Skip to comments.
Man dies while trying to steal electrical wiring, police say
Q City Metro ^
| January 6, 2011
| Qcity Staff
Posted on 01/07/2011 5:19:03 PM PST by csvset
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-57 last
To: headstamp 2
IN many jurisdictions the other two idiots could easily be convicted of felony murder in the death of Tommy.
A lot of these electrical wire thieves think the wire lower on the pole is ground!It isn't!The upper wire is usually ground for lightning protection of the system.And standard voltages of 7200 or 13000 mean you don't even have to touch it before getting charged,it will jump or arc;you can see this at night with cracked insulators or poorly grounded pole hardware.Even if the thief get hold of only the 115 line ,the ampacity of the wire means he will get more amperage and is not protected by a ground-fault-interrupter as one would be in newer construction.
41
posted on
01/07/2011 8:41:10 PM PST
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
To: hoosierham
Main power 13,400 will blow the meat off your arm if you are near it.
To: KoRn; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
![](http://www.qcitymetro.com/uploads/image/freeman(1).jpg)
"I AM A LOAD RESISTOR! MY LIFE IS DULL, THEN BRIEFLY EXCITING, THEN OVER!"
43
posted on
01/08/2011 12:36:07 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Clay Moore
Watt do you guess Sparky was humming a 60 cycle tune of ohm, ohm as he plummeted to the ground? And he probably offered very little resistance. (sorry, couldn't help myself)
44
posted on
01/08/2011 1:09:46 AM PST
by
Bob
To: csvset
Justice is served... well done.
Death is not justice for thievery in this country. You must have been thinking you were in Saudi Arabia.
To: LanaTurnerOverdrive
I don’t feel too sorry for the idiot.
One could say this was an attack on infrastructure, and to be sure if some innocent person relied on home medical equipment with one of these clowns trying to make a quick buck THEY’d be the one in deep “stuff”, even with backups.
Darwin has his due.
46
posted on
01/08/2011 2:47:29 AM PST
by
Fire_on_High
(Stupid should hurt.)
To: csvset
Famous last words were “ Hey, watch this!”
47
posted on
01/08/2011 3:50:17 AM PST
by
Artie
To: Bob
And he probably offered very little resistance.
I wonder if he screamed, "Oh, that really HERTZ!" before he expired.
To: LanaTurnerOverdrive
Justice is served... well done.It was a play on his name and his condition.
The state didn't kill him, so why mention Saudi Arabia's laws ?
No, it was his own greed and stupidity coupled with electricity that brought about his demise.
These drink and drug addled amateur saboteurs are a blight and a detriment to society. The fact that they often do themselves in is a benefit to society.
If any law was applied here, I'd guess it was Ohm's law.
49
posted on
01/08/2011 5:27:42 AM PST
by
csvset
To: Slings and Arrows
World’s most dangerous professions:
1. Active military
2. Police officer
3. Fire fighter
4. Copper thief...
50
posted on
01/08/2011 5:56:28 AM PST
by
TheOldLady
("...neither the Democrats NOR THE REPUBLICANS heard us in 2010." - Lazamataz)
To: goseminoles
Yep. Gulty as charged. Perhaps his co-defendants had a spark of empathy. But I feel sorry for their current situation. You should be serving time in the pun-itentiary!
To: dearolddad
Hey, that’s just how I’m wired. I’m just amped up because today is my 40th birthday...
To: TheOldLady
Needs to be more dangerous.
53
posted on
01/08/2011 8:32:21 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: goseminoles
"Im just amped up because today is my 40th birthday..."![](http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:vjjJoBXp3vG9gM:http://msp60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/grocejb/Sam-Art-Bugs-Happy-Birthday.jpg&t=1)
Happy Birthday! eh, enjoy da cake. ;o)
54
posted on
01/08/2011 8:35:07 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: LanaTurnerOverdrive
Excuse me, but horse thieves were promptly HUNG!
To: csvset
“...using bolt cutters in an attempt to snip though a live electrical wire...”
How drunk do you have to be to think *that* is a good idea?
56
posted on
01/08/2011 9:56:29 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(Thanks for fixing the clock.)
To: Slings and Arrows
57
posted on
01/09/2011 8:53:35 AM PST
by
TheOldLady
("...neither the Democrats NOR THE REPUBLICANS heard us in 2010." - Lazamataz)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-57 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson