Transformers! (More Than Meets The Eye!)

So I got to see what it looks like when an electrical transformer blows up!

Or... I got to see the aftermath of something *like* that, I'm not entirely sure.

I had just gotten into bed and was settling down to read my book which means I face the windows.  My blinds are half up, as always, to let whatever air might be cool in and I hear a BIG explosion and see "lighting" and although it was raining this wasn't *right* for lightning and thunder.

The explosion was VERY loud and not thunder-y and the flash was similar to lightning but not quite the right colour (that I'm used to... it was more blue maybe?) but I still wasn't sure what was going on so I got out of bed and checked online and sure enough a local site had a "what was that!?" post and people thought it was maybe a transformer blowing and people mentioned a power outage semi-nearby.

Now I'd figured if I was close enough to see and hear a transformer blowing up my power would go off, but it didn't and it wasn't until the next morning, seeing the hydro company's website saying "tree across our lines" that I got to find out where it was (a few streets over) and because I don't understand electrical grids or lines I have no idea how localized the outage was but a few days later I did go for a discovery walk and found that one of the lovely old old trees that this part of town has fell over, thankfully missing any structures (or people or anything) but yeah.  I won't say "seeing a transformer explode" was on a bucket list or anything and I'm not 100% sure a transformer did blow up or what exactly the flash was but I feel like I can say I saw enough of what it does look like that I can check that off of my "things I've seen" list!

Glad it went as well as it did with no injuries and no fire and no wide spread power outage, yay.