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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – As storms rolled through the Metroplex Tuesday night amateur photographer Brian Luesner had his camera trained on the sky and captured some amazing photographs of lightning raining down on the city of Fort Worth.
After the event was over about 5,000 people were briefly without power according to Oncor. Most of the power has since been restored.
Search Amazing Video Shows Transformers Exploding In Fort Worth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43006842#43006842
 
boomerang said:
Has this already been posted? Just ran across it and sure what to make of it.



Texas Explosions Light Up Fort Worth Sky After Lightning Strikes (VIDEO)
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I've seen transformers blow during storms ... what I want to know is where in the video are the storms? Power distribution lines have lightning arrestors that shunt the surge to the ground, so unless the transformer itself gets hit, the surge normally would never reach a substation or any transformer that wasn't fairly close. So where is the lightning?
 
According to the person who filmed it this is the aftermath of the storm

This is the aftermath of a pretty brutal thunderstorm in Fort Worth Texas on May 10, 2011. It was taken from my balcony on the 34th floor of a building in Fort Worth. Though I thought we were at war or was terrorism, it was a massive series of downed 12,470 volt power lines. As I took it with my 70-200 2.8L IS lens, it is farther away than it looks. (it is 5 miles away) That is why there are not explosion sounds. This was a very well documented event. I was on my balcony to take lightning pictures (Yes, not smart) and this started happening in front of me. I turned my camera (Canon 5d MkII) to video mode and let it roll.

I did just realize this evening that the video is doubled. (others pointed it out in their comments) One video is duplicated. It happened when I was reducing the file size. I would up with the video duplicated. I would like to fix it. (remove the second half) but don't think I can. I would have to delete and and post another. If somebody knows how I can edit the video (cut out the second half) please let me know. Anyway, I have way more than enough footage still unposted. I will start posting my other videos.

I have been reading the comments. I would like to answer some questions.
It is not fake. It is not doctored. (you are giving my video skills too much credit, thanks.) As you can see by all the other lights, it is not taken with an IR setup or something. It is simple a video of an expensive weather disaster. The explosions are along a 4 mile path. They look closer together because this was 5 miles away zoomed in. (News links inserted below)

If this was fake, I would have put in some good explosion sounds, not birds. (I probably could handle that technically.) This IS NOT FAKE IN ANY MANNER.

It is not a function of lens flair, though I do believe the rain made the illumination more visible than it would have been. What this video does not show well is that the clouds above were illuminated with it all.

I am prepared to have a lab analyze this video for authenticity. Believe me. What you are looking at is a video camera set up on my tripod on my balcony. Period. No colors added, not special effects, no sounds. I do not even know how to adjust a video for brightness or contrast. (I am a photo guy, not a video guy.)
Anybody doubting the facts only needs to check the news sources or the power company. (Oncor Electric) for verification. Luckily, hundreds of people watched it all. I have video of lots of emergency vehicle arriving to deal with the resultant fires.
Also, this is actually just 1 of 5 videos taken. I will post the others when I get time. I am not sure this is even the best video I have. Too easy to verify it all.
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Ufology has a good point. Was this damage from the storm that took time to break down?

My question is... Why would so many transformers blow?...There's at least a dozen arcing and frying one after the other. I'm no power company tech, but it would seem to me the guys running the power plants would notice massive drains and surges on the line and switch out to other lines until the problem could be fixed.
Could be wrong. Hope I am. Because I wouldn't want idiots running my power company.
 
FORT WORTH -- Fire and police dispatchers were busy Tuesday night answering calls about "fireballs" in the sky and on the ground in east Fort Worth.
Several transformers were struck by lightning in east Fort Worth Tuesday night, Oncor spokeswoman Jeamy Molina said.
Repair crews worked through overnight Wednesday through the afternoon after the lightning strikes "destroyed" some of the transformers, Molina said.




The police scanner was noisy with chatter as officers called for assistance.
"I need someone from Oncor out here for a transformer on fire," one officer said.
A dispatcher said they were swamped with similar calls and said, "I'll add you to the list."
Fort Worth firefighters responded to several calls involving transformers and electrical problems Tuesday night, Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman Tim Hardeman said.
There were several calls about a possible lightning strike at a transformer substation at 4800 Randol Mill Road just after 9 p.m. after repeated sightings of flashes and explosions, Hardeman said.
There was also a report of a transformer on fire at the Five Star Custom Foods storage facility at 3709 East 1st Street at about 10:04 p.m., Hardeman said.

About 210 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were reported in Tarrant County between 8 and 9 p.m., said National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Mosier, who said he couldn't pinpoint the exact locations.
Some 120 more incidents of lightning striking the ground were reported from 9 to 10 p.m., Mosier said.
Mosier said he didn't know if it had to strike the transformer directly or the ground close to it but if the lightning carries a large enough electrical charge, it can "blow" a transformer.




Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/05/10/3066121/fireballs-reported-in-east-fort.html#ixzz1WkSZWOmk


Perhaps its a conspiracy or perhaps the fact that the electricity company, the police the firebrigade and weather service confirm a storm and transformer damage is what it is.




This one has footage of transformers shorting, and downed power cables in the latter half
Not the same event, but the same results

 
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