"Mark" wrote in message
oups.com...
just because there are a lot of sparks etc, what makes you think that a
__transformer__ blew up?

every see what a high voltage (not a 120 Volt line) line does when it
touches the ground?

pretty spectacular

Well, the electric company spent the next two weeks replacing transformers.
Or they lied to the newspapers about what they were doing; I can't say
which.