Dog-walking New Yorkers fear electrocution

MSNBC.com ^ | April 28, 2004

[Samwise]

Three months after the accidental electrocution of a woman who stepped on a metal plate owned by utility Con Edison while walking her dogs in the East Village, local dog owners report neurotic behavior in their walking habits.

“I feel like I am being obsessive compulsive, but I don’t walk on grates any more, I don’t walk on the electrical covers, I totally avoid them,” said dog owner Joanna Murphy, who has walked her German Shepherd “Emmy” in the East Village for the past decade.

[Rebelbase]

Locations of known hot spots in NYC, as reported by citizens.

http://firstrunfriends.org/coned/archives/cat_stray_voltage_list.shtml

[ElectricStrawberry]

We had a few cases of this in Boston this winter/spring. A few dogs got zapped by electrified man-hole covers.

[azhenfud]

Aw, a little static electricity doesn't hurt much. Just shake it off...

[ladylib]

One woman was killed in NYC this past winter.

[ladyjane]

A couple of weeks ago I saw a man from one of the utility companies walking the streets with a pole to measure current. He was going to each manhole cover and checking it. This was in the Fenway Park/Kenmore Square area.

[CasearianDaoist]

This article is all too true.

[Bon mots]

Didn't some homeless bums get electrocuted in the New York subway system when they accidentally urinated on the "third rail"? I remembered reading about that.

And I thought that urinating on an electric fence was bad...

[watchin]

"After the incident, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said: “It’s just unacceptable that somebody can walk down the street and get electrocuted ... We’ve got to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

Hahahahaha ... ya think??

[watchin]

Checked out the link. Just the Manhattan list is too long to believe. Makes me glad I live in the country.