And what people forget about the Big Bay Boom in San Diego is that the company that was hired to do the show made it good and later gave a free show that cost the same as what the city paid for the one that went bust. Kudos to that company for standing up for their mistake. Frankly, I think I'm one of the few of the can say I've seen such a spectacle. It was pretty awesome! And the replacement show was just as good, but took about 10 minutes instead of 10 seconds.

@Shimonotoki

Жыл бұрын

But the thing is, years later which show is more present in your mind? The ten second "mistake" or the 10 minute replacement? I mean, the video looked awesome. It must have been impressive and terrifying to see it life.

@josiah3043

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I'd be more interested in the big kaboom then the 10 minute version 🤣

@humunguswarrior

Жыл бұрын

@@josiah3043 it wasn't as awesome as you'd think. It was blindingly bright, very loud, and over quickly. I think the fact nobody knew what was happening added a brief bit of fear as well.

@Xktree72

Жыл бұрын

​@humunguswarrior I was on Shelter Island by Bali Hai when it happened. It was one of the craziest things I've seen. Amazing and disappointing at the same time.

@AlexGreeneHypnotist

Жыл бұрын

I guess it was better the second time around because the manager wasn't a coyote, and the boxes of fireworks didn't come from Acme Corp.

I was one of the Marine Rescue crews operating in Terrigal when the explosion happened and was first vessel on scene- and yes you could feel the shock wave as we was on an open RIB only 40 meters from the barge. We also rescued the two barge crew from the water.

First video:- Fred Dibnah would've taken that down without a hitch.

@philipjones9458

11 ай бұрын

RIP Fred

These mistakes with the fireworks migh be unplanned but they're 100% more exciting than those that go according to plan, hands down.

@endgame0094

Жыл бұрын

yeah but the exciting only last very short time.

@6ixConfessions

Жыл бұрын

@@endgame0094 Still 30 seconds you'd ever forget. Like when a fighter jet unexpectedly flies directly & low over your house. Or when a huge clap of thunder literally shakes your house. It's brief but awesome.

@walpolescrew

11 ай бұрын

Like my wedding night.

@6ixConfessions

11 ай бұрын

@@walpolescrew 😆 😅 😂 🤣Lucky you.

30 second fiasco? more like 30 seconds of pure awesomeness... everyone's seen massive fireworks shows... very few have seen one like that.

@nkronert

Жыл бұрын

Dude! I would have loved to see that happen live. Then again, I have seen the horrors that can get unleashed when fireworks go into chain reaction mode, so I'm not sure what I would have done it I had been there on that day.

@seeddub3536

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, that looked insane. Maybe inspiration for a future show here and there?

@tuvelat7302

Жыл бұрын

It's cool to watch from the safety of my home. But live? I'd rather not.

@darthwiizius

Жыл бұрын

I've not seen such an awesome cock up as that, I have seen one or two at a local Guy Fawkes display near me in Stevenage (Shithole that's only famous for being a shithole and that Lewis Hamilton comes from there, I live in a town 6 miles away. They do put on a decent annual display though). The first one was disturbingly comical, the display is set up on an island in the middle of a small lake. I was sitting on the bank next to the lake and something spooked some ducks on the water in front of me and they all took off, a few seconds later there was a quack, a bang and a half a roasted duck fell down next to me (no I did not eat it). The second though was truly dangerous, a rack of fireworks tipped over during the display and launched it's ordinance straight at us, the crowd, how nobody got seriously injured is beyond me. a few were taken off in ambulances but injuries were (thankfully) minor.

As a San Diegan, I can tell you that no one is "on edge" about the fireworks incident from 2012. We laughed about it when it happened and have mostly forgotten about it since then.

@TheShoemaker208

Жыл бұрын

I'd bet there was a whole lot more recording devices on the next happenings hoping for it to happen again for the next few years.

@willc854

Жыл бұрын

The ‘producers’ of this try very hard to jazz it up, as evident by the cg voice…another issue…

@LLthereistome2024

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think you have bigger troubles than that.

