Showing posts with label explosion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label explosion. Show all posts

Friday, June 3, 2011

Impressive Fireball at UMBC

Yesterday I was close enough to an explosion to feel the heat on
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