[UCANSEE2]

Not that it makes much difference, but most jumper cables nowadays are made of aluminum wire, not copper.
The aluminum would heat up pretty fast (if connected to the outputs of the pole transformer), and would vaporize if connected to the high tension wire.
Now, just what would he be trying to connect outside power to on a generator ? Maybe he thought he could plug outside power into the generator outlet to get it running. (cause he was out of gas).

[_Jim]

Not that it makes much difference, but most jumper cables nowadays are made of aluminum wire, not copper.

<sarcasm>Not that it makes any difference </sarcasm> - but a lot of HV transmisison wire is ALUMINUM too ...