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Baconcat 1
The foam ain't workin': http://www.king5.com/live-stream/pop-up-…
Posted by Baconcat on June 16, 2011 at 2:08 PM
Catalina Vel-DuRay 2
Ouch! That's not good.....The brain trust commenters at the King 5 website are already blaming it on the mineral oil in the transformers. They think they should still be filled with PCB's. Damn those enviromentalists!!!!
Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay http://www.danlangdon.com on June 16, 2011 at 2:15 PM
Cui Bono 3
FIRE!
Posted by Cui Bono on June 16, 2011 at 2:21 PM
4
Ah, that would explain the power-blips just before noon.
Posted by Northend of the Eastside on June 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM
Soupytwist 5
Some people say that a substation's to blame... but I know (doo doo doo da doo) it's the mineral oil's fault.
Posted by Soupytwist http://twitter.com/katherinesmith on June 16, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Will in Seattle 6
@1 fire trucks don't carry enough for an entire transformer substation - when they finally got it, it went to white smoke and then dissipated.

@5 doesn't help, that's for sure.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on June 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM
rob! 7
Re: 1, holy shit, the transformer cooling fins appear to be glowing a dull cherry red.
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on June 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM
Kinison 8
Working in Overlake area, VOIP and lights flickered a bit, but appears to be working. That live video stream is nuts, all that foam looks like a snow storm came though the area.
Posted by Kinison http://www.holgatehawks.com on June 16, 2011 at 2:49 PM
veo_ 9
Wow, that Redmond substation looks a lot like Burning Man.
Posted by veo_ on June 16, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Zebes 10
I work half a block down from where this happened, though all I really know is that there was a lot of smoke and fire and that you can't get a whole lot done in a warehouse that doesn't have power.
Posted by Zebes http://www.badrap.org/rescue/index.html on June 16, 2011 at 3:26 PM
mr. herriman 11
yep. huge plume of black smoke, i could see from the top of the coug. my mother was getting a cat scan at the time, and the machine had a power surge overload it and they had to start all over again. damn.
Posted by mr. herriman on June 16, 2011 at 3:46 PM
MacCrocodile 12
@11 - Next time you tell that story, it should end with someone getting superpowers.
Posted by MacCrocodile http://maccrocodile.com/ on June 16, 2011 at 4:00 PM
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LOL @12
Posted by six five on June 16, 2011 at 4:19 PM
mr. herriman 14
thanks for that, maccrocodile :-)
Posted by mr. herriman on June 16, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Beetlecat 15
Fire in the disco!
Posted by Beetlecat on June 16, 2011 at 4:48 PM
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For fuck's sake, people. @5 FTW
Posted by riot gorl on June 16, 2011 at 6:10 PM
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Do you guys see the skull in the fire toward the bottom?
Posted by sfnp on June 19, 2011 at 12:36 AM

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