@greywebs1944

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry Guy Fawkes fxxked up aswell 🧨

@tabithasands2257

Жыл бұрын

MOSTLY☝️

In #6, you can see that the hillside that gave way was re-graded for the tunnel. They brought the mountain down on themselves.

The 62-year-old has been crossing the bridge his entire life, and remembers when they built it in 1986. Huh.

@aishamstout

Жыл бұрын

The math ain mathing🤣🤣🤣🤣

@darthwiizius

Жыл бұрын

I thought exactly the same thing, still I might use the technique to lie about my age.

@frankhooper7871

11 ай бұрын

I expect the bridge built in 1986 was a replacement for an earlier bridge

@raisinghanidd

10 ай бұрын

Smarties they meant the bridges age since it was built😀😅😊

@GoAway-sq6xq

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I caught that too. Caught a few other flags in their videos they've put out

"That's what happens when seven thousand fireworks go off at the same time." Maybe they won't hire that weird coyote to manage the fireworks display again, and next time they should check the boxes the fireworks came in just to make sure they don't all have ACME written on the sides.

Cameraman walking underneath a semi-collapsed bridge. That is really clever…..

@brunomortensen5841

Жыл бұрын

I was about to say the same

Guy at the beginning had a chance to have the run of his life, and he used it.

A far worse catastrophy was the Enschede fireworks disaster in the Netherlands. The explosion killed 23 people including four firefighters and injured nearly 1,000 others. A total of 400 homes were destroyed and 1,500 buildings were subsequently damaged. An entiry city block had to be rebuilt.

@asha4736

Жыл бұрын

That was so awful, and of course it was the poorer folk whose neighbourhood was affected.

@Astronomynatureandmusic

11 ай бұрын

@@asha4736 Not necessarily the poorer, at least not that I know of. Indeed it was a terrible thing, akin to the recent Indian railway disaster.

@asha4736

11 ай бұрын

​@@Astronomynatureandmusic Apologies! I had it in my head the fireworks storage was next to a group of lower income apartment blocks for some reason.

@bakkels

11 ай бұрын

That's cute. Google the Beirut explosion. I'm Dutch btw, and as bad as the Enschede catastrophy was, let's not pretend there weren't wayyy more massive disasters. On the other hand, some of the ones here are tiny and shouldn't be on the list in the first place.

@asha4736

11 ай бұрын

@@bakkels Be more condescending bro

7:17 "our 62 year old camera man had been crossing that bridge his entire life, he remembers when they built it in 1986" so he was 25 when it was built so he had hardly been crossing it his entire life. And if you thought the fireworks mess ups in San Diego and Australia were bad I have three words for you: Enschede fireworks disaster

@animula6908

11 ай бұрын

You’re pedantic and tedious.

Those people on the bridge were just ignorant to the fact that their life was a few seconds away from expiring! Scary stuff

The silo was like "You taking me down... Fine I am taking you with me

The engineer that planned that demolition must’ve taken common core math in school. Be careful on the bridges out there y’all.

I was at the San Diego Big Bay boom... It was awesome! What this video does not show you is that our shows are FOUR simultaneous fireworks shows that happen on four barges all along the bay. That means this was replicated four times. The sound was incredible.

Wow, just imagine this video if they hadn't been caught on camera. "10 catastrophic failures not caught on camera that very few people saw". Thrilling....

@MrDmadness

11 ай бұрын

I saw that video.. very lame .

Fascinating! Thank-you.😮

Anyone else thinking San Diego accidentally stumbled upon a way to make fireworks shows 100x better? They should make THAT the tradition!

@nadssx1134

Жыл бұрын

Like sex. You want it slow and good or fast and awesome.

That all fireworks going off in 30 seconds was freaking awesome! Looked like Man was trying to challenge Mother Nature for single eruption event! 🎉

Moral of the story: If you work on a fireworks barge, make sure you're getting really good Danger Pay

@juhajuntunen7866

5 ай бұрын

And don't smoke

Marvin the Martian would have wet himself with excitement if he had seen that "Earth shattering caboom".

