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  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #3988  by Shellie
 Tue Jan 28, 2003 8:14 pm
<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/865587.asp?vt ... 0031645</a>

Wow..kid saved by the telephone cables.</div>

 #3990  by Tessian
 Tue Jan 28, 2003 8:44 pm
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>and they say above ground telephone wires serve no purpose :)</div>

 #4005  by Shellie
 Tue Jan 28, 2003 10:47 pm
<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>heh hes damn lucky he didnt land on the power lines!!</div>

 #4010  by Tessian
 Wed Jan 29, 2003 12:29 am
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>well...if you grab a powerline with BOTH hands at the same time to maintain the circuit them you'll be alright...but the chances of doing that in this situation is insane</div>

 #4011  by Kupek
 Wed Jan 29, 2003 12:44 am
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>No, you don't even need to use both hands. As long as you're not touching something at a different potential (i.e., the ground), you won't complete the circuit, and you're fine.</div>

 #4013  by Shellie
 Wed Jan 29, 2003 2:05 am
<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>right....as far as I know..you have to touch both the live wire and the ground to get electrocuted...his feet were on the ground wire..he was clinging to the telephone wire</div>

 #4016  by Kupek
 Wed Jan 29, 2003 7:59 am
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>And if he had touched the power line, as far as I understand, he would have been screwed.</div>