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San Diego’s Fireworks FAIL: Entire Show Goes Off at Once!

Jul. 5, 2012 5:51am Mike Opelka

Fireworks Fail In San Diego Big Bay Boom Goes Bust

AP: Photo by James Gregg U-T San Diego;.

Last night, tens of thousands gathered in and around San Diego Harbor for the Big Bay Boom fireworks show. The Glorietta Bay show is billed as one of the largest in the country and was supposed to be a 17-minute, pyrotechnic spectacular scheduled to start at 9pm. It wasn’t.

Instead of seeing a choreographed, computer-controlled fireworks show synched to music, people saw less than a minute of chaos. Thanks to a glitch in the system, all of the explosives ignited at the same time. Fireworks Fail In San Diego Big Bay Boom Goes Bust

Twenty minutes after the technical glitch happened, Harbor officials announced the bad news to the massive crowd. Needless to say, there are hundreds of YouTube videos of the failure. He offer a few for your review.

This amateur videographer wondered if the show combined “beginning and grand finale all at the same time?”

The woman heard in this clip has good instincts.

Fortunately, no one was injured during the mishap.

If you were there in San Diego and have video to share or one that is already posted on YouTube, please send it to TheBlaze.

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TX_45_ACP
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:09am
This happened in my hometown a few years back. The entire show went off at once. It only lasted a minute or so but it was spectactular! :)

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- Too_Far_Gone
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:20pm
  It was fast and furious..
  
  Ya sure holder wasn’t there ?
  
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- teaisstronger
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:01pm
  Lets hope no blacks showed up. They tell us that the 4th is a White Independence Day because blacks were slaves. Blacks force whites to stay home from work and shut down the Government on MLK Day even though MLK didn’t care squat for white people. Thanksgiving is a white day too because there were not blacks at the Pilgrims and Indians celebration at Plymouth.
  
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bankerpapaw
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:21am
Just like Obama. All poof, then nothing.

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- MittensKittens
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:58pm
  Oh yeah, was wondering if someone would tie those 2 loose ends.
  
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politicianssuck
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:14am
Thats the best firework show ever! only lasted a minute? Perfect!

Firework shows that drag on just get boring. Now what I would like to see is someone start inventing fireworks that explode into different shapes or even into flags or faces. Just looking at different color circles for a half hour tends to get very boring.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!!!!!

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- rickc34
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:20am
  Yes Happy Birthday USA, must have been pretty cool , at least for a minute.
  
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- RRFlyer
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:46am
  Why do you watch them if you hate them so????
  
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- politicianssuck
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:08am
  @RRFLYER
  
  Because children are fascinated by them. I tolerate fireworks like I tolerate pizza @ chuck-e-cheese. It’s for the children. Yikes! I am starting to sound like a liberal! lol
  
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- KoolAidDrinker
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 11:07am
  uuuuuugh! Aaaaaaaaawwwhhh!
  
  It’s Bush’s fault!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:26pm
  Was like O’Blamer, shot his wad with campaign promises…..
  2007, 2008…….Then NOOOOOOTHING…………………….
  
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- Taquoshi
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:09pm
  Actually, our neighboring town had a few that actually were “USA” in Red, white and blue”, though from the distance that I was at, it could have been lasers. I’ve seen hearts and butterflies, also.
  
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- theshoehorn
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:44pm
  We had a firework last night that exploded into a star. Pretty cool!
  
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- jnw325
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 2:09pm
  the final blast from last nights show was a smiley face…… just before that there were star shapes and a flag….. guess maybe you should pay more attention now days………..
  
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ati058
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:01am
Um no, it’s alright, don’t be embarrassed. Really… I heard that it happens to a lot of City’s sometimes. it’s not your fault. Perhaps, next time we can take it just a little slower and I’m certain you’ll do much better. There’s really nothing to be ashame about… really.

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- AChatterer
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:16am
  I am still laughing thank you I need that today.
  
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- Charles
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:37am
  = ) thats what you tell all the cities isn’t it?
  
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- PeepsRepublikofKalifornia
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 12:58pm
  Length doesn’t matter?
  
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Brainmuffin
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:54am
I bet they run Windows.

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- Yeah_Buddy
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 11:41am
  Yeah, and maybe they had Automatic Updates enabled and it forced a reboot at the worst possible time, as usual.
  
