I, too, have seen a live wire on the ground. It was particularly distressing because at the time I was living in a community house (13 people) and there were people coming and going at all hours and no way to warn the people coming home that the back door, which was used most often, wasn't particulary safe. Also the power company didn't seem too disturbed by imminent electrocution. Luckily no one was hurt. ============================================ Deborah Schamber UW System Institute on Race & Ethnicity -----Original Message----- At 14:26 05/08/2002, JimMuth@aol.com wrote:
After a day without power and a live wire sparking and sputtering on the ground in the alley beside Fractal central,
That's something I've never understood - if that's a power line you're referring to then in this country such an insult to the supply would cause a circuit breaker to jump out and the whole line would've gone dead (and the line company would be alerted). You just don't see live wires sparking and sputtering on the ground - after all, that represents lost revenue to the line company. Morgan L. Owens "Safety regulations alone demand it." _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint