the safety's are there. They are called reclosers/circuit breakers. Notice how after it arced over for a while it stopped ?. That's the recloser/breaker doing it's job.
The problem is that this is older technology, Germany got rebuilt after the second world war and replaced everything, we have stuff from the 1920's in use to this day!
Manhattan's power company is ConEd. It is true that the a large part of NY's grid is owned by National Grid (a European company), but this is not the case here. And "cheapness" was not the problem with this in Manhattan. A hurricane was the problem.
You sure it was the poor quality or could it maybe have been the dead shorted downed power lines or perhaps the storm surge's wall of salty sea water crashing over a substation with half a million volts? I'm willing to bet in those conditions a German xfmr would arc & fry, too!
The sound was close by. I made my way over to it. But I couldn't get close enough, my arms and legs started to stiffen up. I was able to see objects moving around the air - dust, rocks, smoke, bottles. It looked like there was an opening in the ground, but not sure, it was too bright. Objects were being pushed away from the center. I felt a strange vibration running through my body, and my legs and feet were stuck to the ground. I did see something coming out of the ground like flakes of gold, flying up like butterflies. After the shimmers were gone, it looked like something was putting the earth back together again - like reversing time. The ground was patching itself together in the light. Then the light turned off. I woke up on the ground. cell dead, head buzzing. I'm sending this from a hospital bed. I'm homeless, I don't want to go back out there!
Old technology if it still works why replace it just a waste replace it with modern stuff when it fails might not be the best way to do thing buts its the cheapest
No, what you see here is a motherfucking hurricane dumping salt water into a generating station. You find me one plant anywhere in the world that would not have failed under similar circumstances.
Any one else on a streak of Explosions??
I see Goku and Vegeta are having another disagreement . .
djpuffthethird more like goku useing sprirt bomb on friza :)
Aw, I was gonna make a DBZ joke! :(
Terminator just arrived :D
+Juho Kalliokangas mietin kans ihan samaa lol xD
Chuck Norris' flashlight UH HUH FUCKING KILL ME.
0:26 ITS OVER 9,000!!!!!
Public safety in 'Murica always seems to be trampled by cheapness,
the safety's are there. They are called reclosers/circuit breakers. Notice how after it arced over for a while it stopped ?. That's the recloser/breaker doing it's job.
The problem is that this is older technology, Germany got rebuilt after the second world war and replaced everything, we have stuff from the 1920's in use to this day!
I'll swear! This is not me!
What happened at 1:50....did he drop the camera, or did the power go out?
i was waiting for the sky scrapers in distance to black out. dam backups
Manhattan's power company is ConEd. It is true that the a large part of NY's grid is owned by National Grid (a European company), but this is not the case here. And "cheapness" was not the problem with this in Manhattan. A hurricane was the problem.
skip ahead to 2:55
thanks for sparing me the long wait. I wonder why people do not cut/trim the single-event videos to cover only the action...
Yeah thanks. What caused the blue tinge
+itube612 No kidding...3 minutes of nothing....
Any one have stats on the substation?, voltage power etc
Pray for you America
You sure it was the poor quality or could it maybe have been the dead shorted downed power lines or perhaps the storm surge's wall of salty sea water crashing over a substation with half a million volts? I'm willing to bet in those conditions a German xfmr would arc & fry, too!
The sound was close by. I made my way over to it. But I couldn't get close enough, my arms and legs started to stiffen up. I was able to see objects moving around the air - dust, rocks, smoke, bottles. It looked like there was an opening in the ground, but not sure, it was too bright. Objects were being pushed away from the center. I felt a strange vibration running through my body, and my legs and feet were stuck to the ground.
I did see something coming out of the ground like flakes of gold, flying up like butterflies.
After the shimmers were gone, it looked like something was putting the earth back together again - like reversing time. The ground was patching itself together in the light. Then the light turned off. I woke up on the ground. cell dead, head buzzing. I'm sending this from a hospital bed. I'm homeless, I don't want to go back out there!
Are you talking about the one that happened yesterday or this one that happened 6 years ago?
Ten Nor probably the one about 2 months ago
I hope that when they replace the transformer they replace the protection with something that works.
who you gonna call Ghostbusters 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻
Not a powerplant, it's a substation
Ghostbusters shit right there
The Terminator has arrived from the future.
Old technology if it still works why replace it just a waste replace it with modern stuff when it fails might not be the best way to do thing buts its the cheapest
cloverfield part 2
It's a meted and coned plant
interesting!
light show !
it is the end of the world
Interesting...... most of ny's grid is owned by a European company.. and I'm pretty sure they decide which equipment to use.. (low bid)
Simply nonsense advertiser!
All boils down to cheapness. Safety costs money.
It's the end of the world
No, what you see here is a motherfucking hurricane dumping salt water into a generating station. You find me one plant anywhere in the world that would not have failed under similar circumstances.
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