my face, 40m or so away. It was at the electrical substation just north
of the campus police station. Not very loud, but an impressive
fireball. I have to start carrying a camera.
As a result, UMBC is closed today for lack of electricity. New media reports:
- Transformer Explosion Knocks Out UMBC Power, http://columbia.patch.com/articles/transformer-explosion-knocks-umbc-power
- Baltimore Sun apparently has no idea of or maybe no interest in what actually happened: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-umbc-power-outage-0603,0,573995.story