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To: nw_arizona_granny

Here's more on the PG&E burned woman:

A woman was burned over about half her body early this morning when a piece of high-voltage electrical equipment flashed while she was allegedly tampering with it at a strip shopping mall in San Jose.

Police and fire officials said a man drove the woman to Fire Station 18, 4430 Monterey Highway, which is about 8 miles south of the incident, where paramedics treated her and brought her to the hospital.

The woman was taken to a local hospital and officials described the woman's condition as grave.

Police were called to the area of Meridian and Foxworthy avenues at about 3:04 a.m. by neighborhood reports of a transformer explosion. While police were on the scene of the incident, a call came less than 10 minutes later saying that a woman had been brought to Fire Station 18 with severe burns.

Investigators later learned that the woman had been at the scene of the reported explosion, said police Sgt. Nick Muyo.

Jeff Smith, a spokesman with PG&E said the woman had accessed a meter panel and was apparently trying to remove it when she accidentally crossed two wires, which caused a ``flashover'' -- an electrical discharge.

Smith said he didn't know why the woman was tampering with the utility's equipment.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/the_valley/12815490.htm


797 posted on 10/04/2005 8:15:11 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta

Smith said he didn't know why the woman was tampering with the
utility's equipment. <<<

San Francisco has had a lot of power outages lately, little ones to a few thousand homes.......she may have been busy.

Did you hear of a Chicago public school being raided by ICE, for illegals?

A caller to Mark Edwards Border program, now lives there, he has been a caller to KDWN for years, said that it was local news and not heard on national news.....the school was shut down and ICE checked the kids......

Congressman Ray Haines (sp?) of California was a guest on the program, he said that on the California Border, recently the Border Patrol arrested a wanted terrorist, it was the third time he had attempted to cross it.

Jim Gilcrist, founder of the Minutemen, has won, maybe 2nd place on the December ballot in Calif. he is running for
Congressman. Today was the election.


831 posted on 10/05/2005 12:46:00 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (Lavender Essential Oil, should be in first aid kit,uses: headaches, sinus,insect bites,sore muscles)
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