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Driving home from work today I was suddenly surrounded by a brilliant white light with a matching "wooomf" noise from my MP3 player. It was brighter than any lightning I had ever seen, and I was certain armageddon had begun. Before I could figure out what had caused it the same thing happened again. This time I saw sparks fly near an overpass I was about to drive under and suddenly it all made sense. A high power transformer had blown either from the wind or an accident (paramedic lights surrounded it). I was still pumped with adrenaline and realized if I had a pacemaker I would probably be dead. The high level EMP resulting from the explosion would have most likely killed it. It was more than enough to interfere with my highly shielded automotive MP3 player. It's amazing how much EMP we encounter on a daily basis. Maybe the climbing cancer rates are related? I'll leave that rant for later. If you need me I'll be in my grounded metal mesh cage.