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Makaveli1
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States118 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-29 02:12:08
December 29 2011 02:06 GMT
#1
A couple minutes ago, in vancouver, washington, the sky lit up blue at night. Like, the whole sky just lit up, went dark again, then 2 minutes later lit up again, just light everywhere, blue light. People are losing power to, the weather is fine, so what could have caused this??

Im just waiting for the tripods to pop out of the ground ._.

EDIT* the news channel just said 22,000 people just lost power WTFWTFWTWF

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RoTaNiMoD
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States558 Posts
December 29 2011 02:14 GMT
#2
Keep us posted. Interesting....
unichan
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States4223 Posts
December 29 2011 02:14 GMT
#3
Haha, what? O_O That sounds like some alien shit lol
:)
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
December 29 2011 02:19 GMT
#4
Wow almost sounds too crazy to be true :-o
XK ßubonic
Cedstick
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada3336 Posts
December 29 2011 02:20 GMT
#5
Or a huge surge of some sort from a power station.
"What does Rivington do when he's not commentating?" "Drool." ~ Categorist
MisterD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany1338 Posts
December 29 2011 02:20 GMT
#6
they are coming for us!! omg!! flee, hide, runnn!

like this? washington is enough to the north to still get these events very rarely from what i see on wikipedia on a quick glance.
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my sky is always lit up because i have a big store quite close whose parking space is lit up by taking big lights, turning them straight up towards the sky, and then putting mirrory things above them to reflect the light back down and spread it out. Obviously that's stupid, because half the light misses the mirrors and just lights up the sky. lol. It's like northern lights, just in the south and basically all the time except for when there's clear sky.
Gold isn't everything in life... you need wood, too!
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20333 Posts
December 29 2011 02:21 GMT
#7
Haha is this legit?
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
December 29 2011 02:21 GMT
#8
Wander your neighborhood with nothing but a open robe and a tinfoil hat.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
Cupine
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada51 Posts
December 29 2011 02:27 GMT
#9
Maybe Vancouver forgot to pay its electricity bill and got hit by an EMP? Sounds sort of like it, a flash of light and then power outage? I really have nothing to say LOL
Cupine.945, Official protoss player now
Makaveli1
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States118 Posts
December 29 2011 02:32 GMT
#10
No, it was just a really quick flash of blue light, it wasn't a aurora. Luckily I didnt lose power lol, but everyone I know has.

It could have been just all the transformers in the city just blew up, causing the light show lol
TheLOLas
Profile Joined May 2011
United States646 Posts
December 29 2011 02:34 GMT
#11
Jesus, that would have to have been quite the explosion to light up the sky like that. Stay safe bro.
Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
December 29 2011 02:37 GMT
#12
If its aliens I hope they take me away from this planet.
DrThorMD
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada359 Posts
December 29 2011 02:41 GMT
#13
Someone just used the dragon balls obv.
Damn your Chronoboosts!
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
December 29 2011 02:52 GMT
#14
I heard about something similar in Europe very recently. It was caused by pieces of a Russian rocket that had exploded in the sky, and were now melting when entering the atmosphere.
But I really doubt that caused any power outage, just freaked out people with weird ufo like lights.
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Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42411 Posts
December 29 2011 02:55 GMT
#15
Ufos?
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Flamingo777
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1190 Posts
December 29 2011 03:04 GMT
#16
Russia makes its move...
SigmaoctanusIV
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States3313 Posts
December 29 2011 03:27 GMT
#17
Wow more info on this? cause this seems pretty crazy!
I am Godzilla You are Japan
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-29 03:31:41
December 29 2011 03:30 GMT
#18
On December 29 2011 11:06 Makaveli1 wrote:
EDIT* the news channel just said 22,000 people just lost power WTFWTFWTWF


I'm guessing a substation blew up.

Or alien ship crash landing/government-alien-hybrid ship crash landing/something about the Illuminati involving chem trails..

Personally I'm hoping for the latter.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Ravar
Profile Joined June 2011
United States447 Posts
December 29 2011 03:35 GMT
#19
I'm not saying it was aliens but...
Yeah bitch, magnets
Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
December 29 2011 03:37 GMT
#20
Carrier has arrived.

They've come to earth to stop Blizzard from removing them in HOTS........
Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
December 29 2011 03:40 GMT
#21
This isn't 4chan, but pics or it didn't happen. Links to the news station, or some more info on this work as well
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
December 29 2011 03:50 GMT
#22
On December 29 2011 12:40 Gummy wrote:
This isn't 4chan, but pics or it didn't happen. Links to the news station, or some more info on this work as well


Yeah I've googled around a bit, I can't find any reference to this anywhere. Of course the government may have already covered it up....

