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05-18-2019, 10:20 AM
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Re: Russian Girl Takes Selfie and 6000 Volts
My uncle was going to be a high tension electrical engineer. Early in his career he was at a substation where a guy dropped a wrench and bent down to pick it up - without thinking. His head (didn't touch any wire) filled enough of the air gap between two insulators supplying 250,000V, that it arced through his head. He was instantly killed and the ensuing fireball that surrounded his body burned and eventually killed his partner. After watching this happen in front of him, my uncle changed careers and become a natural gas pipeline engineer.
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05-18-2019, 11:15 AM
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Re: Russian Girl Takes Selfie and 6000 Volts
hmmmm... so he prefers a slower and more painful death by burning?  |
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05-18-2019, 03:43 PM
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Re: Russian Girl Takes Selfie and 6000 Volts
Can one of our DR whiz bang researchers find the image off the phone that she took as the first sparks flew? That phone probably works fine! Any pre-death photos of the lady? |
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05-18-2019, 08:05 PM
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Re: Russian Girl Takes Selfie and 6000 Volts
Fire needs to touch you or lob fumes at you to kill you. It’s hot, smelly and overall hard to miss when heading for you. Electricity needs you to come closer... just a little bit closer... and there’s really no warning (other than the sign saying this is your turf since your diploma says you can arm wrestle Thor). |
