A mushroom

See kids, that's what happens when you overload a socket with extension leads...

Did the huge explosion get left out of the clip? Or was this meant to mean "huge from an ant's perspective"?

Well, it was the only way to be sure....

Wonder what that was. Looked like the top popped off an LP or gasoline tank - perhaps a gasoline generator? Whatever it was, the arcing stopped when it blew.
Edit: Apparently it was a diesel generator substation.

Anyway, has anyone seen my pet squirrel?

Its a substation....not a power plant, and its a transformer fire. They are full of mineral oil...so yeah....

That's the slowest most graceful explosion I've ever seen.

Cool - I like how the electricity is arcing through the plasma of the flames.

>> ^charliem:

Its a substation....not a power plant, and its a transformer fire. They are full of mineral oil...so yeah....

>> ^charliem:

Its a substation....not a power plant, and its a transformer fire. They are full of mineral oil...so yeah....


Yeah. The electric arc is boiling the oil inside. When it gets hot enough to melt the steel outside, kaboom. Too bad the vid ended so soon.

I once lit a fart and made a mushroom cloud. I kid not. Multiple witnesses. Wish I had a camera.

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Can't you read the sign? NO deep-frying turkeys at substation 42!

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