TRANSFORMERS (more than meets the eye?!) COMPILATION OF 39+ TRANSFORMER INCIDENTS past month

In my list there are quite a few apartment fires apparently caused by blown transformers, maybe that's what they were making sure about?



Come to think of it, the weather was clear and sunny here, and our power went out on the afternoon of 5/9/11 - when I called it in, the customer service rep said "they had several outages reported in the area." (I'm in south-central Wisconsin) However, though this is not my power company, there was a large outage blamed on storms [link to newsofthenorth.net] so it's hard to say - but that's 100 miles north of me.

I could go off on quite a tangent by looking up all of the "power outages" lately that don't even mention a transformer!


Unfortunately this is a conspiracy forum site. I could tell you that my internet has been acting funny the past few days as well (which is true, I've had to unplug/restart my Ruckus and modem several times to get back online), and apparently also lately at my work, too - but it's just guessing if the internet problems are at all related to the electrical problems. Due to our conspiratorial nature, maybe we GLPers just notice these things more and try to correlate them; then again, maybe it IS related.

I had one blow up behind my house last week here in St. Louis, sounded identical to a GAU-8 cannon on an A-10.

Scared the shit out of me and then lost power for 5 minutes.

Last Edited by JFav on 05/16/2011 08:59 AM

I talked to my son who lives in Ft Worth about this and he said a friend who lives in that area where the transformers exploded told him a power surge at his home fried his air conditioner and computer--had to have them replaced!

Number seems to increase significantly in aggregate from the 10th forward.

I have witnessed a transformer explosion twice in my life (once during an ice storm, another time during a wind storm at a substation) and it was one single transformer that sounded like a bomb going off. It did not continually flash or cause others to go off as well, there was NO domino affect. I have NEVER seen what was pictured in these videos of the "constant flashes" this is not normal.

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one fell near my kids school ...it was on fire actually...i thought it quite strange myself....i'm glad u made this post...

very very nice
Finlay someone puts it all together in one post
crazy stuff going on

Adelaide tram services out of juice for 36 hours by "mystery fault"
[link to www.adelaidenow.com.au]

OMG

This is pinned?

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This is pinned?

OMG

same old stuff that is always going on... damn this internet... making people wacko.

ATTENTION!!!!

Lost a transformer here in Mississippi, at 9:30 am. WEIRD!

:fluf:

good one!

Earth's Magnetic Fields May Be Causing Bird and Fish Die-Off
By Donna Pravel
Jan 5, 2011
The Earth's Magnetic Fields May Cause Die-Off
Could the Earth's magnetic fields be causing the recent die-off of thousands of birds and fish? Scientists believe so, along with environmental imbalances.

The sudden death of thousands of blackbirds in Arkansas over the 2010-2011 New Year's holiday last weekend was newsworthy enough. Within a couple of days, hundreds of stories from all around the globe recounted similar phenomena. Not only have blackbirds been "falling out of the sky," but many species of birds,as well as reported cases of bat deaths in Arizona. In addition, there are numerous reports being gathered from around the world about massive fish die-off, and die-off of many different sea animals. What could be causing these deaths? Some researchers believe that changes in the Earth's magnetic fields are to blame.

The Earth's Magnetic Fields: What They Are and How Birds Use Them to Migrate
The Earth's magnetic field is similar to that of a bar magnet, with north and south poles.The magnetic field causes a bubble around the Earth which protects it from solar winds, asteroids, and other objects in space. Scientists believe the magnetic poles are due to electric currents that come from the Earth's core.The circulating electric current creates a dynamo effect, which is caused, in part, by the rotation of the Earth's axis. A dynamo effect is similar to what happens with an electric generator. When the magnetic field interacts with particles from solar winds, it creates what is known as the aurora borealis near the poles.

Scientists at Goethe-Universitat in Frankfurt, Germany, have discovered that a bird can see the Earth's magnetic fields through photoreceptor cells in the bird's right eye. Birds use this navigational tool to migrate north and south during the autumn and spring. Before this discovery, it was believed that birds could sense the magnetic field either through their eyes or beaks..beaks? really? lol!... These photoreceptor cells create shades of light, which tell the birds if they are on or off course during migration.

Could the Earth's Magnetic Fields Be Causing the Die-Off of Thousands of Birds?
The Goethe-Universitat study revealed that if birds could not see the magnetic field when migrating, they lost their "bearings" and could hurt themselves or even die. NASA reported in 2008 that there was a "massive breach" in the Earth's magnetic field, detected by THEMIS spacecraft. Solar wind can flow through this breach, causing enormous geomagnetic storms. It is very possible that such a geomagnetic storm is responsible for the current deaths of thousands of birds across the planet.

