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A Balloon Makes the Lights Go Out in San Francisco, and We Ask: Just How Does That Work?

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Mylar balloons cause hundreds of power outages a year—in Northern California alone. (somegeekintn/Flickr)

More than 4,700 PG&E customers in San Francisco lost power Wednesday afternoon when a bunch of Mylar balloons hit a power line. KQED happened to be one of those customers (it’s OK;

Source: Newsfix – Science

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