Sorry, Honey. This Has Never Happened Before.

[Bob Saget]

The good folks of San Diego got quite a surprise during their July 4th celebration last night. One of the largest fireworks shows in the U.S. was ruined after a technical glitch caused all the pyrotechnics to prematurely ignite all at once.
Five minutes before the Port of San Diego's "Big Bay Boom" was to start, the malfunction caused all fireworks to be launched within 20-seconds, rather than the almost 20-minute show which was planned. Here is a video of what spectators witnessed:

And here is a brief news clip of the event:


Don't worry, San Diego. This sort of thing gets better with practice & age.

Hope everyone had a great July 4th!

 

[wdwmagic]

Wow. What a shame. Interesting to see though.

 

[Bob Saget]

Yeah definitely not something you see every day. Despite a lot of disappointed visitors, (though I find it more hilarious than disappointing), thankfully there were no injuries from this. It's something they'll always remember.

There's always next year.

 

[dave&di]

Oh that's so sad! I feel sorry for all the spectators!

Watching the YouTube clip, it was like watching it in fast forward!!!

 

[DME]

and it's not something you can just 'do over' :-(

 

[wdwmagic]

Yeah definitely not something you see every day. Despite a lot of disappointed visitors, (though I find it more hilarious than disappointing), thankfully there were no injuries from this. It's something they'll always remember.

There's always next year.

Imagine how frustrating it was for the pyro team that put this thing together.

 

[Uncle Lupe]

NO! I said don't hit the red button.

 

[Bob Saget]

Imagine how frustrating it was for the pyro team that put this thing together.

I do feel bad for the guy behind it all. His family has been in that business for decades, and always do a superb job putting on these types of shows. Him and his team seemed to have done all of the correct preparations and taken all the precautions to make this go off successfully, so it's hard to really blame anyone. Just one of those freak glitches that nobody saw coming. I hope he doesn't feel too badly about this however, and I'm sure it will be an outstanding show next year, just like in the past.