7/05/2012

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San Diego Accidentally Sets Off All of Its Fireworks at Once

San Diego Accidentally Sets Off All of Its Fireworks at Once
Fifteen seconds. That's how long San Diego's fireworks show lasted this year. Thanks to a technical malfunction, the city's pyrotechnics went off at the same time, creating a very dramatic show. Confused spectators waited for more (and the music played on), but there was little more. As an onlooker told CNN:
"It shook the whole building. I thought it was a bomb or someone was shooting everybody," said Teagan Hamblin, a Kansas resident who was visiting San Diego. "Car alarms, every kind of noise came on. It was really unexpected."
Here's the best video we've seen, courtesy of The Atlantic Wire:
Here's a closer perspective:
Finally, the panoramic view. Note the dude stating, "This is not supposed to happen":
Amanda Erickson is associate editor at The Atlantic Cities. All posts »




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