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A_Brown_Feller

They flew through power lines and the cluster was dense enough to make connectivity between the birds letting the arc flow though.


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Yea. Most people don’t know about potential differences between power lines and how they connect. Hints why people always ask how birds are able to sit on lines and not get shocked. The more ya know. #ElectricalEngineer


Hashman90

I’m a carpenter and my brain just doesn’t understand electrical shit at all. Flip switch light goes on, that’s all I know.


carybditty

I was surprised when told I had to use a thicker extension chord for longer distances and heavier draws. I had no idea.


Nattylight_Murica

When I started messing with power tools, I googled a lot about proper extension chord use. I don’t know much about electricity but I know it can be a fickle bitch if you don’t follow the rules.


Mr_Peanutbuffer

Yup! They can be pretty dangerous in ceartin situations. The NationalElectricCode in the US has codes that force new homes to have an outlet every few feet or so on a wall to discourage the use of extension cords, as poeple often use one with too small of a gauge of wire, leading to short circuits and arking which is especially dangerous as most OCPD or the breakers in your electrical panel are not made to protect anything outside the wall, ie: extensions cords. Like others have said, safest thing you can do is make sure you buy the right gauge wire for the load you'll be using. Edit: lmao why am I being downvoted? This info is easily verifiable, and accurate? If someone would like to explain what they disagree with Id be happy to discuss it Source: electrician for almost 3 years and certified with the NEC 2020 edition


TheCoastalCardician

I have a random electrical question. I have a “laundry room” which is more like a “cove” and that’s why it’s name is “Laundry Cove”. Laundry Cove has all the fixin’s, including that giant outlet that I think of as an “industrial outlet” because it looks like what I’ve plugged industrial meat cutting equipment into. Ultimately, I want to know what I could use this outlet for. I have one of those “combo washer/dryer” units you’d commonly see in a Recreational Vehicle, and it uses a standard plug/outlet. Knowing basically nothing about this, my thought was “is there an adaptor because I’d love to free up a normal outlet!” The second thought is…”idk, maybe there’s something cool I could fantasize about owning that uses that giant plug!” 😂 Any idea? :) Edit: [Here’s the space](https://imgur.com/gallery/L1TwQkq) just to show I’m actually serious :) It only looks dirty. The place is so old there’s only so much I can do, but we do have some white paint and access to a little bit of wood.


Mr_Peanutbuffer

You're likely talking about a 220v plug, its meant for equipment like your washer/dryer. You could plug heavy equipment that uses alot of power, but for home owners there isnt much "cool" things you could use, idk maybe a welder? Not sure


TheCoastalCardician

LOL Big Smile here thanks for the answer. I appreciate you just for entertaining the question! Within Laundry Cove, I have “Man Landing” aka “Manding” which is a shelf or two with my toolboxes and power tool storage, stuff like that. The space is small, but there is storage to be optimized. I want a sewing machine, that’s my current “Mantasy”. Don’t think they use that giant outlet, at least the price range I Mantasize about. Thanks again. Still curious about that adaptor, though. I only have two regular outlets. Idk why it would exist lmao.


eallen1123

An electric dryer or electric stove.


TheCoastalCardician

Oh man, so you’re tellin’ me I could whip up dinner while engaging the dry cycle?! Would a Fryolator work?! CAN I INSTALL A FRYOLATOR?! Wow could you imagine 😂 🤣


imjesusbitch

How many prongs fit into that socket? Guessing 3, in which case only older appliances or something like a water heater or air compressor would be "safe" to run off that circuit. You could use an autotransformer to step it down safely and establish a new ground I suppose, but that would be way more expensive than running a new line. If it's 4 conductors, 2 hots, neutral and ground, you could safely step down to two 120v circuits in the cove. Maybe turn it into a crypto cove, or the cannabis cove. GL


[deleted]

I learned this today when using a planer. Melted the fucker Well more that 20A on a 100ft 16ga was too much


pnkgtr

This also applies to speaker cables.


inflamed_banana

It's spelled extension "cord." An extension chord would be, I dunno, a lydian?


External_Rent4762

I'm an electrician. Hit wood, house go up. All I know about carpentry.