You think in this day and age, people would know how to film in landscape to get the entire picture

@CGT80

Жыл бұрын

It is because they are lazy and they are not "filming." Where does the film go in a mobile phone? If they were using a film camera or dedicated video camera or dslr, the orientation would be landscape by default. People are not observant enough to realize portrait video does not match the ratio that we see with our eyes. It is like looking at the world through a peep hole since so much is missing.

7:20 "our cameraman, 62 year old...had been crossing that bridge his entire life. He remembers when they built it in 1986". 🤔 I'm no mathematician - but something doesn't add up.

11:06 "That cost the city $250,000-worth of fireworks." To be fair, It would have cost them that much anyway...

@ghomerhust

Жыл бұрын

just a little more slowly the normal way

@brianarbenz1329

11 ай бұрын

What -- you mean fireworks aren't reusable?

the demolition was weird, the tower just stopped collapsing, and then took down the craine with it 💀💀

At 7:20, they said a 62 year old man had been crossing the bridge his entire life. But the bridge was built in 1986. He would have been born around 1961, so he would have been about 25 when it was built.

@daivdramey2146

11 ай бұрын

Exactly my thoughts

Really nice videos please send more 😊

If the man is in his 60's and the bridge was built in the 80's, he was NOT crossing that bridge "All his life." (that irritated me for some reason)

@russellmooneyham3334

11 ай бұрын

Me too. Doggone OCD. lol

@user-dk1ke1ku7j

11 ай бұрын

@@russellmooneyham3334 🤣 OH YEAH! It is so normal to ME that I think the ones that DONT LIKE TO CLEAN HAVE THE PROBLEM! ewwww...🤢🤨☺

@SelfServeEnt

11 ай бұрын

The bridge was constructed after the old man was born, so during all of his lifetime that the bridge existed, the old man has been crossing the bridge 🌉 .... 😆

@user-dk1ke1ku7j

11 ай бұрын

@@SelfServeEnt clever and cute. But mathematically and vocabularically incorrect.

@kerryknight228

11 ай бұрын

I pictured him as an infant, his mother carrying him across the bridge every day.

I’m surprised my uncle steve didn’t make your list ‘cause mom says he’s a catastrophic failure and screws everything up all the time.

@valerief1231

Жыл бұрын

Omg, I have a brother named Steve that fits this description lol, maybe your mom is a long list sister of ours!

@Teresa19781000

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@LexusLFA554

Жыл бұрын

That is a very nice burn. Made me chuckle.

@libertyresearch-iu4fy

Жыл бұрын

@@LexusLFA554 I will never understand modern English. A burn is an insult while fire is a compliment.

@AnastasiaBeaverhousn

Жыл бұрын

​@@libertyresearch-iu4fy would you rather watch fire or be burned???! 🥴🙄

People in San Diego are blessed. Got to experience a nuke without any of the downsides😂

We had that happen several years ago in Elgin, Il, when our fireworks show for the Fourth all went off at once. Not quite as spectacular as San Diego, since our budget much smaller.

@10:44 I was there, and from our balcony on Mission Beach, there were 5 firework explosions seen. The two barges you spoke of in Mission Bay and three other areas.

@pafar

Жыл бұрын

The barges were in San Diego Bay.

The scary thing about the landslide at the tunnel works, disregarding the housing as that was empty, is the fact the spoil removed the forced ventilation and significantly blocked the tunnel opening. Risky for workers inside.

Half the bridge headed to where it needs to be and the other half stuck behind a broken bridge. 😂

Regarding the fireworks in Terrigal it is typical of the New South Wales police to shut the gate after the horse has bolted.

@the_once-and-future_king.

11 ай бұрын

Unless you dare to not wear a mask or talk to family/neighbours. Then the police act in seconds.

