A truck crashed into a utility pole in Stockton, California, a few days ago, causing a power surge that ultimately resulted in some 5,000 smart meters on people’s homes exploding, leaving all of them without power.
The explosions began around 8:30 in the morning. Reported on CBS news:
When the customers in more than 5,000 homes get their power back on will depend on how badly damaged their meters are.So now, instead of just having to worry about continual data collection and surveillance, or the negative health effects of electromagnetic frequency exposure, or the potential for a random house fire, there’s also the possibility of a truck randomly hitting a pole and causing your smart meter to straight up explode, also damaging or destroying your home, killing your family and at the very least leaving you and yours without power for at least a week, maybe longer until it can be replaced… to possibly happen all over again?
Neighbors in the South Stockton area described it as a large pop, a bomb going off, and strong enough to shake a house.
“The neighbor across the street, his meter doesn’t look as bad but his receptacles are all blackened.” said Brad Abernathy.
PG&E says a dump truck crashed near its Alpine substation on Arch Road. When the truck hit the utility pole, the top wire fell onto the bottom wire, creating a power surge.
