. We were debating taking the elevator down and walking over through the alley but decided it was too cold. We talked over 30 minutes on how freaky close this fly/land was and then of a sudden here it comes on a back track going back up at some 30 degree or so angle but this time totally dead silent so no helicopter which this is a SMALL town here down town area.Then it passes our windows and zoom it pops way up and totally vanishes right in front of us.This is Montana and I looked it up and it appears this same type of sphere not saucer thing has been being seen around here.It has a band of blue lights around its center like cop lights coloring flashing like that. My friend's apartment is on the second floor and faces the bank and it went down like where the assisted living home former old hospital parking lot is by the alley down from the bank.It sounded terrible coming in like growling. We wondered if it was going to crash but it just stopped. No explosion or anything or loud sound. We watched in case any off worlders came on our street we were going to go out to say welcome did they need help or something.As their space ship needed a tune up or something. My friend wanted to bring them a beer to welcome them and have it as a back up if things got strange for herself. then on leaving but not people got picked up in any tracker and it was a sphere and blipped out after getting to height it wanted which was not very high nor far away either. And no we had not been drinking. We had watched the old Home Alone and Polar Express on Disney. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28701154 United States 12/06/2012 04:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Troopers are also reporting similar power pole fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Power outages sweeping across Central Texas Hmm....sink holes every where...now power lines catching fire all over... add to this last night I was visiting a friend who has large windows with no curtains watching TV facing her double windows and this out of the blue slow moving descending sphere with a band of lights growling like a bear not helicopter or silent came at an angle and looked like it landed behind the buildings the next block over like where this assisted living is in a small town with NO airport. It stopped its sound about the time it "landed" and no explosion was heard.We ran to the window to look seeing it was not a plane or helicopter to see better but it went down behind the buildings on the next block.There's a couple over there are expecting a UFO to rapture them or ick up expected by or before 12-21. They've been having meetings on it.My friend decided it was definitely some "spaceship" but it looks like my friends got a defective relief system as it sure was on same extremely slow descent after popping up out of nowhere. We were debating taking the elevator down and walking over through the alley but decided it was too cold. We talked over 30 minutes on how freaky close this fly/land was and then of a sudden here it comes on a back track going back up at some 30 degree or so angle but this time totally dead silent so no helicopter which this is a SMALL town here down town area.Then it passes our windows and zoom it pops way up and totally vanishes right in front of us.This is Montana and I looked it up and it appears this same type of sphere not saucer thing has been being seen around here.It has a band of blue lights around its center like cop lights coloring flashing like that. My friend's apartment is on the second floor and faces the bank and it went down like where the assisted living home former old hospital parking lot is by the alley down from the bank.It sounded terrible coming in like growling. We wondered if it was going to crash but it just stopped. No explosion or anything or loud sound. We watched in case any off worlders came on our street we were going to go out to say welcome did they need help or something.As their space ship needed a tune up or something. My friend wanted to bring them a beer to welcome them and have it as a back up if things got strange for herself. then on leaving but not people got picked up in any tracker and it was a sphere and blipped out after getting to height it wanted which was not very high nor far away either. And no we had not been drinking. We had watched the old Home Alone and Polar Express on Disney. |