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Is this light in the sky a reflection (as on water vapor/smog) of what is happening at ground level?
Nothing interesting. Astoria is a pretty great neighborhood tho. We have a 24-hour fruit market next to another 24-hour fruit market.
I live about two blocks away. The lights dimmed and one of our breakers flipped. Then it got bad. My phone suddenly lit up, brighter than the night's electric blue sky, as everyone I've ever known called and texted to ask about what was going on. Nothing interesting. Astoria is a pretty great neighborhood tho. We have a 24-hour fruit market next to another 24-hour fruit market.
This happens in Nigeria a lot (><) I hear and see a transformer explode multiple times per week.
What is the cause?
- overload + faulty breakers (or no breakers...)
- old age insulation failure
- coolant depletion
- overvoltage due to lightning strikes elsewhere
I live about two blocks away. The lights dimmed and one of our breakers flipped. Then it got bad. My phone suddenly lit up, brighter than the night's electric blue sky, as everyone I've ever known called and texted to ask about what was going on. Nothing interesting. Astoria is a pretty great neighborhood tho. We have a 24-hour fruit market next to another 24-hour fruit market.
That's interesting. What would make the breaker trip? Was it a regular overcurrent breaker, or some other kind?
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I live about two blocks away. The lights dimmed and one of our breakers flipped. Then it got bad. My phone suddenly lit up, brighter than the night's electric blue sky, as everyone I've ever known called and texted to ask about what was going on. Nothing interesting. Astoria is a pretty great neighborhood tho. We have a 24-hour fruit market next to another 24-hour fruit market.
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That's interesting. What would make the breaker trip? Was it a regular overcurrent breaker, or some other kind?
Resettable breakers (partially) work on magnetic fields, so in theory a power surge at a transformer (massive coils) could generate a strong enough field. Just a guess
I.e. unless that transformer was stupendously large there's no way the magnetic field would reach a home 2 blocks away.
But I appreciate you at least trying to answer, so thanks.