Tycho were you at the San Diego fireworks?

[JimJamBonds]

I saw that due to an error the fireworks went off in 20 seconds instead of 20 minutes, I saw it on the interwebs and it was pretty cool.

[Tycho]

No. I wasn't there.

The Padres have a fireworks show after many Friday night games, so I didn't figure I'd go out and do anything seeing as the 4th was on a Wednesday.

I heard about it and saw a picture though.

I was going to post that this occured due to a secret al-Qaeda plot to deprive San Diegans of enjoying their American cultural history, but I just said that in so many words anyway. But the show was ruined for a lot of people (who did get to see a very big explosion however).

So it's not really funny anyway.

[Bel-Cam Jos]

I heard the Alderaanians there on vacation were traumatized about that explosion!

Giving credit to fireworks creators and organizers, I'm suprised things like that don't happen more often. It takes a lot of skill, preparation, and careful timing.