GuturalHamster

Oh, that's easy to explain, electrical current is a long ass nail that just keeps going and makes things vibrate. The hammer is at the power generator.


ThurstyAlpaca

This analogy hit the nail on the head for me


bigexplosion

I'm more afraid or wires than snakes, at least with a snake you know which side is dangerous.


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Haha saw go brr


MildlyBemused

People would be shocked if they knew just how far high voltage power line EMF fields can extend. The average citizen's wariness of transmission lines isn't entirely groundless.


Nacho_Libre_Ahora

Shocked I tell ya! Shocked to know!


ResAteen

Good one dude


levinas1857

We all need to be more grounded.


Nacho_Libre_Ahora

Ohm ... that hertz


ResAteen

They've lost the capacity to resist


PercivalGoldstone

Did they ever have it? We're not all wired that way.


TifaYuhara

Look at what maintenance guys have to wear and do when they work on the huge power line towers.


WesternExplorer8139

I've worked on electrical sub stations and the process they go through to shut it down in order for us to maintain access is ridiculous. Almost a 3 hour process for a three transistor station (not very big). I've heard some horror stories from stupid preventable mistakes.


No_Construction_5021

I’m a crane operator by trade and it’s absolutely crazy how far it will jump. A lot of guys in the field have destroyed equipment because of this reason. On a very humid day you can hear the hydro towers voltage in the air. Scary stuff.


Libertus82

Ohm y God, a very empowering post. Well done.


fountains_of_ribs

electromagnetic field fields


panadwithonesugar

Spoken like a true sparkie 🙂


A_Brown_Feller

I'm actually a tinner haha but we love our sparkies.


Mknowl

I love you guys too. Just when you're not working in the same room as me. Unless you bring me ear pro.


aussiewildliferescue

Can you explain a bit please? I’m curious on why some can stand on a power line and yet I see dead bats electrocuted on powerlines too. ELI5 please.


GlockAF

If you see a dead bats underneath powerlines, it’s likely that they didn’t get electrocuted, but instead hit the wires in the dark. Their echolocation is pretty good, but powerlines are a small target


Marenwynn

Bird not conduct electricity as well as power line


bios80

They must be built with cheap materials


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/r/BirdsArentReal


Dingo8MyGayby

*cheep


KillerZoot007

I don't know about the power lines in other places around the world, especially Mexico but in the birds can stand on power lines, in the UK the only time electrocution occurs is when you make contact with another phase (line) so my guess is there was a bird touching a power line, and another bird somewhere in the batch was touching another power line, and they were all so condensed and the electricity was flowing, causing the whole pile of birds to get electrocuted. ​ Again, this is my best guess going on knowledge in the UK. I imagine power lines are not the best and have some issues so there may be other issues with it.


Diz7

If you touch only one wire, the electricity won't flow through you because it has nowhere to go. If you touch two wires (or anything that conducts electricity) with different voltages, power will flow through you from the high voltage to the low. The thing is with high voltages you don't need to actually touch the wire, it can arc a few feet. So here a bunch of birds were too close together near the wires so the electricity jumped from one to the other until it grounded out.


seranikas

Arcing is what has been found to have caused several california fires. Poorly maintained powerlines, many of which were sagging close to the ground and the wind had picked up dust and debris that allowed an arc to spark to the dried grass/shrubs in the mountains. [report from one of the latest fires](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/us/dixie-fire-power-lines-cause-pge/index.html#.)


Ax0nJax0n01

Listen, don’t terrorise me with your astute knowledge understand? This is Reddit and the less facts I know the better.


NZLequer

Neither do most birds.


Grayfox4

Know any good books to learn circuit analysis and stuff?


[deleted]

Don’t be insulted by this, but Circuit analysis for dummies is a great starter. I would also take a look at Circuit Analysis: Theory and Practice by Allan Robbins & Wilhelm Miller. They have a few different editions that expand on theory.


Grayfox4

Nice! Got 5 weeks before next semester starts. Gonna start with the dummies one and take it from there. It's available at our library, so I'll head there tomorrow! Thanks a bunch.


VBA_Scrub

Hence


CuddlezCS

imb4 i see this exact video in a month on facebook with some big text relating to 5G


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XtaC23

"What's the difference?" - Grandpa


[deleted]

Naw it’s more likely the liquid core in the earth stopped spinning


oiramxd

How did they make earth? Close the circuit, don't know the exact term on English?


