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I live geographically close to where this incident happened. The local paper says the farmer that owned the land which was leased to Monsanto had called an electrician to come out and check on the defective meter, but the electrician said he was too busy and couldn't come out to check for a number of days. Then the girls died. OUCH. I wouldn't want to live with that for the rest of my life.

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Why wasn’t the electricity turned off?

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First off, if it was a defective meter, the power company owns the meter, and they should have been called out, not some electrician. Secondly, why would it be a problem for the electrician to live with the accident that happened to the girls if he had so many storm calls that he was working them in order of receiving the calls, and someone else sent the girls out to work in danger before he could get out to perform that particular service call?