[Ken522]

... since he didn't actually steal anything, he and the kid can't be charged, right?

[mad_as_he$$]

If you are going to handle electrical conductors you need to be NFPA 70 E compliant.

http://www.ieci.org/uploads/SafetyPresentation12.15.06.pdf

Arc flash is a real life changing event.

[Travis McGee]

FAIL!

[wita]

This one begs some background information regarding the two involved. Tapping into the electrical grid is not a “normal” MO for the average American. The integrity of the grid would be seriously in jeopardy were this to become a general practice.

There are places where this is a common problem, they are places most of us would not like to live.

[Redleg Duke]

Here! Hold muh beer and watch this!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Balloon transformer explosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hc7BZZmxA4

[jboot]

No mention of the race of the suspects (don't bother asking me to call them victims). Probabaly hispanic. Current theives are lagely ignored south of the border. Then again, if the amperage is high enough it is a self-correcting problem.

[nascarnation]

More victims of the Baraqqi Depression.

If this had happened 3 yrs ago, the Slimes would undoubtedly have thrown in a reference to the bad economy as their impetus for committing this crime.

[xrmusn]

It is very obvious (from the ages) that the father was either going to retire or abandon his family and was pasing on his skills to his eldest (who isn’t already in jail or such)living heir so he could at least continue to try and provide for them.

It is a touching story and I would imagine if one had a long enough extension cord they could have powered the whole building, thereby really bringing his entreprenuer skills full cycle.

MORE POWER TO THEM.

[Sicon]

It occurs to me that if the daughter was his only child, and if the accident had actually been fatal to both...

This guy would have been a Darwin Award nominee!

Yeah, I know, cold and heartless. "Whatever" discount.