Electric shock leaves man clinging to life

Misc CDN | 206671 hits | May 04 6:03 am | Posted by: Benn

One man was flown to hospital in critical condition Sunday after receiving a severe electric shock while launching model rockets east of Calgary.

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by uwish
Tue May 04, 2010 5:54 pm
he died this morning.
by BartSimpson
Tue May 04, 2010 5:57 pm
Sad to say, but he's made a teachable moment out of avoiding power lines.
by Freakinoldguy
Tue May 04, 2010 9:22 pm
"uwish" said
he died this morning.

I'm sorry to hear that but on the plus side he'll be in the running for the Darwin Awards.

Don't people think before acting?
by Public_Domain
Tue May 04, 2010 9:34 pm
by Bodah
Tue May 04, 2010 10:01 pm
Sad story,

A couple of summers ago here kids went diving off a hyrdo tower, each one of these towers clearly have the "don't climb electrocution signs". One of the kids when to the top of the tower held onto one of the live wires before jumping off was killed instantly. Horrific for his friends I'm sure.
by uwish
Wed May 05, 2010 7:49 pm
most people realize that 'touching' them is bad, what they do not know is, at 20kv the air is not a good insulator. That much voltage easily breaks down the dielectric of the air and you can get arching. Hence, even 5 feet from the power line a non-conductive material can still take a hit just because the potential difference is so high.

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