The last clip said the 1st truck carrying a WIND TURBINE TOWER made it through, but the 2nd one didn’t make it. Later they said “Now you have half of your BRIDGE going to where it needs to be, but the other half is stuck behind a broken bridge”.

I love that you dont draaag on with the articles you show us.

5:45 That's the most personality I've heard from the narrations in this channel.

I was speed walking down my street toward Shelter Island to watch the fireworks when there was a huge BOOM, followed by car alarms going off everywhere. I passed a pizza joint and joked with a guy standing outside that they must've set them off all at once. Got to Shelter Island and was turned around my law enforcement. Found out I was right.

Fortunately, no one in the videos was hurt. The audacity to tempt fate to capture these catastrophes is, to me, both courageous and insane. Cheers....

@PhantomFilmAustralia

Жыл бұрын

I don't trust anything from China being accurate in disclosing fatalities.

@MrNoName7474

Жыл бұрын

the guy walking under a partially collapsed bridge…

In China they have an expression they use for shoddy construction “Tofu dreg”. Some of the concrete has so much sand in it that you can push your finger into it or just pul handfuls off the wall. Buildings collapse all over.

@user-ld4uj2ru4p

Жыл бұрын

I heard about that one a big shame 😮

@greywebs1944

Жыл бұрын

Cement mixers are much bigger than Chinese folk. They can't reach in with a shovel 🤣

@JeffDeWitt

Жыл бұрын

Red Chinese craftsmanship.

Detroit made a top 50 places by Time Magazine in 2022? I'm assuming it was the top 50 places in Michigan.

4:00 when you said smoking transformers, I immediately imagined Bumblebee and Optimus Prime getting high

Those fireworks literally turned the night to day 😳

Not all episodes should really be called catastrophic.

I was on the balcony of a corporate hi-rise in waterfront San Diego when that fireworks display went awry. The ground shook. Nobody had any idea what was going on; car alarms going off everywhere, dogs barking like crazy. Legendary incompetence.

I can almost guarantee the road department added to the road instead of replacing it. Happens everywhere, and they don't remark the heights. The spotters probably didn't check the route either.

1st one is perfect example of "We should have fined them more, call Larry at the environmental agency for me real quick will ya".

13:05 that's what you call a bank draft 🤣

@RWBHere

Жыл бұрын

Almost a bank transfer.

@greywebs1944

Жыл бұрын

@@RWBHere Just don't ask for home insurance 🤣

When reading 'smoking transformers' i had a picture of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in my head, just chilling out with a blunt.

@furiouswarrior274

2 ай бұрын

Lol same

It's ALWAYS some incompetent human who doesn't pay attention!

@Momcat_maggiefelinefan

Жыл бұрын

Or read the instructions! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

Gotta say, the length of the production isn't great, but the visuals from San Diego were exceptional. 👍

Amazing footage, btw diversions aren't really a thing when travelling by canal. At least not on any I've heard of.

Oh would love to see that in person or take a video of a experience to see

i miss the dutch firework explosion when it happend in 2000

This is what is call fireworks that was awsome !!!!

A thirty year old bridge is not that bad. The power of water can take out almost anything.

You know how some people flip the table or in other ways destroy the board and game set up if they are losing. This was a whole new level. - 14:32

You might like to cover the fireworks explosion which accurred in Enschede, Netherlands, where a massive firework storage from s.e. fireworks, that was right in a residential area, exploded and left hundreds homeless

@9:52 Well that escalated quickly; that got outta hand fast 😳

You have to admit, those fireworks misfires were MUCH more exciting than the planned shows!

Smoking Transformer? Must've been a Decepticon because all the Autobots know that smoking is bad for you.

A couple of years back, a few hundred feet down my road (maybe a tenth of a mile) a tree fell across the power lines. It took out 3 telephone poles. One of them had a transformer on it. It exploded when it hit the ground. The only comparable sound I have heard was when lightning hit around 50 feet from where I was living at the time. It was that loud. The pressure wave was enough to shake my house a little bit.

is there a link to the background music i love it

Fantastic camera work on that transformer clip!