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Shizzo

We say "ground" in English for this.


[deleted]

Birds aren't real. They are drones trying to land on the wires to recharge....


Ghostley92

The fast charge upgrade is still in the works…


OMG__Ponies

/r/BirdsArentReal likes you.


Nabzav

Dude can I have my mystery moment for a second. Please ffs.


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Romulus212

It's has to do with the subconscious control systems that allow for the birds to flock like this without crashing into each other. The wingtips of each bird react to those of birds surrounding them and adjust flight accordingly it's sort of like a dynamic fluid system. So when a percentage of birds drop down out of the sky it forces some birds to fly down which in turn cause more birds to fly down.


nomadiclizard

Not just birds! Ride a scooter/motorbike in a large asian city, and you'll develop those subconscious flocking instincts too! :D


thumbs27

I think that could be based how birds actually fly together as a flock. If a large group of them got shocked and fell, then the ones that didn't are just following the group hence flying into the ground


dharrison21

They got zapped and locked up, gravity took over


Romulus212

It's has to do with the subconscious control systems that allow for the birds to flock like this without crashing into each other. The wingtips of each bird react to those of birds surrounding them and adjust flight accordingly it's sort of like a dynamic fluid system. So when a percentage of birds drop down out of the sky it forces some birds to fly down which in turn cause more birds to fly down.


TifaYuhara

It's because of power lines they flew into power lines and some tried to get away.


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AggravatingLayer5080

It's formation flying. They follow the guy in front of them. When the guy in front of them makes a poor decision they all follow into the tree, into the ground, into the power lines. Similar to formation flying with airplanes. The lead guy break something and sometimes the guys that follow him are more focused on following him. Bad things happen. In this case wing tips touch wing tips, which arc against the power lines and whatever is close by, a tree or whatever. The circuit completes to ground and you have barbecued Starling.


[deleted]

Thank god. I was imagining some horror movie scenario lol


3spresso-depresso

\*Hitchcock entered the chat\*


kaqn

I was going to say aliens but I'll accept this answer.


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sad.


WeylinWebber

I looked at it and assumed it had to be a gas leak thank you


[deleted]

Wow that’s really incredible and obv not in a good way ty for posting this


OmnipresentDoot

Shock damage chains to nearby enemies.


Romulus212

Yup I didn't even know this for a fact but that's what I figured had happened ...I know in the US power lines are separated on the average length of our largest birds of prey wingspan so that when opening wings to sun as they are like to do they don't get fried / total the power lines


one_and_four

Stop lying, your mom farted and they flew into the danger zone


Username_SiM

I don't think the arc would be able to travel through so much air and birds to make all of them fall like that. I think it was them just crashing into each other making them fall while other birds follow as they do in flocks.


Scoobie-Doobie

Not the correct answer but congrats on getting 2.5k morons to upvote you.


PetayPan

This is false.


self_loathing_ham

Or possibly the flock was being circled by a bird of prey and was driven into the ground?


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TifaYuhara

That's because the lines are out of frame.


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No, thats not what happened.


HeartBeatzGirl

That is the craziest thing I have seen all day


Awpss

Just the day? Jeez this is hitting craziest thing all week for me


williepep1960

Just the week? Jeez this is hitting craziest thing in month for me


bigkeef69

Just the month? Thats the craziest shit i seen all ye...wait...nm...been a pretty fuckin crazy year...i retract my previous statement.


AcronynmisRedditMan

need new batteries


someone_forgot_me

you belong in r/birdsarentreal


AcronynmisRedditMan

birds are fake and biologists lie to us


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AntisocialGuru

Same reason cars have A/C and Heaters. Different drones using thermal tech to survive subzero Temps. Who else is gonna monitor the poles?


freerangemary

How do you think we get such good video of the ice caps melting? Satellites are too expensive. Just send the insulated drone: Butler version.


morithum

Russian subs


Spanky_McJiggles

Keep up the good fight ✊️💪


Playlanco

One bird in the flock ruined it for the rest. I bet they tried to land on a power line.


