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So people who have survived lightning hits are aliens or some shit?Finray wrote:
Eh? They used a fraction of the power of real lightning, and got >6mA across the heart, plenty to kill you. If you had real lightning, you'd be very well cooked.DrunkFace wrote:
Mythbusters is full of shit half the time. This is one of those times.Finray wrote:
Mythbusters did it. Busted.
awww a liddle bit ov snow got you all cold and fweezy awww diddumsJohnG@lt wrote:
Again
I love winter but this is getting to be a bit much.
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 … CF2593.jpg
Everything had melted over the last two days and there was grass showing... No more.
What you have there is a light snowfall my friend. Get back to us when you have some proper snow yeh?
- Superior Mind
- (not macbeth)
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I looked out my window just now. (10 in the morning) We got dumped on all night. Piles of fucking snow. Fins, Danes, and Canadians can go shut up now.
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Last edited by Superior Mind (2010-02-26 07:27:37)
Here's what it looks like today. Gonna keep snowing all day and all night today (it's 10:30 AM right now).
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
lol I didn't even notice that car at the bottom of the pic until awhile after
if it's your car you really ought to clear it before it gets worse
if it's your car you really ought to clear it before it gets worse
Last edited by Mekstizzle (2010-02-26 07:35:52)
My phys ed teacher in elementary school was hit by lightning three times.NooBesT wrote:
So people who have survived lightning hits are aliens or some shit?Finray wrote:
Eh? They used a fraction of the power of real lightning, and got >6mA across the heart, plenty to kill you. If you had real lightning, you'd be very well cooked.DrunkFace wrote:
Mythbusters is full of shit half the time. This is one of those times.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
let it snow let it snow let it snow
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Lucky circumstances.NooBesT wrote:
So people who have survived lightning hits are aliens or some shit?Finray wrote:
Eh? They used a fraction of the power of real lightning, and got >6mA across the heart, plenty to kill you. If you had real lightning, you'd be very well cooked.DrunkFace wrote:
Mythbusters is full of shit half the time. This is one of those times.
yea a lot of snow threads lol
Rebel.m3thod wrote:
denmark doesnt use the euro.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
yell.
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
Like?Finray wrote:
Lucky circumstances.NooBesT wrote:
So people who have survived lightning hits are aliens or some shit?Finray wrote:
Eh? They used a fraction of the power of real lightning, and got >6mA across the heart, plenty to kill you. If you had real lightning, you'd be very well cooked.
~ snow is finally melting here in Germany. It's been on the streets since 17 of December i guess...pissing me off
My school called off at 5:30, 1 hour before I wake up. Good thing.
Everything we got last night is all fucking gone It's 3 degrees at the moment.
i has rainstorm
fuck you guys
fuck you guys
Clear skys but cold here.
What the hell is all that white stuff in those pics
It really isn't terribly difficult. You pull out the old wires, shoot the new wires down the tube, and then you're done. Certainly cheaper and easier than replacing longer aerial spans.JohnG@lt wrote:
It doesn't snow enough to justify burying them for anything other than aesthetic reasons. Have fun replacing your buried wires when the time comes.FloppY_ wrote:
I love seeing pictures like that from the US...
I don't think we've had powerlines like that since the 80's over here...
Like looking at the past with modern gadgets...
yea this^west-phoenix-az wrote:
What the hell is all that white stuff in those pics
my white stuff
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You're talking about tearing up roads and inconveniencing millions of people in a highly populated area for mostly aesthetic reasons. The utility company is not state owned, it is private, and therefor does not own the road. It would require permits in order to do any work which would lead to civil complaints and thus work stoppages. I'll pay the few extra pennies a year in utility rates rather than deal with the inconvenience and noise associated with road construction.mikkel wrote:
It really isn't terribly difficult. You pull out the old wires, shoot the new wires down the tube, and then you're done. Certainly cheaper and easier than replacing longer aerial spans.JohnG@lt wrote:
It doesn't snow enough to justify burying them for anything other than aesthetic reasons. Have fun replacing your buried wires when the time comes.FloppY_ wrote:
I love seeing pictures like that from the US...
I don't think we've had powerlines like that since the 80's over here...
Like looking at the past with modern gadgets...
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
There's rarely any need for tearing up anything other than a few locations along the line when replacing wiring, as it is typically laid in conduits through which you can pull old cable and push new cable.JohnG@lt wrote:
You're talking about tearing up roads and inconveniencing millions of people in a highly populated area..mikkel wrote:
It really isn't terribly difficult. You pull out the old wires, shoot the new wires down the tube, and then you're done. Certainly cheaper and easier than replacing longer aerial spans.JohnG@lt wrote:
It doesn't snow enough to justify burying them for anything other than aesthetic reasons. Have fun replacing your buried wires when the time comes.
The reasons are anything but mostly aesthetic. The reasons are primarily of reliability, safety and efficiency.JohnG@lt wrote:
.. for mostly aesthetic reasons.
There are many, many, many private companies all over the world establishing vast underground infrastructure without incurring anything as dramatic as you make it sound.JohnG@lt wrote:
The utility company is not state owned, it is private, and therefor does not own the road. It would require permits in order to do any work which would lead to civil complaints and thus work stoppages.
I've been in the U.S. for a month, and I've gone through my first two power outages. I've also experienced power outages during each of the past five leisure visits I have made, none of which have been for longer than 4 weeks. I lived in Denmark for 23 years, and I can count the power outages I've experienced in my home on one hand. You may live in an area with a more reliable infrastructure, but I consider your complaints about the relatively brief periods of construction during which the infrastructure would be installed to be completely insignificant compared to the massive increase in reliability gained.JohnG@lt wrote:
I'll pay the few extra pennies a year in utility rates rather than deal with the inconvenience and noise associated with road construction.
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I haven't experienced a power outage since I was in the Army and forgot to fuel the generator one day That was 5 1/2 years ago. Before that? Maybe once when I was a kid.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
Yeah, as suggested the need for increased reliability really depends on where you live, but there are a whole lot of places in which aerial infrastructure just does not cut it. I'm noticing a lot of 'here and now, as cheap as possible' infrastructure around here that seems to really be coming back to bite people in their asses. Especially with regards to utilities.JohnG@lt wrote:
I haven't experienced a power outage since I was in the Army and forgot to fuel the generator one day That was 5 1/2 years ago. Before that? Maybe once when I was a kid.