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2012-07-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Oops! San Diego Fourth of July fireworks display accidentally launches all at once

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Posted by gorb 2012-07-05 13:18|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 "There was nothing in the pyrotechnics that went wrong--it was the electronics."

Reassuring to some, I suppose, but the end result is the same.

Hey, doesn't a certain Frank G live in San Diego?

Posted by SteveS 2012-07-05 14:21|| 2012-07-05 14:21|| Front Page Top

#2 yeah. That's what you get when you hire a NJ firm...

Posted by Frank G 2012-07-05 14:29|| 2012-07-05 14:29|| Front Page Top

#3 And the lowest bidder, no doubt.

For the record, I was in no way implying, hinting, or suggesting a conspiracy, plot, or scheme involving Frank and/or the many, often secretive, divisions of Haliburton. Sometimes an explosion is just an explosion. (nudge, nudge. wink,wink)

Posted by SteveS 2012-07-05 14:41|| 2012-07-05 14:41|| Front Page Top

#4 As a public services the Fireworks Program was compressed into less than a 1 minute time frame. This allowed the spectators time to take care of more important things like Facebook, Twitter, Tweet, Chirp, etc.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2012-07-05 15:04|| 2012-07-05 15:04|| Front Page Top

#5 We had something like that happen at Wiesbaden AB one 4th of July. One of the fireworks started a grass fire that quickly set off the rest of the fireworks. It was about 2/3 of the way through the show, so it wasn't a complete disaster, but it was unusual.

Posted by Old Patriot 2012-07-05 15:22|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/ 2012-07-05 15:22|| Front Page Top

#6 A friend of mine that I worked with in the early 1970s was on Guadalcanal when the Japanese guns hit an oxygen and acetylene cylinder dump of ours. He said that it was quite a show. Only problem was that the cylinders were launching themselves many hundreds of yards all around, which made watching quite dangerous.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2012-07-05 15:33|| 2012-07-05 15:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Any implication that Halliburton Employees like fire or find it amusing to make things blow up is ~~completely true.~~ utterly false.

The fact that I now work for Schlumberger has no bearing on this either:p

Posted by Silentbrick - Halliburton Lost Drill Bit Division 2012-07-05 15:48|| 2012-07-05 15:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Mud pumps, we needs'em.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-05 16:37|| 2012-07-05 16:37|| Front Page Top

#9 In my experience, there's not a rig on the planet that doesn't need new frigging mud pumps.

Posted by Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2012-07-05 16:52|| 2012-07-05 16:52|| Front Page Top

#10 "This is very uncommon,"

Not what she says.
Always promising a big show.
They get their fireworks off in one quick bang.
Totally unsatisfying for everyone else.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-07-05 16:56|| 2012-07-05 16:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Whhahaha....time to head to the dog house Brick.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-05 17:16|| 2012-07-05 17:16|| Front Page Top

#12 Schlumberger, that's a good gig. Pros.

Posted by newc 2012-07-05 17:20|| 2012-07-05 17:20|| Front Page Top

#13 Yes, although their current training cycle leaves a bit to be desired.

Still, it got me down here to Houston.

Posted by Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2012-07-05 18:05|| 2012-07-05 18:05|| Front Page Top

#14 Heard the fireworks all went off 5 minutes before the show was to start. and lasted only 15 seconds. AKA "Premature Explosions".

Posted by Lumpy Ebbinetle5253 2012-07-05 19:11|| 2012-07-05 19:11|| Front Page Top

#15 Can't even light a firecracker..

Posted by crazyhorse 2012-07-05 19:59|| 2012-07-05 19:59|| Front Page Top

#16 Silentbrick
In my experience, there's not a rig on the planet that doesn't need new frigging mud pumps.
That's my experience too. New ones, bigger ones, or both.

Posted by Glenmore 2012-07-05 20:08|| 2012-07-05 20:08|| Front Page Top

#17 But those frac boats - THEY'VE got some pumps!

Posted by Glenmore 2012-07-05 20:14|| 2012-07-05 20:14|| Front Page Top

#18 So, Silentbrick, you've moved from being a minion of the evil Cheney empire to working for the French? My, how the mighty have fallen.

Posted by Glenmore 2012-07-05 20:19|| 2012-07-05 20:19|| Front Page Top

#19 "Still, it got me down here to Houston."

Was down there last winter on business.

Bet the weather's different now. ;-p

Is this a permanent move, or just temporary?

Posted by Barbara 2012-07-05 20:41|| 2012-07-05 20:41|| Front Page Top

#20 It's probably permanent. The Brick has been lured to Houston by a dastardly female who is bent upon entrapment.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2012-07-05 21:35|| 2012-07-05 21:35|| Front Page Top

#21 True true, but then they also offered a schedule which is something the EVIL Empire doesn't. It's working the well and so you're gone from a month or two at a time. It sucks.

Posted by Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2012-07-05 22:21|| 2012-07-05 22:21|| Front Page Top

#22 I worked on a rig one time where the mud pumps were so big you could ride the pony rods to work.

Posted by junkiron 2012-07-05 22:52|| 2012-07-05 22:52|| Front Page Top

#23 "Was it good for you, Dear?"

Posted by USN, Ret. 2012-07-05 23:09|| 2012-07-05 23:09|| Front Page Top

#24 At least with pyrotechnics, no one has to sleep on the wet spot.

Posted by SteveS 2012-07-05 23:26|| 2012-07-05 23:26|| Front Page Top

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