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BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts) Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:04 AM Oct 2020

Can't fix stupid': Police alarmed after Trump supporter hangs 2020 sign from live electrical wires

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/cant-fix-stupid-police-alarmed-after-trump-supporter-hangs-2020-sign-from-live-electrical-wi

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Can't fix stupid': Police alarmed after Trump supporter hangs 2020 sign from live electrical wires (Original Post) BigBearJohn Oct 2020 OP

Came real close to the stupid fixing itself, however. BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #1

A proud graduate of the Dunning-Kruger Sign Making School? Newest Reality Oct 2020 #2

The picture is kind of unclear, but those may not be power lines. IowaGuy Oct 2020 #3

Alarmed but not surprised. Sneederbunk Oct 2020 #4

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)

1. Came real close to the stupid fixing itself, however.

Reply to BigBearJohn (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:06 AM

Oct 2020

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

2. A proud graduate of the Dunning-Kruger Sign Making School?

Reply to BigBearJohn (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:11 AM

Oct 2020

IowaGuy

(778 posts)

3. The picture is kind of unclear, but those may not be power lines.

Reply to BigBearJohn (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:16 AM

Oct 2020

These may be communication lines, either telephone or cable TV/Internet. Those lines are almost always run lower than power lines on poles. While I agree that messing with anything on power pole structures is not advisable for a non-electrician, communications lines pose no threat in and of themselves re: deadly voltage / amperages or ground fault issues.

Sneederbunk

(14,290 posts)

4. Alarmed but not surprised.

Reply to BigBearJohn (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 12:34 PM

Oct 2020

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