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Fort Lauderdale man electrocuted (Dies trying to set up radio antennas)
South Florida Sun Sentinel ^
| February 28, 2010
| Rachel Hatzipanagos
Posted on 02/28/2010 4:53:02 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
A 27-year-old man trying to set up an antenna for a pirate radio station was electrocuted in the backyard of his home Sunday, a Fort Lauderdale police spokesman said.
Authorities were called to the home on the 1100 block of Northwest 18th Court about noon, said the spokesman, Frank Sousa. Details were sketchy, but authorities said the electrocution appeared to be accidental.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: antennas; electrocution; fortlauderdale
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To: ConservativeStatement
” the electrocution appeared to be accidental.”
As opposed to deliberately electorcuting yourself?
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posted on
02/28/2010 4:56:36 PM PST
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Could just be an elaborate suicide.
To: historyrepeatz
And no, I wasn’t serious.
To: ConservativeStatement
Sometimes stupid is punishable by death.
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posted on
02/28/2010 4:59:15 PM PST
by
Haiku Guy
(If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be your slave.)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
02/28/2010 4:59:20 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
To: ConservativeStatement
".. a pirate radio station.." Arrr..and now the weather mateys.
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posted on
02/28/2010 4:59:53 PM PST
by
Jaxter
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I remember when on-roof TV antennas had this huge graphic with the words YOU WILL BE KILLED and then all the ways that might happen.
I guess they don’t put that on radio antennae.
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:01:06 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
( Tagline lost -- anyone seen it?)
To: ConservativeStatement
Pirate radio station in his backyard?
Not very smart to start with.
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:01:58 PM PST
by
Leo Carpathian
(fffffFRrrreeeeepppeeee-ssed!)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:04:06 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: ConservativeStatement
It sounds like he touched a 5 kilovolt local line (the last level of transmission before the pole pig that steps down to the household 120-0-120).
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:04:58 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Bratch
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:05:01 PM PST
by
Sawdring
To: ConservativeStatement
He leaves behind a wife and five children.
He must have been holding the antenna and it came in contact with the service line to the house.
It reminds me of an incident in Ocean County, NJ almost 20 years ago.
A man had saved up and purchased an aluminum masted boat. There was some assembly required. He and his son were going down the street to the boat launch pushing the boat on a carrier, and the whole neighborhood came out, excited for this man to realize his dream.
The mast touched a power line and the man and his son were killed instantly.
Be careful out there Freepers—a moment of carelessness is not overlooked by electricity or gravity.
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:06:16 PM PST
by
exit82
(Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Funny, I could have sworn he did it on purpose!
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:07:06 PM PST
by
Doc Savage
(SOBAMP!)
To: Bratch
What’s he got up on that table?
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:07:23 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:07:56 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Political Philosophy: I Own Me (yep, boiled down to 6 letters))
To: Jaxter
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:08:02 PM PST
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:09:02 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: garyhope
Suicide by stupidity?
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:10:01 PM PST
by
verity
(Obama Lies)
To: historyrepeatz
And his friend inside “RIGHT THERE BOB, THAT’S PERFECT”
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posted on
02/28/2010 5:10:28 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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