Transformer Exploding in PoCo

Aprox 30 seconds before this video starts, lightning struck the tree across from our house. The portion that broke off bounced off the transformer.
The beeping noise after the second explosion is the fire truck backing up.

The guy holding the camera managed to get a still shot of the tranformer grounding.
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/5895/groundarcqf3.jpg

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Fire
• explode
• transformer
• PoCo
• funny
• sparks

[ibook133]

There is no exploding. Fail.

- A

[Raiethstar]

@ibook133 Realizing that the title is just to get views. Fail....

[carlitoperronez]

XD XD HOLY JUMPING JESUS! XD XD

[jeff1508]

Is F**K your favorite word?

[Mathemaetica]

HOOOLY JUMPIN' JESUS! Ohhhhh SHIT my sides hurt from laughing. I so needed this today....GOOD STUFF and a massive honkin' Thumbs Up for a "shockingly" good laugh.

[elevator1tom]

At 3:40 you can see that the fuse blew right by the transformer.

[thecousinfilmz]

I see it

[Master784]

a long time ago at my old house a squirrel made a transformer explode and knocked out the power

[tylok02]

last night A TRANSFORMER BLEW UP 5 TIMES. god was i scared. AND THE POWER BOX (where the eltricity is stored) FELL AND SET A TREE ON FIRE

[tylok02]

i can see the smoke and btw last night and exploded 5 TIMES. god was i was scared

[zbrock1]

I was expecting a bleve after I read the title. O well no transformer exploding here. Just another cutout opening.

[R5H4D0W]

its incredibly hard to cause the line to fall. Last time when hurricanes came in the local grid had several poles with the top snapped off the leaning pole with everything else still attached. Transformers aren't so lucky... some was dropped but most clinged on

[cheetawolf]

oh, its safe.

ZAP!