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 Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 05:39 PM
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bigbob_ftw
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 05:46 PM
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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#8644365
07/19/22 05:49 PM
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TurkeyHunter
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I've been in that area down there. There's a lot of high voltage electrical stuff, lubricants, and solvents.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 05:49 PM
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I've been in that area down there. There's a lot of high voltage electrical stuff, lubricants, and solvents. is that the generator room?
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 05:54 PM
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TurkeyHunter
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I've been in that area down there. There's a lot of high voltage electrical stuff, lubricants, and solvents. is that the generator room? Yes. Big ones and big electrical cables.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 05:59 PM
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Just the pics I’ve seen I’d go with Turkey Hunters theory.
You start talking medium voltage and motors going. I wouldn’t want to be in the same building. That’s for sure.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 06:06 PM
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that video above looks fake as HE77
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 06:10 PM
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 06:11 PM
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Second video from different angle shows fire outside the power block, and looks like a transformer blew up. Boulder City FD has confirmed fire is out now
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 06:16 PM
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No way that water shooting video is real.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 06:16 PM
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Just the pics I’ve seen I’d go with Turkey Hunters theory.
You start talking medium voltage and motors going. I wouldn’t want to be in the same building. That’s for sure. Just do an image search on Hoover Dam Generator Room. Those things are massive. There's this ozone like smell with so much voltage. Anyone who has had Arc Flash/Arc Fault training knows what can happen with electricity.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 06:18 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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No way that water shooting video is real. That gif is a funny. Fire is below the damn on the discharge side
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/19/22 06:18 PM
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No way that water shooting video is real. I believe that's some random animated GIF. Not even the Hoover Dam.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 12:18 PM
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It is believed a transformer caught fire then exploded due to the oil in the transformer.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 12:24 PM
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 12:27 PM
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It is believed a transformer caught fire then exploded due to the oil in the transformer. That's what I heard.
(R-TX)
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 01:59 PM
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Seen a SCR Rig's Generator blow up on a Rig in Louisiana and like to took the whole Electric system out. Had 4 Caterpillar Powered Kato Gen Sets running on a 35,000 foot drilling Rig drilling surface. Outside one blew. Shook the ground and blew the wall out of the Generator House. 1/4" inch walls. Couldn't hear for a week.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 02:15 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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kind of a big deal
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Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.-Sen Joni Ernst
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 02:17 PM
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LOL RIGHT! Family took that tour way back around 1975ish, you could feel your hair standing when you walked in there
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 02:52 PM
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LOL RIGHT! Family took that tour way back around 1975ish, you could feel your hair standing when you walked in there Never been in, flown over and seen from a far. Not sure I want to now lol
Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.-Sen Joni Ernst
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 04:05 PM
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Western
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LOL RIGHT! Family took that tour way back around 1975ish, you could feel your hair standing when you walked in there Never been in, flown over and seen from a far. Not sure I want to now lol I don't even know if they allow the inside tours since 9-11, took my nephew over it since we where close returning from work in cali about 8 years ago but just drove the dam kinda thing.
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 04:07 PM
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LOL RIGHT! Family took that tour way back around 1975ish, you could feel your hair standing when you walked in there Never been in, flown over and seen from a far. Not sure I want to now lol I don't even know if they allow the inside tours since 9-11, took my nephew over it since we where close returning from work in cali about 8 years ago but just drove the dam kinda thing. Well you should have taken a dam tour to learn more dam knowledge.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 05:58 PM
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Those pictures are from 2016. Yes, they still do tours.
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 09:16 PM
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Could have been a Decepticon attack. 
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Re: Breaking news re. explosion at the hoover dam
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07/20/22 10:12 PM
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I was USN Electrician...
I've seen a 750kw, hit 180 outta phase with shore power.
It blew a hole, in the bulkhead, you could walk through...
It flash burned, paint off of equipment, 50ft away...
Plenty scary. Plenty loud.
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