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Old Aug 19, 2005 | 11:20 AM
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explosion in SF? what is going on?

http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=3742951
Old Aug 19, 2005 | 11:23 AM
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They think it's a transformer, but some people heard multiple explosions.
Old Aug 19, 2005 | 11:25 AM
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by reading the news, sounds like one heck of an explosion!
Old Aug 19, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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yeah, i work on bush and polk and i hearda bunch of fire trucks come down.
Old Aug 19, 2005 | 02:57 PM
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It was the building next to ours. Pretty crazy stuff, I looked out my window right after the explosion rocked me and my desk and I saw the glass windows of the building next to me ripple from the bottom to the top from the shockwave.

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They closed off the streets around that thing with police blockades. Must be some big transformer to cause that!
Old Aug 19, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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Well anyway you look at it, San FranFreako gets what it's got coming.
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They closed off the streets around that thing with police blockades. Must be some big transformer to cause that!
Actually it's partly because SF distribution power is on a 37KV grid. Instead of one wire connecting each section of town, all the sections are then connected to each other all live. This is good in that if you have a sudden draw downtown, then power will be pulled away someplace else that isn't drawing 100%.

The problem though, is that if there is a short in the system, then there is virtually unlimited power to feed it and you get bigger bangs.

The cable then becomes a fuse.

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leo, i farted. sorry.
Old Aug 20, 2005 | 10:12 AM
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I knew it was you, you jackass!! LOL!

Dude you going to mazda zoom zoom? i'll be there tomorrow (alameda) around 2:30.

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leo, i farted. sorry.
Old Aug 20, 2005 | 01:45 PM
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It's the Government that did this, they are experamenting, just like they did with the oklahoma city bombing, which led to 9-11. anywhays no matter what happens I hope everyone is going to be ok and is capable of dodging the next big hit.
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Originally Posted by Fatal Velocity
It's the Government that did this, they are experamenting, just like they did with the oklahoma city bombing, which led to 9-11. anywhays no matter what happens I hope everyone is going to be ok and is capable of dodging the next big hit.

You are the biggest idiot. You should watch fox news every now and again.
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It's the Government that did this, they are experamenting, just like they did with the oklahoma city bombing, which led to 9-11. anywhays no matter what happens I hope everyone is going to be ok and is capable of dodging the next big hit.
:rotfl: and bush is friends with sadam right?

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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 02:01 PM
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:rotfl: and bush is friends with sadam right?

Bin laden's his homie. You didnt know that. :rotfl:
Old Aug 20, 2005 | 04:27 PM
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I knew it was you, you jackass!! LOL!

Dude you going to mazda zoom zoom? i'll be there tomorrow (alameda) around 2:30.
probably not. did it last year. wasn't that great.



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