Did you read about the eerie blue glow over New York City a week or two ago?

@TheHorse (238391)
Walnut Creek, California
January 8, 2019 3:31pm CST
I captured this picture from MSM. Apparently a transformer of some sort blew near New York City, and a blue glow hung in the sky for several seconds or minutes. I've seen the Northern Lights, and it's a life-changing experience. I don't know whether New Yorkers ever get to see them, but the experience of the eerie blue lights must have been...I dunno...scary...or very cool. Um...how would you have reacted?
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DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Jan 19
My son and family thought it was exciting and beautiful to look at. They knew they weren't being attacked.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Jan 19
Did they tell you how long it lasted? My hunch is that my NY relatives were looking at their computer screens at the time. Feh.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
8 Jan 19
@TheHorse No, and I didn't ask.
PLETHOS
@Plethos (13718)
• United States
8 Jan 19
i heard about it. it reminded me of the scared people when that one rocket was launched late last year here in cali, falcon rocket?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Jan 19
Did you get to see the launch? I always wonder if we can see Vandenberg launches from up here in the Bay Area. We could from Santa Barbara.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Jan 19
@Plethos Have you seen videos?
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PLETHOS
@Plethos (13718)
• United States
8 Jan 19
@TheHorse - i didnt, because i didnt know about it, but it was clearly visible here at the border/lower desert. no one told me about it while it was happening ! i need better friends.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51839)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Jan 19
Heard something about it but didn't feel curious enough to look it up. Pretty.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51839)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Jan 19
@TheHorse True.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
Pretty, but probably a bit weird if one was experiencing it live.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502954)
• Italy
9 Jan 19
Yes I have read about what happened in New York. I have seen the Northern Lights, beautiful experience.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502954)
• Italy
9 Jan 19
@TheHorse It's a long time that I do not see Northern Lights.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
@LadyDuck Same here. But one never knows. They tend to fill me with joy for some reason.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
I hope to see them again I always check the night skies when I'm up North, in Montana. It's been years since I've seen them.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
8 Jan 19
Yes I have.How would I reacted .But all I know this is pretty cool.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
It was a human-induced event. So not quite like the Northern Lights.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
@db20747 My hunch is that it was quite different.
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Danna B.
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
8 Jan 19
You saw this??!! Is it like the arora?!
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (136091)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Jan 19
I seen it on our news. It was very pretty. But some of the peoples thoughts that they talked to after were really out there.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (136091)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Jan 19
@TheHorse Aliens, fire, invasion. The alien one was my favorite.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
@wolfgirl569 Heh. I think we need to be invaded by aliens right about now.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
Out there in what sense?
scarlet_woman
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
13 Jan 19
i hate to say it,but living in the northeast,my first thought would be "what blew up now?"..
snowy
@snowy22315 (209240)
• United States
24 Feb 19
I would have been happy to see it, and curious as to what it was.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Feb 19
Me too.
celticeagle
@celticeagle (190074)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Jan 19
With wonderment. Wonder what it was?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Jan 19
Apparently, it was some kind of electrical power transformer (or something) that blew. It kept arcing (if that's the right word), so blue light was seen in the sky for quite awhile. I would have found it "cool," so long as my neural circuits were not being fried.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (190074)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Jan 19
@TheHorse ......I've heard of something like that happening elsewhere on a Science channel doc.
Four Walls
@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
9 Jan 19
TORNADO!!!!! That's the "glow" they get when a tornado hits a transformer. People in the trailer park would've said, "I see'd it, it wuz a flyin' saucer!"
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
Hey, I was IN a trailer when an unexpected tornado passed through Montana.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148798)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Jan 19
It sure looks neat. I would have just turned on TV to see what it was.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
I didn't hear anything from my NY relatives. I will check in again.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jan 19
I remember seeing the southern lights once down near Ravensthorpe. It rarely happens that far north so we were very privileged.
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Icydoll
@Icydoll (36713)
• India
8 Jan 19
That's looking cool to me ..you have captured it nicely
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Jan 19
I wasn't there. I stole the picture from main-stream media (that which Trump calls fake news). Maybe it never happened. But I still think it's cool.
Jim Bauer
@porwest (112928)
• United States
8 Jan 19
I am not sure what my reaction would have been actually. I mean, if I had not known what was causing the glow I might have some alarm. Either way...not a good thing I would suspect.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238391)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jan 19
Apparently, long-term power outages were avoided. I'd be thinking of the older War of the Worlds.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112928)
• United States
12 Jan 19
@TheHorse Yeah. Indeed.