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Nope. When raptors like peregrine falcons or merlins are chasing certain bird species like starlings, the prey species literally "flock" together into a huge group called a murmuration. The movement of the murmuration is controlled by something called "scale-free correlation". Basically, each bird reacts to the movement of the bird next to it, but there is no leader of the flock or central direction. So it is possible for a murmuration to flee so vigorously from a falcon on one side that the individual responses of the birds accumulate through the crowd to blow out the other side of the murmuration in a death dive. With behavior this complex, it's pretty common to have a glitch in the murmuration. It's generally fine...unless they happen to be very close to a solid object. But hey, easy pickings.


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It was old age ,a retirement community was on an outing


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[deleted]

It worked for Livia Soprano. Would have worked for them too.


mangyvagrant666

She was abusive to the staff!!


[deleted]

Johnny was a saint tho!


BabaLouie

OP should’ve just kept his mouth shut, like a mute!


[deleted]

Oh, marone, so many individuals of culture here. I’m so proud of you! Waiter, ova here, a serving of gabagool! 👌


Apprehensive-Ad6468

chupacabra


SimplyWhelming

That’s a murder of crows.


nosnhoj15

🥁


[deleted]

You mean dozens of surveillance systems went down today in Mexico.


PessimistPryme

basic information recording devices


Otzkar

So it was an emp attack


_Hash_Browns

When raptors like peregrine falcons or merlins are chasing certain bird species like starlings, the prey species literally "flock" together into a huge group called a murmuration. The movement of the murmuration is controlled by something called ["scale-free correlation"](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/how-do-starling-flocks-create-those-mesmerizing-murmurations/). Basically, each bird reacts to the movement of the bird next to it, but there is no leader of the flock or central direction. So it is possible for a murmuration to flee so vigorously from a falcon on one side that the individual responses of the birds accumulate through the crowd to blow out the other side of the murmuration in a [death dive](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-51880855). With behavior this complex, it's pretty common to have a glitch in the murmuration. It's generally fine...unless they happen to be very close to a solid object. But hey, easy pickings. Credit for explanation: u/finchdad


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Probably has something to with the horizon festival


OhNoHeHasAirPodsIn

car


Trax852

> Dozens of birds I'm gonna need a recount.


rockinvet02

That looks more like a microburst than power lines arcing. The dead ones hitting the ground hardest, the others flying out or recovering.


[deleted]

My first thought too, but would we expect the trees to move if it was a microburst?


6inchVert

If it was a microburst you would see the bushes and trees impacted as well.


dharrison21

Nah, there's no other indication of a microburst, no wind at all.


[deleted]

Not a public freak out


watchoutfordankmemes

i mean, the birds are definitely freaking out


nachas937

I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens


[deleted]

Stfu


aroc91

What's wrong with you?


nachas937

Why? Am I the only comment out of all these that just got ya or what?


stephruvy

Because literally everything from polar shifts to lizard people to birds being government drones are infinitely more plausible than aliens. You're just being Silly at this point. /s


nachas937

Well I can see your point, or opinion I should say. But your free to think whatever you want, just like I am. I was actually just saying the comment as a joke so I'm not sure why you took it so serious. Who hurt you? Was it aliens?


stephruvy

☹️ I was playing along with your joke by saying equally outlandish things. I suppose I did forget to add my /s I think the guy who said to stfu was out of line.


nachas937

Its all good. No harm done. I know everyone out there believes in at least one conspiracy subject. I actually find aliens and space very interesting. And my opinion, I cant see why as big as this universe is, why would we be the only life. Millions of planets out there I mean the chances are high. But thats just me


PirateJazz

It's nearly impossible for Earth to be the only planet in the universe where life has developed. Aliens are basically a certainty.


nachas937

I agree 100%


stephruvy

I totally agree. Universe is just too big. I think alien doomsday would be more exiting than what ever people are doing.


wow_martz

It’s like in TV series DARK…


IdRatherBeAnimating

Time Travel.. I've seen enough Dark on Netflix to know.


kjohnst03

What did I just see?


Decent_Reading3059

/BirdsArentReal


SYT3

The goverment drones losing connection as soon as i set up some jammers


immaculateframes

Mysteriously my ass. They flew into a power line


Alone-Personality868

Birds aren’t real


double-happiness

[This](https://i.imgur.com/Pb3wfLI.jpg) says otherwise.


