Down power

[Minuteman]

 

[quogueelectric]

I cant open link

 

[Minuteman]

We had several small tornadoes today.

A large gust of wind/rain/hail hit while I was driving. I tuned and there was down power lines everywhere. There was a car under a down pole, and a guy was standing nearby, wanting to get close enough to look in, but was smart enough to stay back. The windshield was busted up, air bag was deployed. I parked and went over to the car. The driver was knocked out.

Here is the reason for my post. The power poles were down for better than a mile. Countless cars wiggled their way through and kept driving. At a few point, there were don line within a foot or two of where they drove.

I went back to my van and turned it side ways to block the north bound traffic (I was south of the first damaged pole). I put on my orange rain jacket and directed traffic for about 45 minutes. EMS, fire trucks, cops, and POCO all did their jobs, until a cop pulled up by me and said that he's got it and thanked me.

I took a few pics with my phone, but am having trouble uploading them.

What gets me is... The POCO has had tons of public service commercials about staying away from down line. Why would these people drive right next to them? Some of the poles were only partly broken and the wind was still blowing hard.

Anyway, the small twisters hit several homes. We do a lot of work with a GC that handles only insurance claims. I already have 2 damaged home appointments in the morning.

 

[SEO]

People feel that it can't happen to me.

 

[Minuteman]

 

[quogueelectric]

We had several small tornadoes today.

A large gust of wind/rain/hail hit while I was driving. I tuned and there was down power lines everywhere. There was a car under a down pole, and a guy was standing nearby, wanting to get close enough to look in, but was smart enough to stay back. The windshield was busted up, air bag was deployed. I parked and went over to the car. The driver was knocked out.

Here is the reason for my post. The power poles were down for better than a mile. Countless cars wiggled their way through and kept driving. At a few point, there were don line within a foot or two of where they drove.

I went back to my van and turned it side ways to block the north bound traffic (I was south of the first damaged pole). I put on my orange rain jacket and directed traffic for about 45 minutes. EMS, fire trucks, cops, and POCO all did their jobs, until a cop pulled up by me and said that he's got it and thanked me.

I took a few pics with my phone, but am having trouble uploading them.

What gets me is... The POCO has had tons of public service commercials about staying away from down line. Why would these people drive right next to them? Some of the poles were only partly broken and the wind was still blowing hard.

Anyway, the small twisters hit several homes. We do a lot of work with a GC that handles only insurance claims. I already have 2 damaged home appointments in the morning.

Because electricity seeking ground is a big MYTH and ground rods by them selves cant trip ocpds of course. So just keep driving bye.

 

[byourdesky]

The tires they are on are made of rubber, right? ....so whats the problem?

 

[brian john]

The tires they are on are made of rubber, right? ....so whats the problem?

In regards to Lightning and high voltage lines. Lightning jumps from the clouds to Earth, I doubt a little Good Year tire is going to be much of a deterrent. Same goes for high voltage lines depending on the voltage present.