That Was Interesting!

By DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
United States
January 8, 2026 1:18pm CST
I was working on notifications when we heard a loud BOOM! and the electricity went out, came back on and went out again. We couldn't see anything wrong at the power sub-station at the end of the block, so that means something happened somewhere else close by. Checking out the back of the house and across our back yard, we could see/hear that the hospital had started their generator up because their outside lights started coming back on and we could hear a faint chugging sound from their generator. Pretty called our ISP to find out how long they'd be down and they told her they thought they could have things back online by 4:30 pm. (The electricity went down at 11:45 am.) Electricity came back on at 1 pm, so that's not bad at all but we still don't know what happened.
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21 responses
Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (83179)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Jan
Could be anything. One of the apartment complexes I lived at lost power for a week, because someone drove their car into a power pole.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (83179)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Jan
@DaddyEvil And the power copany doesn't know what happened? Or, they're not talking?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
8 Jan
@kaylachan The power company never tells us anything here.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (83179)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Jan
@DaddyEvil The answer's always the same when it comes to FPL. Trees are often blamed for .... everything that goes wrong.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (88904)
• United States
8 Jan
I hate when that happens and you have no idea why. At least it was back before they said it would be and hope there were no more problems
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
8 Jan
I was happy with how quickly they got it back on. Pretty was asleep so didn't even realize it came back on. I started the laundry again and everything else was fine. Thank you.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
@Marilynda1225 Thanks. Me, too. I can't use my phone to reach myLot, only my laptop and it needs to be plugged in to do that anymore.
MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (88904)
• United States
8 Jan
@DaddyEvil glad it wasn't more serious
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (130237)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Jan
Glad it didn't take very long to come back on.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
8 Jan
Thanks. Pretty went to bed when they said it would take until 4:30 pm but I stayed awake reading so I knew when it came back on again.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (94724)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Jan
Glad the electricity came back on, I would freak out with no electricity here.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
8 Jan
Thanks. I just switched to reading on my phone until it came back on.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (68073)
• Centralia, Washington
8 Jan
How strange. I'm glad you were okay.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
8 Jan
Thank you.
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Ali Canary
@AliCanary (3762)
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8 Jan
It's always good when they can get the power back on before it gets dark. We lost power recently on a windy day, and they got it back on by 4 or so.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
8 Jan
We have candles and flashlights all over the house. A dark house doesn't bother us. Not having internet access would bother us but, luckily, our phones have good, long lasting batteries so we were good.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (40615)
• Philippines
9 Jan
That’s weird but l guess that loud boom is related to your power outage. And whatever that was is worth knowing because that could happen again anytime soon. But good thing is that it was relatively restored immediately.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (40615)
• Philippines
9 Jan
@DaddyEvil so it may seem a minor explosion somewhere where there were no major lines affected.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
True, it was restored quickly.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
@rsa101 It may have been a transformer exploding. The whole city was affected, so it would have to be one of the main transformers to affect the entire city. Those are roughly two miles/about four km from our house.
Amber
@AmbiePam (113631)
• United States
8 Jan
I’m surprised they fixed it so much sooner than the estimate. I had visions of a ball of fire!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
8 Jan
I was surprised, too. No ball of fire. We just heard an explosion but couldn't see anything.
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luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (10126)
• Philippines
9 Jan
I am glad they got the electricity back fast. It is very hard to move when there is no electricity, you can't you any gadgets like an internet device that needs power.
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luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (10126)
• Philippines
9 Jan
@DaddyEvil Cool to know that you are well prepared. God bless.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
Thank you. Our phones have the largest batteries they make for phones and will last up to six days on one charge. I wasn't worried about not being able to go online. We have flashlights all over the house, just in case of a power outage.
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Sandy
@velvet53 (24420)
• Palisade, Colorado
9 Jan
That's weird but I bet you will find out what caused it. Let us know if you do find out.
