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Brief fire at Hoover Dam


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Rut oh!  To the Bat Poles!

 

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9 minutes ago, T&C said:

Fire is out, no severe damage... nothing to see here.

Thank God!  PROBABLY some quick thinking dam operator doing their job! 😏 

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3 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Rut oh!  To the Bat Poles!

 

Where's the rest of my International Justice League of Super Acquaintances? @BringBackFergy & @Mike in Horseheads @Beerball 😏 

 

 

 

Thank God!  PROBABLY some quick thinking dam operator doing their job! 😏 

Don't you have your government issued scanner on? What happened?

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It was an explosion in a transformer which is not an uncommon event on electric transmission lines.  If a transformer on a pole near your home explodes, your neighborhood may be without power for several hours until it's fixed.  I don't know how an explosion at a larger transformer at a major dam would impact electricity production.

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1 hour ago, SoTier said:

It was an explosion in a transformer which is not an uncommon event on electric transmission lines.  If a transformer on a pole near your home explodes, your neighborhood may be without power for several hours until it's fixed.  I don't know how an explosion at a larger transformer at a major dam would impact electricity production.

Yea I had that happen and it sent a power surge that killed my cable modem first day I moved in. It made it look like it was daytime in the middle of the night.

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1 hour ago, SoTier said:

It was an explosion in a transformer which is not an uncommon event on electric transmission lines.  If a transformer on a pole near your home explodes, your neighborhood may be without power for several hours until it's fixed.  I don't know how an explosion at a larger transformer at a major dam would impact electricity production.

I'd be more worried about drastically dropping Lake Mead elevations and it's role on power production.  Things ain't looking good for the SouthWest...

 

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