O.O
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
cmen15
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1519 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-29 04:57:15
December 29 2011 04:56 GMT
#23
On December 29 2011 11:41 DrThorMD wrote:
Someone just used the dragon balls obv.

Come on kid everyone knows that the aura given off by a summoning is yellow not blue lolol.
Greed leads to just about all losses.
Spray
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States402 Posts
December 29 2011 06:20 GMT
#24
gets your guns you crazy canadians, the zombies are coming for ya.
HuK Fighting~~!
Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-29 07:36:59
December 29 2011 07:36 GMT
#25
It's just a transformer that blew, based on your description. It's happened a few times here where I live in California, too.
mafiameower
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States61 Posts
December 29 2011 07:56 GMT
#26
no news on this anywhere. I dont think this is legit.
Youtube.com/mafiameower
NationInArms
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1553 Posts
December 29 2011 08:04 GMT
#27
Lol, I just watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind the other day. Obviously, aliens in space ships passed through Washington and shut down the grid as they were being chased by cops.
BW for life | Fantasy, MMA, SlayerS_Boxer | Taengoo! n_n | "Lelouch vi Britannia commands you! Obey me, subjects! OBEY ME, WORLD!" | <3 Emi
Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
December 29 2011 09:16 GMT
#28
On December 29 2011 16:56 mafiameower wrote:
no news on this anywhere. I dont think this is legit.


there wouldn't be news on a transformer blowing, it isn't too uncommon, people just don't notice it most of them time when one does
Juliette
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States6003 Posts
December 29 2011 09:22 GMT
#29
You know, i had a dream about nuclear holocaust laast night...
OKAY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
December 29 2011 09:37 GMT
#30
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the FBI. We have come to assure you that it was simply lights reflected off of a weather balloon. Please do not panic, everything is under control.

Our recommendation is that you stay inside tonight for your own safety, and be sure to report any suspicious activity you may hear or see. Thank you for your time.
Logic is Overrated
mwarren503
Profile Joined December 2011
United States1 Post
December 30 2011 19:11 GMT
#31
I actually noticed 3 separate bright blue flashes that lit up the sky in Vancouver, WA on Wednesday night in the Hazel Dell area around 6 PM. There was about 1-2 minutes between the first two flashes, then the third flash, approximately 3 minutes later started white and then turned blue. I watched the news and searched for an answer online and the only thing I came up with is this message board. Is a transformer blowing big enough to light up the entire sky? It was raining and there were low lying clouds, maybe they reflected the light so it appeared bigger?
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 21:55:39
December 30 2011 21:51 GMT
#32
On December 31 2011 04:11 mwarren503 wrote:
I actually noticed 3 separate bright blue flashes that lit up the sky in Vancouver, WA on Wednesday night in the Hazel Dell area around 6 PM. There was about 1-2 minutes between the first two flashes, then the third flash, approximately 3 minutes later started white and then turned blue. I watched the news and searched for an answer online and the only thing I came up with is this message board. Is a transformer blowing big enough to light up the entire sky? It was raining and there were low lying clouds, maybe they reflected the light so it appeared bigger?


So wait, you just created an account on a StarCraft community site so you could post here about this? Um, okay.

I'm no electrical engineer, but I'm willing to bet that if a substation explodes it makes a big damn flash. Or if high tension power cables are damaged and arc, I bet that would be pretty damn bright too. Based on the anecdotal evidence of the original poster concerning news stories about people without power, these seem like two reasonable explanations to me.

If that is insufficient, I say call into Coast to Coast AM about it. The conspiracy nerds listening will be far more interested.

edit: + Show Spoiler +
Unless you're from the CIA testing to see whether a coverup needs to be initiated.... >.>
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
MattHansen
Profile Joined June 2013
United States1 Post
June 05 2013 04:11 GMT
#33
Sorry to bump this old topic but a buddy of mine and i (coincidentally we both used to play brood war) were just talking about this event that happened over a year ago and i googled it to find out if anyone had a video of it. This is actually the only discussion i could find about it. Anyways, I was at wayside market gas station when this happened i was standing right under the first transformer when it blew. I also saw the next two go off in my rearview as i was haulin out of the gas station. Just thought id let the OP know that it wasnt aliens haha.
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