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Sandy
@velvet53 (24420)
• Palisade, Colorado
9 Jan
@DaddyEvil It's no fun being without electricity unless you are camping. I'm glad they got it going for you.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
@velvet53 Thank you. I never like camping without electricity, either.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
I will... They shut the power off again this morning between 4 am and 5:45 am. I'm betting they did a quick-fix yesterday and shut the power off again this morning to do a real fix on the system. I'm glad it's working correctly now.
Anna
@LadyDuck (494155)
• Italy
9 Jan
Possibly a transformed, it happened here the past summer, but it was fixed very quickly.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (494155)
• Italy
9 Jan
@DaddyEvil usually that is the cause, at least it was not very long.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
@LadyDuck True... Last time a transformer blew up, a squirrel had gotten inside it and caused it to explode. We don't know what happened to it this time.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
Yes, that's what we think it was.
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Loretta
@noni1959 (12547)
• United States
11 Jan
We had a transformer blow near us once (in California), and it was so loud. When I lived in Oregon, we heard a far distant pop and found out a car hit a pole. Sometimes, we never know unless it's on the PulsePoint app.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
11 Jan
We usually have to find out from one nephew what happened. He's a police officer in our city.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
12 Jan
@noni1959 Nobody has said what it was and we can't see any new items at the electric company yard.
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Loretta
@noni1959 (12547)
• United States
12 Jan
@DaddyEvil I hope it was something like a transformer.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (214943)
• United States
9 Jan
Hmmm. I'd be curious as to what happened as well. I'm glad the power is back on. Have a good weekend.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
Thank you. The power went off again at 4 am and came back on at 5:45 am. I just got online access again on my laptop. (I don't take my phone online.) I hope you enjoy your weekend, too.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
10 Jan
@LindaOHio You're welcome.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (214943)
• United States
10 Jan
@DaddyEvil You're welcome. Thank you very much.
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Valentina
@valherma00 (1357)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
9 Jan
i am glad it's no longer shut down. i mean, you could have freezed yourself
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
We didn't even drop in temperature in the house for that short a time. If it had gone on for days, we might be cold inside.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
13 Jan
@valherma00 Thank you.
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Valentina
@valherma00 (1357)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
12 Jan
@DaddyEvil o, that's good. glad for you!
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May2k8
@May2k8 (19709)
• Indonesia
10 Jan
I may have experienced having no electricity for 2 full days in the past, glad yours not that long.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
10 Jan
Thank you. We lost electricity for almost a week when the tornado took out the power lines a year or two ago. We kept recharging our phones from battery backup until the power was restored. (Pretty kept going online but I just read ebooks downloaded on my phone until the power came back on.)
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54304)
• United States
23 Jan
Glad that it came back on.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
23 Jan
Thank you. The electric company did fast repairs that day and got the electric back up in about four hours. Later, during the night, they shut the electricity off again to replace the transformer at the main installation in town. (Of course, I was awake when the power went off again... But was happy enough when they brought the power back up by around 6 am, I think.)
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (322345)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Jan
I'm sorry the electricity went out. I'm glad it came back sooner than they expected.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
Thank you. They shut it off again between 4 am and turned it back on at 5:45 am... I assume they did a quick-fix yesterday and then did the real work on it this morning. At least it didn't really have any side-effects for me. You KNOW they had me in mind when they chose the time to shut it off again.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (322345)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Jan
@DaddyEvil Of course I know that.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (372797)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jan
At least it wasn't out for longer. Hopefully whatever it was is fixed now.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
Thanks. Yes, it was fixed quickly. Last time the power went out, a transformer at the sub-station blew up just down the street from us. We could see them replacing it.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (27931)
• Singapore
9 Jan
I recall a transformer blowing up near my apartment with a loud bang. It look a few hours to get that up again but we had power back up for essential lightings and fans.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168858)
• United States
9 Jan
I believe that's what happened here. Then, during the night, they turned the power off again and did essential repairs to the system.
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (9944)
• Calcutta, India
23 Jan
I hope there are no more outages. Oh there might be one for the upcoming snowstorm or something (I read in global news) at your region.
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