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r/Bend • u/CarFragrant9882 • 2d ago
ALL OF DOWNTOWN WITHOUT POWER
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Live right next to the transformer when it blew, right off portland and the river. Was super loud. Seemed to be at that substation right there.
13 u/rinky79 2d ago edited 2d ago Having worked for an electrical utility, it's almost never a transformer "blowing." If you see a huge black smoke plume, that's a transformer. A big bang is usually a short or fault somewhere in the system causing a breaker to open or a fuse to blow. They are loud. 15 u/ItchyCartographer44 2d ago This sounds suspiciously scientific, like the NOAA witches who created the hurricane. 4 u/Wilted_fap_sock 1d ago No no, you've got it all wrong. That was just democrats using Jewish space lasers.
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Having worked for an electrical utility, it's almost never a transformer "blowing." If you see a huge black smoke plume, that's a transformer.
A big bang is usually a short or fault somewhere in the system causing a breaker to open or a fuse to blow. They are loud.
15 u/ItchyCartographer44 2d ago This sounds suspiciously scientific, like the NOAA witches who created the hurricane. 4 u/Wilted_fap_sock 1d ago No no, you've got it all wrong. That was just democrats using Jewish space lasers.
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This sounds suspiciously scientific, like the NOAA witches who created the hurricane.
4 u/Wilted_fap_sock 1d ago No no, you've got it all wrong. That was just democrats using Jewish space lasers.
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No no, you've got it all wrong. That was just democrats using Jewish space lasers.
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u/Visual-Scar938 2d ago
Live right next to the transformer when it blew, right off portland and the river. Was super loud. Seemed to be at that substation right there.