The mass of ice hits the cables squarely, stretching them, forcing them to the limits and straining the nearby towers.
For a moment, it almost looks like the power lines might resist, then the cables all touch each other: megawatt short circuit, red-hot heat, metal sizzling, in contact with ice, ice melts into water, water boils into steam.
Have you ever seen power cables actually explode, sending ice, water, steam and bits of metal everywhere, and also whipping madly as the tension shifts, threatening to fry anything or anyone in range?
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The mass of ice hits the cables squarely, stretching them, forcing them to the limits and straining the nearby towers.
For a moment, it almost looks like the power lines might resist, then the cables all touch each other: megawatt short circuit, red-hot heat, metal sizzling, in contact with ice, ice melts into water, water boils into steam.
Have you ever seen power cables actually explode, sending ice, water, steam and bits of metal everywhere, and also whipping madly as the tension shifts, threatening to fry anything or anyone in range?
Now you did.
Cue for panic an chaos in 3, 2, 1...