Decaying infrastructure is murdering Americans

2011-09-01 14:45:19

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5941|College Park, MD

Boy would it suck to be walking along and suddenly get killed by stray electricity

Video:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id= … ncol;lst;2

It happened to 14-year-old Deanna Green in Baltimore in 2006. Her father Anthony says the ground was wet -- when Deanna touched a park fence at softball practice. Nobody knew it - but the fence was charged by frayed lighting wires buried underneath. 227 volts killed her instantly.

"Never in a thousand years would you think that while you were there, and while your child was standing in front of you - you would lose her in such a manner," says Deanna's mother Nancy. "It's devastating."

Our Jacksonville survey found a dozen hazards in public places where kids play and anyone could come in contact. The 127 volts on one light pole was enough to light a bulb - without a socket.

"We'll put some safety cones around it, some safety tape," says Kalokitis. "Then, we can alert the utility and they can come take a look at it.

Nobody tracks contact voltage injuries nationwide. There are media reports of 19 deaths in 13 states since the early 1990's.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/ … eoMetaInfo

You know, I'm not so sure a power company has any incentive whatsoever to make sure its equipment is A-OK. It's not like you can tell them to fuck off and switch to another company.

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2011-09-01 14:49:50

#2

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5598|London, England

You can sue them.

"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

2011-09-01 14:50:32

#3

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5598|London, England

19 deaths in 20 years. Fuck off with this useless thread.

"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

2011-09-01 14:57:36

#4

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7011|PNW

I guess we'd better raise taxes to 90% so this kind of thing won't happen.

2011-09-01 15:13:32

#5

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5941|College Park, MD

Jay wrote:
19 deaths in 20 years. Fuck off with this useless thread.

u mad

2011-09-01 15:17:44

#6

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5598|London, England

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
Jay wrote:
19 deaths in 20 years. Fuck off with this useless thread.
u mad

Why create the thread?

"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

2011-09-01 19:37:15

#7

lowing: Banned; +1,662|6891|USA

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
Jay wrote:
19 deaths in 20 years. Fuck off with this useless thread.
u mad

He is always mad, don't worry bout it. Play with it, mold it, enjoy it.

2011-09-01 22:06:09

#8

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5941|College Park, MD

lowing wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
Jay wrote:
19 deaths in 20 years. Fuck off with this useless thread.
u mad
He is always mad, don't worry bout it. Play with it, mold it, enjoy it.

sounds like my *insert day of the week* night!

2011-09-01 23:02:53

#9

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6840|132 and Bush

I thought the stimulus money was going to fix most of this. ..herm.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2011-09-01 23:04:22

#10

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6914|Canberra, AUS

Out of curiosity how much of the stimulus money has actually stayed in America? Ie. hasn't been invested by banks etc. in overseas emerging markets?

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-09-01 23:15:10

#11

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6831

Spark wrote:
Out of curiosity how much of the stimulus money has actually stayed in America? Ie. hasn't been invested by banks etc. in overseas emerging markets?

About the same ratio as a pimp lets an abused hooker keep...

2011-09-01 23:18:03

#12

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6914|Canberra, AUS

Bit stupid then.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-09-01 23:22:47

#13

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6840|132 and Bush

Play around here http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2011-09-01 23:24:30

#14

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6831

Spark wrote:
Bit stupid then.

'I'm going to describe to you how Congress is - and if you don't like it, that's going to get in your way of understanding it. The theory describes Congress as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And it agrees fully with past history. So I hope you can accept Congress as She is - absurd.'

2011-09-01 23:49:24

#15

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6914|Canberra, AUS

rdx-fx wrote:
Spark wrote:
Bit stupid then.
'I'm going to describe to you how Congress is - and if you don't like it, that's going to get in your way of understanding it. The theory describes Congress as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And it agrees fully with past history. So I hope you can accept Congress as She is - absurd.'

Haha touche.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-09-02 04:04:48

#16

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6651|'Murka

Kmar wrote:
I thought the stimulus money was going to fix most of this. ..herm.

"...shovel ready..."

or not

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2011-09-02 08:02:58

#17

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6708

So let me get this straight Hurri.

You think that the government needs to do much more to improve the infrastructure, and at the same time you want Ron Paul, who is against all forms of income tax, to be president?

2011-09-02 08:35:46

#18

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5941|College Park, MD

Doctor Strangelove wrote:
So let me get this straight Hurri.

You think that the government needs to do much more to improve the infrastructure, and at the same time you want Ron Paul, who is against all forms of income tax, to be president?

my thread was hyperbole, and I definitely think that LOCAL governments ought to be the ones improving infrastructure because it's a LOCAL issue.

keep your smug liberal sunglasses to yourself, hippie

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