IMHO, anyone ripping copper wiring and pipes out of homes that are in process of rebuilding, are in the same category as horse thieves in bygone times.
Believe it or not, this is a huge problem in Minnesota. They’re carrying battery powered sawz-alls or saber saws with metal blades, cutting catalytic converters off of parked cars....
Meanwhile in Iraq. Rebuilding efforts are moving right along contrary to popular liberal lies the Iraqi people are enjoying more water and electricity supplies than ever before. Yet the losers in Louisiana steal everything that is given to them by our tax dollars. I guess that proves why some stayed when they were told well in advance to evacuate. Lets put an end to rebuilding efforts in New Orleans and let it flush out to sea as God intended. Years from now the former city can be used as a giant dog park.
these kind of idiots are pulling this crap in the Youngstown OH area-going into abandoned steel mills and trying to steal the copper wiring-in a number of cases the power is still on ZAP-there goes another fried criminal. Oh well-a little chlorine in the gene pool.
It’s true. My son was part of Task Force Gator with the National Guard in N.O. last year. He and his partner busted a guy who’d come down here all the way from Pennsylvania! They caught this guy red-handed with loads of stolen copper in his van.
Profession: scrap bandit
That’s been happening here too. Around here it’s mostly meth heads.
this happened to me. So the next time, I put in PEX - plastic. The only thing copper are the fittings.
As an electrical contractor that has been ripped off by copper thieves..I enjoy it when the thieves cut into HOT wiring!
Everything they have is left there!