Magnetic storms can cause many different phenomena to occur. Not only do birds, such as the reported blackbirds, pelicans, penguins and eagles, lose their bearings and fall dead from exhaustion and hunger, but radio transmissions can be lost, there can be radiation from too much solar power, and high-energy charged particles can bombard the Earth due to the breach in the magnetic "shield" wrapping the planet.. Magnetic storms can also trigger changes in the Earth's crust, which may lead to increases in landslides, mudslides, earthquakes, and volcano eruptions.

What About the Fish Kills? Are the Fish and Bird Die-Offs Related?
It may be possible that the fish and bird die-offs are unrelated. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission spokesman Keith Stephens believes that in the drum fish case, it could just be a disease, "since it only affected one species." He says fishkills are not unusual.
However, fishkills are being reported all across the world. Panama reports at least 100 tons of several species of fish found dead all along its coast. Officials there suspect an environmental imbalance, possibly due to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Italy claims a "massacre" of fish, clams, and crabs over Christmas, but blame nearby industries. Similar fishkills are being reported in other cities.

According to Science Daily.com, sea creatures such as sharks, crabs, salmon, and sea turtles not only use magnetic fields to navigate, but also to detect their prey. So it is entirely possible that some of the recent deaths of not only fish, but sea animals like starfish and dolphins are due to changes in the Earth's magnetic fields.

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Last Edited by bootsnbolts on 05/16/2011 11:28 AM

You know what's weird? A lot of people are talking as if they are much more aware these days on various topics.

Could this be related to the same thing that killed the birds, fish and sharks?

Sorry, didn't see the posts a couple above mine...til now.

Last Edited by Shamar on 05/16/2011 11:28 AM

My power is out right now in SoCal... weird

A map of these incidents might lead to something interesting.

It's not just "old equipment" The MSM is reporting that Canada's emminent financial district in Toronto is down and out this morning.

haarp has been in action for 50 years. we know it functions by blasting holes in the ionosphere, which also severely damages the magnetoshpere, which we also know is directly correlated to the earth's magnetic field. they are mirrors to one another, as above, so below.

i feel that if we never had haarp, the phenomena we are seeing now, that relates to electromagnetic freakishness (and there are MANY connections), we'd be able to get through our current planetary alignments and solar flares without much fuss. i feel that haarp is the primary contributing factor to our current instability.

problem for them is, i do not think they anticipated the grid failures...and according to scientists



we are JUST beginning the 11 year (yes that number again!) solar storm cycle, which they before said was 'going to be insignificant,' and are now saying 'we made a mistake, it is going to be far far worse than we expected, be prepared, kiss your ass goodbye.'

sheilaaliens on the transformers:



[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Space Weather Message Code: WARK04
Serial Number: 1736
Issue Time: 2011 May 15 1502 UTC

EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 4 expected
Extension to Serial Number: 1735
Valid From: 2011 May 15 0005 UTC
Now Valid Until: 2011 May 16 1600 UTC
Warning Condition: Persistence

see the sheilalaiens video, she got one started.

Last Edited by bootsnbolts on 05/16/2011 11:47 AM

+1

Someone mentioned an aging infrastructure. I think that the grid is being taxed more heavily than it was designed for 30 years ago. When I was a kid, almost nobody except rich people had air conditioning in more than one room. Combine the increase in AC units with all of the other electronic goods that the masses own, and this could be effecting the aging grid. It's not just transformers, but unexplained outages and voltage/amperage inconsistencies. Hell, even here in Illinois where we have more nuke plants per capita than any other state, we have had problems. I'm not ruling out other causes (solar flares, etc.), but it seems more likely to be a result of corporate profiteering than UFO's or the like IMHO.

american infrastructure is AMAZINGLY neglected...it has been speculated that it is what will bring us down as these huge disasters hit us. we've spent and psent on military, haarp, etc., but nothing to fix the homeland.

Coincidental events !!

I have a power step up transformer on the pole in front of my house. At night I was seeing these blue green glowing sy elmos orbs on the pole cross arms that hold the wire up.

I finally told my busy body sister next door and her husband demanded she call the power company.

The power company came out and said it was defective ground straps from the transformer to the wires. They replaced them and the glowing orbs went away.

Racoons, squirrle, ducks, and other birds also blow up power transformers. I think dhls should target them as terrorist and make a color alert to warn citizens of the threat.

Same here. I've seen transformers blow out from bad weather. They did not flash for several minutes & I've never witnessed them setting off any other transformers. Many speculations of what this is.