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San Diego Fireworks Fail
7/5/2012 4:05:55 AM
I did a search for san diego and fireworks, and didn't see anything.
Guy on my FB posted this pic. Said $5mil in fireworks gone in 9 seconds.
Guy on my FB posted this pic. Said $5mil in fireworks gone in 9 seconds.
7/5/2012 4:09:01 AM
Wrong Button??
7/5/2012 4:11:22 AM
malfunction?
All at once seems pretty awesome to me
All at once seems pretty awesome to me
7/5/2012 4:12:09 AM
They accidentally all the fireworks!
7/5/2012 4:14:20 AM
damn.
that was AWESOME
that was AWESOME
7/5/2012 4:23:31 AM
Hell....yes....
. That was badass, I would love to have seen that one.
That must have sounded AWESOME
. That was badass, I would love to have seen that one. That must have sounded AWESOME
7/5/2012 4:34:15 AM
I bet they get their money back for that one.
EDIT did it have the same malfunction in 3 locations at the same time?
7/5/2012 4:36:09 AM
Someone had a bad night
7/5/2012 4:56:40 AM
Originally Posted By E-Mag:
I bet they get their money back for that one.
I bet they get their money back for that one.
EDIT did it have the same malfunction in 3 locations at the same time?
They're all controlled from the same central location. So, if the MCP fracks up, so does the whole display.
7/5/2012 5:18:49 AM
7/5/2012 5:28:23 AM
whoops
7/5/2012 5:29:14 AM
Originally Posted By FishKepr:
They're all controlled from the same central location. So, if the MCP fracks up, so does the whole display.
Originally Posted By E-Mag:
I bet they get their money back for that one.
I bet they get their money back for that one.
EDIT did it have the same malfunction in 3 locations at the same time?
They're all controlled from the same central location. So, if the MCP fracks up, so does the whole display.
Yeah, looks like a control issue, not a oops, they all went off on the ground like this one:
7/5/2012 6:10:57 AM
Talk about your perfect timing......We were out watching other's money going up in smoke when a eletrical storm came through. What a show it was! Nature sure made man's efforts seem puny.
7/5/2012 6:11:13 AM
ccol, that was like a volcano
7/5/2012 8:39:09 AM
Originally Posted By TheAvatar9265ft:
They accidentally all the fireworks!
They accidentally all the fireworks!
Verbs, how do they work?
7/5/2012 8:45:21 AM
Originally Posted By Him:
Verbs, how do they work?
Originally Posted By TheAvatar9265ft:
They accidentally all the fireworks!
They accidentally all the fireworks!
Verbs, how do they work?
its a spin on an internet meme.
7/5/2012 8:52:36 AM
Clearly, it's Bush's fault!
7/5/2012 8:52:58 AM
Our fireworks show(Fairfax city) got about 1/3rd the way through with several lower than expected ones go off and then they stopped and said technical difficulties and killed the show. 
7/5/2012 8:53:19 AM
"Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh you wanted those on delays?"
7/5/2012 9:10:17 AM
Originally Posted By mjohn3006:
Our fireworks show(Fairfax city) got about 1/3rd the way through with several lower than expected ones go off and then they stopped and said technical difficulties and killed the show.
Our fireworks show(Fairfax city) got about 1/3rd the way through with several lower than expected ones go off and then they stopped and said technical difficulties and killed the show.
They avoided the whole overrated fireworks thing here in Montgomery County this year!
7/5/2012 9:42:48 AM
I hope Marco Gonzalez is still having an apoplectic fit over this.
I was watching TV with my GF. She had all of her dogs inside, as she's about a mile from a spot that normally has fireworks, and it scares her runty little non-dogs (Italian greyhounds, not foo-foo dogs, fortunately!). But those fireworks were cancelled, and I thought I heard the grand finale without any leadup, and thought it was weird. Oh well.
I was watching TV with my GF. She had all of her dogs inside, as she's about a mile from a spot that normally has fireworks, and it scares her runty little non-dogs (Italian greyhounds, not foo-foo dogs, fortunately!). But those fireworks were cancelled, and I thought I heard the grand finale without any leadup, and thought it was weird. Oh well.
7/5/2012 10:13:02 AM
Originally Posted By Him:
Verbs, how do they work?
Originally Posted By TheAvatar9265ft:
They accidentally all the fireworks!
They accidentally all the fireworks!
Verbs, how do they work?
Lurk moar, Noob.
7/5/2012 10:14:31 AM
CA
7/5/2012 10:27:51 AM
California's broke....and they spend 5 million on fireworks???? 
7/5/2012 10:39:17 AM
Originally Posted By mjohn3006:
Our fireworks show(Fairfax city) got about 1/3rd the way through with several lower than expected ones go off and then they stopped and said technical difficulties and killed the show.
Our fireworks show(Fairfax city) got about 1/3rd the way through with several lower than expected ones go off and then they stopped and said technical difficulties and killed the show.
I didn't go to the show in my hometown but I talked to a guy that did and he said they had quite a few that barely made it off the ground before exploding. He said they didn't stop the show though.
