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Article #690Re: Bright Flash on the Horizon
From: Tom Gloger
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1988 14:03
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1988 14:03
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In article <920@uop.edu>, robert@uop.edu (Fred Flintstone) writes: > Last night ... I was driving home ... and I saw a bright flash on the > horizon ... in the blue end of the spectrum. > > Anyone know what it was that I saw? > A few years ago, during a thunderstorm, I observed a blue-green flash on the horizon. It lasted a noticeable length of time, but less than a second. At the same time, the red lights on the tops of the near-by high-tension towers went out. The flash was in the direction of a large "transformer farm" which, I believe, is connected to the high-tension lines. My theory is a large transformer bit the big one that night. The lights stayed off for a day or two, as I recall. -- Tom Gloger AT&T ihnp4!ttrda!tag Skokie, Illinois, 60077
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ttrdc!ttrda!tag From: tag@ttrda.UUCP (Tom Gloger) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Bright Flash on the Horizon Summary: Could the blue flash have been from copper? Keywords: What Wazzat? Message-ID: <254@ttrda.UUCP> Date: 21 Jan 88 14:03:41 GMT References: <920@uop.edu> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL Lines: 20