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Copper theft causes outage in two SoCal suburbs
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Posted on 06/16/2008 7:50:14 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl
...because thieves stole copper grounding wires from a substation in Pico Rivera.
This requires a level of stupidity beyond congressional levels.
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posted on
06/16/2008 7:55:39 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: BurbankKarl
I was hoping that this story included a couple Darwin Award candidates.
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posted on
06/16/2008 7:56:41 PM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: Army Air Corps
Ah well...third world conditions...
To: truthkeeper
Light a candle truthkeeper.
To: BurbankKarl
copper theft has been rampant.
there are billboards along the freeways
threatening jail for copper theft.
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posted on
06/16/2008 7:58:49 PM PDT
by
ken21
( people die + you never hear from them again.)
To: BurbankKarl
Someone has to be really stupid to steal grouding wires from an energised substation...one can become human BBQ that way.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:01:48 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Well, not going to say how but there is a safe way to do that.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:02:51 PM PDT
by
eastforker
(Get-R-Done and then Bring-Em- Home)
To: mefistofelerevised
Light a candle truthkeeper. Nah, curse the darkness, that's better.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:04:07 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(McCain, my penultimate choice in the primary and only choice in the general)
To: BurbankKarl
Too bad they didn’t make the Darwin awards.
Their lights would be out but the town’s would be on.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:04:53 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Waiting for Godot and searching for Avignon)
To: eastforker
I know, but if these thieves keep at it, they are bound to make one hell of a mistake.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:05:58 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Apparently stealing copper wires has become a big thing in So Cal. A neighbor who works for the school district, says a number of schools in the district have been shut down because thieves stole the underground power cables between buildings.
The perps seem to know what they are doing. It is quite a shock to come in to school Monday morning and not have power.
Also one of the medical center buildings, that I know of, found one morning that they didn’t have any water, because someone had stolen the cold water feed pipes.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:08:14 PM PDT
by
sd-joe
To: BurbankKarl
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:11:33 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: sd-joe
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:13:38 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: milford421
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:21:28 PM PDT
by
nw_arizona_granny
( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=451 SURVIVAL, RECIPES, GARDENS, & INFO)
To: nw_arizona_granny
THis is just like living in a Third World Country..Oh..I forgot CA is a Third World country and sliding downwards.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:32:46 PM PDT
by
Oldexpat
To: BurbankKarl
Every so often the thieves cook themselves by cutting something they shouldn’t have.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:36:45 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: BurbankKarl
Make the wires unshielded.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:45:12 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Like a bat outta Hell.)
To: Army Air Corps
I don’t think any beats Congressional levels.
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:45:51 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Like a bat outta Hell.)
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
06/16/2008 8:47:51 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Like a bat outta Hell.)
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