[Seeking the truth]

Here in Las Vegas, just this past weekend, a landlord got a bunch of complaints on a Monday morning from his large commercial buiding.

We have no Air Conditioning! This is Las Vegas, after all...the desert.

He called the AC company and discovered all the copper tubing on the roof was gone as in stolen.

[angkor]

I worked in a third-world country where it was nearly impossible to upgrade the urban infrastructure, because the copper that was laid during the day was dug-up and stolen at night.

[Aliska]

How awful! Thieves are getting more brazen. We have a serious problem. People could die if the air conditioning goes out in some of those places.

What are we coming to? I shouldn't ask because I'm afraid I know the answer.

Hope your landlord was able to get it back up and running.

[ASOC]

In the late 80s, when in lived in LV, a big problem was folks going into homes for sale and stripping out the copper wire after, of course, stealing all the cabinets, appliances and so on.

Our neighborhood watch established a reputation of 'pouncing' on stranger or folks not from the area prowling at night & were largely spared.

Now a days, we would likely as not get shot by these toads.....