I guess a glitch made the fireworks this year all shoot off at once. Talk about a Big Bang!
San Diego's biggest fireworks show went bust on Wednesday night when a technical glitch caused all the fireworks to shoot off at the same time.
Just minutes before the Port of San Diego's "Big Bay Boom" was set to begin at 9 p.m., thousands of fireworks from five floating barges launched simultaneously, causing a brilliant display of pyrotechnics that lasted for 15 seconds.
Nearly half a million people across the city were watching the show, and video shot at the scene caught spectators cheering what they thought was the show's spectacular kick-off.
Others suspected something went wrong.
"Oh my God. Look at that. Is that supposed to happen?" said man in a YouTube video on a Los Angeles Times blog.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/san-diego-fireworks-big-bay-boom-ruined-video-article-1.1108259#ixzz1zlPCBYJd (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/san-diego-fireworks-big-bay-boom-ruined-video-article-1.1108259#ixzz1zlPCBYJd)
2012 San Diego "Big Bay Boom" Fireworks Bust / Fail in 720P HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrPCEubDZ9A#ws)
Opps!
That was one expensive blunder
Bummer...but looks pretty cool though
like the fireworks factory that caught on fire!
it... didn't end well...