The Big Bay Boom fireworks display in San Diego was supposed to be a 20-minute patriotic display. However, all the fireworks in three different barges in the bay went off prematurely at the same time, for an explosive display lasting almost a half-minute.
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Coast Guard officials said it appeared that entire battery of explosives on three of the four launch barges was launched at the same time, possibly due to a "premature ignition."
"It looked like the finale ... you know, right at the end they shoot off everything." said Rich Dann, a civilian Coast Guard employee at the San Diego station.
Port officials said on the agency's Twitter page that they "sincerely apologize for the technical glitch that affected Big Bay Boom. Event producers are currently investigating the cause."
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They used a computer to time it. Which just verifies the old saw "To err is human, to really screw up requires a computer"
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They called it the Big Bay Boom, so perhaps they got what they signed up for :)
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Tee hee..."premature ignition"
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