The Port of San Diego took to Twitter immediately after the explosion to apologize for what it called a “technical glitch” and said event producers were investigating the cause.
In a statement issued nearly three hours later, just before midnight, the port said that the mistake was caused by technicians who sent a signal “to the barges that would set the timing for the rest of the show after the introduction.”
Garden State Fireworks, the firm hired by the city to produce the show, acknowledged the mistake. “We will be working throughout the night to determine what technical problem caused the entire show to be launched in about 15 seconds. We apologize for the brevity of the show and the technical difficulties,” the company said in a statement posted on www.bigbayboom.com.
No injuries were reported but the force of the fireworks exploding at once was so great that a large rumble could reportedly be felt throughout downtown San Diego just before 9 p.m.
Hey, if you are going to screw up, do it with style. I thought our local show was screwed up because they set off the grand finale, then about 5 minutes later found another few rounds that hadn't been set off, and let those off, too. That was nothing compared to this. The part about the large rumble being felt throught downtown makes me wonder whether it was recordable on a seismograph or not. California has to be relatively loaded with them, so if it could have registered, I'd have thought that would have been reported. I always wondered when the stone quarry across the interstate from my house blows some rock whether that is big enough to be noticed on a seismograph. I would guess that one would have to be located very closely nearby, and even then it probably isn't enough motion.
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