7/5/2012 10:42:49 AM
I heard that from my house and thought "Isn't it a bit early for a grand finale?"
<–– Even more glad he didn't try to fight the traffic to get close to the bay.
<–– Even more glad he didn't try to fight the traffic to get close to the bay.
7/5/2012 10:43:19 AM
Originally Posted By Him:
Verbs, how do they work?
Originally Posted By TheAvatar9265ft:
They accidentally all the fireworks!
They accidentally all the fireworks!
Verbs, how do they work?
First day on the internet?
7/5/2012 10:45:22 AM
Originally Posted By Agilt:
malfunction?
All at once seems pretty awesome to me
malfunction?
All at once seems pretty awesome to me
They'll be talking' 'bout the show in '12 for the next twenty years.
7/5/2012 10:49:29 AM
I went to a show a week and a half ago. My estimated failure rate would be about 25%. Of the failures I'd say half went off in the tube. 25% less than 50' off the ground and 25% went up with no detonation. I was very suprised they didn't stop the show. Maybe some bad stuff going around this year?
7/5/2012 10:50:40 AM
28 minutes condensed to 28 seconds.
7/5/2012 10:52:04 AM
The "Master Arm" switch is not your friend...
7/5/2012 10:55:51 AM
7/5/2012 11:03:42 AM
That would be a fucking kick ass 9 seconds though!
7/5/2012 11:06:43 AM
Originally Posted By imq707s:
California's broke....and they spend 5 million on fireworks????
California's broke....and they spend 5 million on fireworks????
So the City of San Diego is California? Or is California the City of San Diego?
7/5/2012 11:07:42 AM
Shockwave?
7/5/2012 11:46:24 AM
Malfunction? That was cool!
7/5/2012 12:04:01 PM
The Komodo 3000!
7/5/2012 12:05:23 PM
Originally Posted By imq707s:
California's broke....and they spend 5 million on fireworks????
California's broke....and they spend 5 million on fireworks????
No state money was spent on the show. The sponsors are listed here.
http://www.bigbayboom.com/sponsors/
I heard a spokesman for Garden State Fireworks (wouldn't that be New Jersey?) attributing the event to a "probable computer glitch."
7/5/2012 12:06:32 PM
NO, NO,NO, THE OTHER RED BUTTON!!!!
7/5/2012 12:12:49 PM
7/5/2012 12:13:29 PM
you mean it wasn't suppose to be that awesome?
7/5/2012 12:33:21 PM
7/5/2012 12:35:22 PM
The electronic device that they program the fireworks into has a "auto' button? Who knew
7/5/2012 12:36:11 PM
Originally Posted By DrFeelgood:
Lurk moar, Noob.
Originally Posted By Him:
Verbs, how do they work?
Originally Posted By TheAvatar9265ft:
They accidentally all the fireworks!
They accidentally all the fireworks!
Verbs, how do they work?
Lurk moar, Noob.
No, I think he wins for not knowing how to be illiterate internet retard.
7/5/2012 12:50:31 PM
oh the delay is in milliseconds?!?!
7/5/2012 12:55:16 PM
In the immortal words of Jeremy Clarkson......"That's Not Gone Well!"
7/5/2012 1:01:52 PM
Damn.....I missed it !
7/5/2012 2:31:48 PM
Originally Posted By Lumpy196:
No, I think he wins for not knowing how to be an illiterate internet retard.
Originally Posted By DrFeelgood:
Lurk moar, Noob.
Originally Posted By Him:
Verbs, how do they work?
Originally Posted By TheAvatar9265ft:
They accidentally all the fireworks!
They accidentally all the fireworks!
Verbs, how do they work?
Lurk moar, Noob.
No, I think he wins for not knowing how to be an illiterate internet retard.
Fixed it
I didn't know fireworks controllers had a "happy switch"....learn something new every day
7/5/2012 2:32:50 PM
Originally Posted By captblue1:
oh the delay is in milliseconds?!?!
oh the delay is in milliseconds?!?!
That was honestly the first thing I though of. It really isn't that hard of a mistake to make since many timers (in code) use milliseconds but some use seconds. It makes a very, very big difference in the end result
7/5/2012 3:26:32 PM
Originally Posted By jlficken:
That was honestly the first thing I though of. It really isn't that hard of a mistake to make since many timers (in code) use milliseconds but some use seconds. It makes a very, very big difference in the end result
Originally Posted By captblue1:
oh the delay is in milliseconds?!?!
oh the delay is in milliseconds?!?!
That was honestly the first thing I though of. It really isn't that hard of a mistake to make since many timers (in code) use milliseconds but some use seconds. It makes a very, very big difference in the end result
It's always some mundane detail.
I just heard on KPBS-FM that Garden State Fireworks is saying it was a software issue but "not human error."
Riiiiiiight.
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7/5/2012 3:27:38 PM
Originally Posted By schizrade:
In the immortal words of Jeremy Clarkson......"That's Not Gone Well!"
In the immortal words of Jeremy Clarkson......"That's Not Gone Well!"
In the immortal words of James May...."Oh, cock".