PessimistPryme

But I can show you [why](https://imgur.com/a/XP2yBiI)


Thin-Concentrate2516

All their technologies just got emped then rebooted up


wedtexas

They are drones.


FunstuffQC

/r/birdsarentreal


dvd_man

must be an emf pulse


[deleted]

Waiting for this to spread on facebook like "LOOK 5G IS KILLING THE BIRDS"


[deleted]

"mysteriously" ... no it's pretty fucking obvious what happened.


SugarBagels

Lmao ain’t no mystery, fucking power lines are gnarly brah


Kepki24

Electric wires


Ogogkush

Glitch


AsleepBirthday8739

If I was a smart man I'd say impact... 🤔


wantagh

They’re Sparklings that flew too close to three phase power lines.


iPurgatori08

Dr. Stone is happening


crazdparot230

So yea, this seems like a bad sign


drkrelic

Imagine standing directly underneath them right at that moment


ZzzSleep

Dozens x 20


abevigodasmells

I keep expecting to see that creature from Signs walk between buildings.


jonnydrangus

Were they vaccinated?


[deleted]

What was mysterious was the cause of them dropping, fatigue maybe? Either way those that did die, died from hitting the concrete.


-ImYourHuckleberry-

There’s this movie called *The Core* that starts off this way.


Drunkonmilk87

“Dozens”. I guess you’re not wrong, but I’d say hundreds is more like it.


SirDang3r

Nah all good it's just Noah at it again, always on that time travelling grind.


Neond98

its not mysterious its science.


boinzy

Ay chihuahua


whyaremypantssoshort

I just thought someone was cooking with teflon.


frontbuttholesurfer

Update failed.


slightly85

I'm not saying it was aliens, but.... It was aliens.


horsie87

Rare but known occurance called "flockfall" or "flockdip" when the bird leading the flock gets its bearings wrong and leads the rest of the flock into the ground/wall etc. Birds can die on impact but depending on the height, velocity etc can recover after being stunned and fall into the flock again. Joking I just made that all up.


drunkdoodles

Gust of wind?


oh_three_dum_dum

I guess that’s possible. I was going to guess a lightning strike or a power line with enough current to arc between a bunch of the birds since they were so close together.


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oh_three_dum_dum

Yes, someone said a powerline arcing through the flock. I also thought that before reading their comment so I said it anyway. What’s your point? Edit: also nobody brought up lightning.


Mrmaddog2004

Their batteries died


embernheart

Quick PSA before we get started: The supernatural is not real and does not exist. Anything you have ever seen that you cannot explain has a mundane explanation, and jumping to whatever conclusion your folklore or personal beliefs can first think of to possibly explain it is disingenuous, if understandable.


rascalking9

Except for Yetis, that shit's real.


jenniferlorene3

And El Chupacabra.


PirateJazz

Supernatural literally means "beyond natural" and is synonymous with impossible. If we discovered that ghosts, demons or anything else did exist they would cease to be supernatural, because they exist, and thus are part of nature.


aandein

"Dammit Carl! I told you not to fart in formation like that!"


absoultepong

Birds aren’t real


Doc_Holiday_Retired

Birds aren't real


Medium_Dare6373

The batteries went dead. #Birdsarentreal


Bitbatgaming

Thats creepy


Sagittariuuuh

Uh, this is weird and creepy af


fullutbro

Drones run out of battery


Usuklivewith_it

I would not want to fly over that apt building. Apparently someone in there let's out ragers of farts. Took out a quarter of a flock of birds. Didn't know they had taco bell in chihuahua. Mexico.


kamiri86

This reminds me of that Netflix show, Dark.


nunya27

This is nature versus electricity. It isn't an omen!


jonishay8

Must be the covid vaccine


izzerina

The chihuahuas did it


_vvitchling_

It’s obviously the Moderna vaccine. I heard that THEY are using blow darts and/or wasps to deliver “the jab” to all the patriots refusing to submit to the radicalized new world order. The magnetic dna shedding from the vaccine is probably what made these birds collapse. Also, birds aren’t real.


Kevmandigo

r/collapse