Not something you see everyday. Evidently this image has gone a bit viral, but this is a friend of mines house. She hit me up wondering if I knew what might cause it. The flex was pulling about 175 amps and was at 1200 degrees. There's to be a whole news story on it and everything.

Mother of god, dare I say this post..... blew up. There are a lot of questions and there is no way I can get to everyone. Basically, during a storm a tree fell on the incoming lines and it caused some fucked up high voltage things and created a new ground.

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[–] anarcho_blinkenist@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

I think even more interesting than the natural gas line being superheated to such a degree is that SOMEONE DECIDED TO GET THEIR PHONE AND TAKE A PICTURE INSTEAD OF INSTANTLY FLEEING AS FAST AND FAR AS THEY CAN like wtf get the fuck out