Paying the viewer the compliment that they are intelligent enough to know large transformer are held in a case of oil, I like it.

so interesting

11:43 - The moon's like "Am I a joke to you."

Good to know of these.

I know some building codes here in the USA are a pain in the butt. But at least we rarely have the type and magnitude of the building collapses that are in this video.

@MrDmadness

11 ай бұрын

Wait for it. There are huge swaths of areas in the usa where ground stability is an 7ssue and upkeep has not been done. Also many grandfather Era buildings that escape routine maintenance.

@jonesnori

11 ай бұрын

There was that apartment building collapse in Florida not long ago, and some years ago a commuter rail station in New Jersey had its roof come down. But yeah, building codes help a great deal. I suspect disasters we do get are caused by corruption - bribing inspectors to overlook substandard construction.

@TitaniumTurbine

6 ай бұрын

Regulations, rules, and codes are written in blood. Though we’ve had some incidents, it’s not nearly as many as it could be without those standards.

Correction, the building was not gutted, it collapsed!

Cool .👍

I had a tranformer just behing my apt blow and it made a heck of a noise!

The wrecking ball guy didn't pull a Meredith Vickers in Prometheus and instead, ran sideways from the oncoming fall of the concrete tower.

How does a 62yr old man cross a 30yr old bridge his whole life?

Best show EVER....

The 60 year old man had been crossing the 30 year old bridge his entire life?

@shoebaglady8374

Жыл бұрын

😂

I loved the fireworks

Sometimes there is success in failure

When you are running out of things to show and the first video is a repeat from a week ago.....

One time a bird landed on the wrong part of a telephone pole in front of my house, the explosion was so loud all of my neighborhood and me ran out in our pajamas and underwear to see what happened, it was so loud

@cyberra0180

Жыл бұрын

I got woken up once by the boom of a crow landing on the wrong spot and getting fried. There was a charred pile of black feathers in the ditch for a while until someone either scooped it into a trash bag or the local wildlife took care of it

In the US, we've had several highway overpasses destroyed by fires, usually a tanker truck full of gasoline or other flammable substance get in an accident or has a mechanical problem. It just happened again in Philadelphia, I-95 is now closed for several months until they can tear out the wreckage and rebuild it. Again!

@dennisnickoloff1723

11 ай бұрын

The highway is already open again, 12 days

@jedironin380

11 ай бұрын

@@dennisnickoloff1723 Yeah, that was surprising. They did it by filling in the road under it, though, so more of a patch than a full repair, I think.

@dennisnickoloff1723

11 ай бұрын

@@jedironin380 You're right. The repairs are temporary.

I can’t believe the cameraman walked underneath the bridge in the last video.

Detroit: catastrophe Everywhere else: minor electrical fire

Indeed master builders have got it cracked

A lot of this failures are more common than you think...

Video was a right muddle!

The fireworks must have been controlled by Microsoft Windows.

You forgot about the firework disaster at SE Fireworks in Enschede on May 13th 2000. The biggest explosion was caught on camera apparently sweeping the "cameraman" a couple of yards into a house.

I'm convinced all bridges should have clearance safety bars erected prior to the structures.

Hands down that was the best fireworks show ever

But I feel the Big Bay Boom is more spectacular than any firework show I have seen 😅

It looks like there are a handful of people still pretty far from the exits in the building collapse of Story #2.

How did the guy at 7:15 cross that bridge his entire life when it opened when he was 25?

@bonnieweeks7601

Жыл бұрын

Details schmetails? That sounded better in my mind.

At least nobody got hurt or killed from any of these catastrophes

07:17 - “Our cameraman… had been crossing this bridge his entire life. He remembers when they built it.” And did you possess this script your entire life before you wrote it? Who is using the family brain cell today?

The bridge washed away, the camera man 62yo been crossing it all his life. It was built in 1986. Can't get my head around the maths used.

I'm surprised that Disneyland's burning dragon isn't in the vid.