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San Diego’s biggest 4th of July fireworks show the Big Bay Boom apparently lived up to it’s name…well, in the sense there was just a single boom . All the fireworks — due to what is being called a “technical glitch” — went off at once about 5-minutes before the 20-minute fireworks show was supposed to begin.
Via MSNBC‘s/NBC San Diego‘s Big Bay Boom indeed: San Diego fireworks go up all at once:
Those watching the Big Bay Boom in San Diego’s Glorietta Bay witnessed what was either an accidental fireworks display — or a very disappointing fireworks show.
Port District authorities said a “technical difficulty” resulted in all the fireworks going off at once.
About 5 minutes before the show was supposed to start, a sudden burst of fireworks shot into the air near the bay. Throughout downtown San Diego, a large rumble could be felt just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday night.
As Twitter’s Jamin described it:
The skies lit up, sounded like thunder, a very colorful 9-second thunder, the #SANDIEGO #FourthofJuly #bigbayboom #fireworks went bust!
There’s a Twitter hashtag for the show: #BigBayBust. And, Garden State Fireworks, the entity responsible for this fireworks show, has so far had no comment.
One can only wonder what my adopted hometown’s fictional anchorman Ron Burgundy would have to say about this.
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Well, Autumn, you have to admit it’s a very time-efficient way to view the fireworks. Instead of spending the 40 minutes it took to view them here, San Diegans did it in less than a minute!
Now, if they could devise a similar time-efficiency to cook a large meal or do laundry…..
I kind of like it, is that so wrong? ;^)
Let’s hope the city’s microbreweries don’t suffer a similar disaster.