Arcing powerlines cause tree fire & explosion
This tree catches fire and explodes as wind blows the tree into nearby power lines.
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2. banzemanga 2 years ago
From the camera point of view everything blacked out when the explosion occurred. I wonder how the background looked during that time in real life.
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3. Comment rated too low. Show this comment antifolklore 2 years ago
Underground powerlines for the win 
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4. Comment rated too low. Show this comment CorpseGrinder 2 years ago
4:00 
big boom! really scared the hell out of me
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That thing was like a monster, coming back for one more scare when you think he's dead. Brilliant video.
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6. Comment rated too low. Show this comment TechnoKING 2 years ago
Yeah, but kinda slow, it'd be better without the first 3 minutes...IMHO. But sweet otherwise...
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8. Gringo_el_Diablo 2 years ago
Ya'll have ADD!
The build up was awesome.
He was only 25-30 feet away!? (8-9 meters)
HOLY FICKEN $H!T
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9. stepanstas 2 years ago
Okay, so one would think that they would call (or the fire dept would (if they reported it correctly)) the electrical company so that they could shut off electricity for that area, but no, it's better to possibly get killed.
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#9 : If you shut off electricity you cant continue playing ya geeky "WOW"
Why is the vid in the "documentary" category, when it would be more likely "awesome" or "Accidents" 
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11. ringmaster 2 years ago
Agree with #10. Some videos are put in strange categories. 911 anyone? At least some there had a mind after four minutes.
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the water in the tree must have heated up extremely quickly for those small explosions to happen :o, pretty cool to see but quite dangerous
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19. trancetunes (admin) 2 years ago
wait, is anyone else thinking what i am about this??
how come those power lines didn't have some kind of coating to prevent that?
i know by my house we have tons of power lines obviously and they all seem to have this thick black coating around them...birds sit on them all the time etc..even tree branches touch the wires..anyone know how this happened?! did they not have any kind of protection around them? if that's the case, wouldn't any bird/squirrel die from sitting on them?
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#19
"? if that's the case, wouldn't any bird/squirrel die from sitting on them?"
pleeeeeaaaase go back to schoooooool!
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#1 makes a good point. Considering how tall that tree is, surely it must have had an encounter with the power lines before? Either that or the tree's branch that got fried had been gradually leaning over towards the power lines and the final gust of wind finished it off.
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22. patriotaus (moderator) 2 years ago
#19 you have to come in contact with either 2 lines or contact one and the ground, otherwise there is no circuit and no electricity will run through you. which means birds/squirrels/possums are fine.
for everyone going on about how stupid these guys are for not calling the fire brigade, i bet you guys clicked through the clip because they mention "where the hell is the fire brigade?"
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#19 no, because when a bird or a squirrel sits on a power line, it's not touching the ground, so the electric current has nowhere to go to.
trees make a good route to ground for electricity, because they have a lot of water inside.
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24. kurkudjikul 2 years ago
Current was to small for automated protection all to the end.
The big boom was a real short curcuit.
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25. trancetunes (admin) 2 years ago
thanks for answering my question--yea i feel pretty dumb for not realizing it now because i understand the concept now..
one other question that no one answered though--trees near my house touch the wires all the time--they don't do this because of a protective coating on the wires (i'm pretty sure--theres this thick coating around them it seems)..how come they don't just do that here so this doesn't happen? oO
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26. kurkudjikul 2 years ago
#25 The voltage on this powerline is greater then 35kV(maybe up to 110kV). At this voltage it is not necessary to touch the wire to get arcing(for every ~30kV, 1cm of air). It is not economical to isolate the wires becouse the isolation has to be realy thick (3-6cm) and that increases weight of the powerline drastically. This is cheaper.
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27. Comment rated too low. Show this comment badboy007 2 years ago
i wonder why the dumb fags never called the fire department
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29. angrytattedguy 2 years ago
It blackened out because of this magical effect called an em charge which makes all the air around the power line jolt including the juice in the hand cam. This is why Im happy my power lines are under ground ...who'de thunk it.
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30. Comment rated too low. Show this comment badboy007 2 years ago
phil-loyd proves he is sad again.
I dont read all the posts
I have a life.
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1. drewsutton 2 years ago
Surely that tree and those power lines have been there a while... and the wind has been around a lot, too... How has this not already happened? haha.