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Hendersonville tornado hits something causing an explosion (Tweet) (Original Post)
catbyte
Dec 2023
OP
It looks like it hit a transformer, or a power station, since the lights went out.
rsdsharp
Dec 2023
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It hit several transformers for sure. I've seen a lot of tornado videos but I've
catbyte
Dec 2023
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Hermit-The-Prog
(36,573 posts)1. kick
rsdsharp
(10,099 posts)2. It looks like it hit a transformer, or a power station, since the lights went out.
As odd as it seems, that can be a lucky thing. I was in an F5, where it hit our power plant, before devastating the town. Many power lines were down, and gas lines were broken. If the power had still been on, we would have had raging fires, in addition to all the storm damage.
catbyte
(35,727 posts)3. It hit several transformers for sure. I've seen a lot of tornado videos but I've
never seen a transformer explode in flames like that with such black smoke. But there's always a first time, I guess.
cloudbase
(5,735 posts)4. My scientific wild-assed guess would be
that the dielectric oil inside a transformer is the source.
catbyte
(35,727 posts)7. Apparently it was a substation.
70sEraVet
(4,136 posts)5. Was this footage in Hendersonville or Madison?
exboyfil
(17,987 posts)6. Over half the houses are on slabs in TN
We specifically got a house with a basement when we moved down there in 1995. Years later an awful tornado went through the town wiping out a new housing development (Cookeville).