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Possible. A few years ago a 33KV line came down onto the interstate near me, very early in the morning as I was heading out onto the road a couple of miles away
by dboreham 3y ago
Possible. A few years ago a 33KV line came down onto the interstate near me, very early in the morning as I was heading out onto the road a couple of miles away and over a hill. From my viewpoint it looked like an alien abduction scene. In fact that was my best guess until I crested the hill and started to understand what had happened.
- ethbr1 3y agoI've never seen a high voltage line come down, but I did see a residential neighborhood distribution line start arcing. The color and sound were unlike anything I've ever seen or heard. From memory, something like a blue'd lightning bolt without thunder + the sound of 100 giant hornets shifted down in frequency. If you've ever seen welding light in person, imagine that intensified a couple orders of magnitude.
- Aachen 3y agoThe wind makes that it probably doesn't come across as as loud as it was, but something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNaIChPiiww&t=11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNaIChPiiww&t=11
- ethbr1 3y agoYup! That's missing some of the low frequencies I remember, but captures the mid-high. I guess "incredibly loud sheet of paper tearing" would have been another description.
- bluescrn 3y agoSounds like it'd be intense enough to illuminate the base of low clouds at night, which would explain (most of?) what seems to be visible in that video.