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Secret Squirrel
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:42am
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How’s that “English as a second language” working out
in the fireworks industry?

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- chips1
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:41am
  Si. Si. Es muey bango!!!
  
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- PeepsRepublikofKalifornia
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 1:01pm
  r.o.t.f.l.o.l.
  
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- Meyvn
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 3:33pm
  Hahaha
  
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Rashomon
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:40am
Cut the RED wire…

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- woodypynes
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:29pm
  Where is McGruber when you need him?
  
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TWO BITS
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:37am
San Diego’s extravaganza fizzled as fast as Obama’s leadership abilities.

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- jetmech568
  Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:44am
  at least they had a beginning……….
  
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jpmjr73
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:28am
Listening to same add with each clip is irritating and stupid. That will drive me off using video portion and certainly never cause me to buy or use what ever is being flogged. WAKE UP!

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DenisWTexas
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:23am
This fireworks show kinda reminds me of the momentum behind people’s excitement for Barack Obama…

‘…Well we had a big crowd for the inauguration speech… aaaaaand, I guess that’s it.”

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KusoJiJi
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:23am
Brought to you by the folks from Solyndra!!

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Meyvn
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:21am
Heheh… Three less meth labs in the San Diego area.

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- chips1
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:49am
  Talk about your premature ejection.
  
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- chazmo
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 2:43pm
  That would be El Cajon….
  
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Apple Bite
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:21am
Oh yeah, by the way, thanks for the extra pollution over the water, hypocrites!

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Raisingmy3boysright
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:15am
The Lib way to do fireworks.

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GO-FOR-LIBERTY
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:12am
Was I WON in the vicinity? He likes to screw up anthing American’s love.

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SkunkWorks
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:06am
the extremists pro-environment crowd probably paid off a firework’s show employee to sabotage the show since they could not stop the fireworks show in court. for years now the AL GORE fan club has been trying to sue to have fireworks shows shut down if they are near a body of water or the ocean.

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idarusskie
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:04am
most likely it was not the wring but their programming. You can bet from now on they will have multiple computers. Like in the shuttle.

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supressorgrid
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:58am
Close cover before striking.

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supressorgrid
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:57am
“Hey, anyone know what this button does?” Hahahahaha

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nakedbootleg
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:42am
Imagine the guy who set up the wiring. You know as soon as the show started he had to be back steppin it into the shadows…. how embarassing.

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gsp9993
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:16am
Where’s the local San Diego news video and commentary???/

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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:13am
Talk about premature ***********!

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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:20am
  Baboom / Mama Said.(The Vaughn Brothers – Family Style)
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:26am
  …ummm…thanks?
  
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rickfromthecape
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:13am
Kinda like the Obama presidency.

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- kickagrandma
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:43am
  Nice!
  
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- facilitiesmgr
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 8:06am
  Except bho didn’t even start good. There hasn’t been anything glorious to see or experience. The bad part of bho’s role in this great country of ours will be long-lasting, whereas the fireworks had no residual effect.
  
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Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:27am
Big waste of money right there. Sad.

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historyguy48
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:26am
Wonderful! Short and quick so everyone can go home and the few with jobs can get some sleep before going to work tomorrow so they can pay for those that chose to not work or those that can’t obtain jobs!
Socialism at it’s best, comrades!
Aren’t these the folks that want to run everything?

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- Eggcellent
  Posted on July 5, 2012 at 6:16pm
  Yup, these are the same schlemiels who think that their way is the ONLY way to run the Country. On the other hand, little Independence, Oregon had a breakfast at the fire station (which pays for next year’s fireworks), a two-mile run and walk, an AWESOME parade, a festival down in the park along the river, complete with local bands and lots of food vendors (I had my first “deep-fried Snickers bar” – OMG, it was one of the tastiest things I’ve had in YEARS – don’t bypass it if you have an opportunity to try one – ooey-gooey GOODNESS!!!) and a magnificent, AWESOME fireworks display over the river which must have lasted at least 1/2 hour. A whole wonderful day of wholesome family entertainment, no fights, no drive-by shootings, just kids and grown-ups getting along, enjoying each other and having fun. It was like being transported back to the 50′s or 60′s, like America USED to be. “Mayberry” DOES still exist, you just have to cut through all of the Marxist/Communist CRAP to find it!!
  
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