One last, BEST, Darwin award for 2017??

[thunderchicken]

Precisely why I have never had any desire to be an electrician (or lineman etc). Also one of the biggest reasons I HATE hybrid and electric cars. Sure we can disable them by pulling the master disconnect. But we have to wear linesman gloves with a pair of leather gloves over those. Just knowing it's 600+AC volts makes me cringe.

 

[dung]

Google "copper thief electrocution photos", they're pretty gruesome.

That is almost as bad as googling "scrotal Hematoma"

 

[churchmouse]

Precisely why I have never had any desire to be an electrician (or lineman etc). Also one of the biggest reasons I HATE hybrid and electric cars. Sure we can disable them by pulling the master disconnect. But we have to wear linesman gloves with a pair of leather gloves over those. Just knowing it's 600+AC volts makes me cringe.

I have worked in/on/around High Voltage my entire life. I learned to respect it.
It does exist even though it is invisible.

 

[olhorseman]

One of the dude's names was "Bernie" but spelled in alternative urban style........with a "u".

Burn(ie)?

 

[Old Dog]

Local REMC had a live safety demonstration back in the 70s. Long pole, package of hotdogs, and 8k volts. I will never forget that sound, hair still stands up on my arm just thinking about it.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Probably looked like this.

 

[actaeon277]

Guy on drugs walks on a power line

[video=youtube;Ppt9a3v8n9A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppt9a3v8n9A[/video]

 

[halfmileharry]

This Darwin fella ya'll keep bring up... I'm thinkin' I likes his thinkin'.

(For all you folks that worry about the southern venacular disappearin')

 

[actaeon277]

If you are in a car that hits a power line, this might help.

Safety video (dramatization)

[video=youtube;fLVzvMTgGDY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLVzvMTgGDY[/video]

 

[femurphy77]

Probably looked like this.

Gotta love the classics!

 

[indykid]

Don't know about the last Darwin award, but definitely instant Karma!

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Gotta love the classics!

Yep. Still shocking after all these years...

 

[femurphy77]

Yep. Still shocking after all these years...

Booo! Boooo!!

 

[rhino]

 

[Tactically Fat]

I've seen this done in person! It's pretty neat to light up a pickle.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

I met a guy when I started cooping for the Jackson Utility Division that had a big chunk missing out of each palm of his hand from an accident where some driver collided with his bucket truck and caused him to lose balance and guess what he grabbed when he reflexively reached out to keep from falling out of his bucket...

How he survived, I don't know. You don't know how fortunate I count myself for never having an injury accident on my watch during my career.

My Brother in law was working on the AC unit on an overhead crane at a mill, everything was supposed to be locked out but wasn't. He went to move a piece of pipe that was in the way and hit a live wire. He got very lucky, it went in his fingers and back out his palm. Slight nerve damage to two fingers and blew a chunk of skin out of his palm about the size of a half dollar.

He said all he remembers was going to move the pipe and then lying on his back with a couple of people standing over him asking if he was alright.

 

[printcraft]

Ironic if their nicknames were Sparky and Juice.

When the police arrested them they told the perps to stop resisting.

I've seen this done in person! It's pretty neat to light up a pickle.

When she has skills that pay the bills......

 

[rhino]

When the police arrested them they told the perps to stop resisting.

Ohms my God! I currently think that pun has great potential, but watt do I know?