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Man electrocted while climbing Alabama Power transformer,
(trying to steal copper wire)
timesdaily.com ^
| 3-22-05
| The Associated Press
Posted on 03/22/2005 7:42:49 PM PST by WKB
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To: WKB
I guess that wire would have been considered hot merchandise.
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:56:04 PM PST
by
Flyer
(* https://dahtcom.nameservices.net *)
To: WKB; mhking
42
posted on
03/22/2005 7:56:14 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(Sometimes, stupidity is its own punishment...but not as often as it should be.)
To: cripplecreek
To keep the coroner employed. Ya know its union rules.
43
posted on
03/22/2005 7:56:27 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: WKB
Darwin shoots! He scores!
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:56:40 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Will Michael Schiavo get away with murdering his wife? Stay tuned to find out!)
To: Big Giant Head
The examiner would probably use a fork. I suppose he's been well done. In another sense, though, he may be rare.
45
posted on
03/22/2005 7:56:47 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: WKB
before climbing on top of the transformer "Hey everybody, let me show you what a light bulb looks like when it burns out"
To: KC_for_Freedom
I heard copper is going for about $1.00\lb.
47
posted on
03/22/2005 7:57:14 PM PST
by
WKB
(You can half the good and double the bad people say about themselves.)
To: WKB
He was martyred. "(Insert his name here) of Arc."
To: July 4th
It looks like there might even be some asbestos wrapping in there.LOL. This comes from an apartment building built in 1924. It's riddled with asbestos, and lead paint. Probably about 3 months to abate it 'enough' to sell the units as condos.
49
posted on
03/22/2005 7:57:32 PM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(My baby girl has the strongest little finger known to man.)
To: WKB
If Carson was on this case, he would investigate the copper clapper keleptoto caper in cleveland in the copper-clapper caper. (I wish I could remember the Carson lines).
50
posted on
03/22/2005 7:57:41 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: thoughtomator
Darwin shoots! He scores! Nuthin' but net!!
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:58:03 PM PST
by
Big Giant Head
(Barring all differences, they're identical.)
To: AnAmericanMother
These rats, they just don't think . . ....but, did it get the cheese?
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posted on
03/22/2005 7:59:31 PM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(My baby girl has the strongest little finger known to man.)
To: WKB
This story reminds me of a case of a co-worker, at a major defense contractor. On a hot, muggy day, he wrapped himself with many, many feet of copper cable, put on his trench coat and walked out to the parking lot. Unfortunately for him, he passed out halfway to his car.
53
posted on
03/22/2005 7:59:37 PM PST
by
jackbill
To: WKB; All
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posted on
03/22/2005 8:01:44 PM PST
by
LayoutGuru2
(Triskaidekaphobia ? Never heard of it !)
To: cripplecreek
An initial body resistance of maybe 5000 ohms, voltage between phases of sqrt(3)*44000, you have 15 amps, and a power dissipation of 1 million+ watts. Explosion indeed, I'm surprised they didn't pick his pieces up in a picnic basket.
To: WKB
Same thing happend a few years ago on top of a canister size transformer next to my house. A large barn owl swooped down to land on top of the transformer, a loud pop, a split second later, all that was left was a pile of feathers on top of the transformer.
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posted on
03/22/2005 8:02:39 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
To: WKB
"The first one a you'all that brings me back a little ol' hunk a that copper wire up yonder gits little ol' me for th' dance sat-day night!!"
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posted on
03/22/2005 8:03:12 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
("Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence" - R. Kirk)
To: spinestein
I'd guess at least 100 Amps until something popped... Which wasn't long...
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posted on
03/22/2005 8:03:20 PM PST
by
DB
(©)
To: WKB
It's just high voltage electricity. What could go wrong?
To: Professional Engineer
LOL.
If it got the cheese, I bet it didn't have time to enjoy it.
The original caption wondered if the photographer asked the rat to "Say Cheese!"
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posted on
03/22/2005 8:04:28 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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