‘Extremely risky’: Weber County sees increase in people hammocking on power lines

[fooferdoggie]

nothing like the hum of powerless to put you to sleep.

https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/extremely-risky-weber-county-sees-increase-in-people-hammocking-on-power-lines/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

 

[Renzatic]

I'd say warn people away from doing so, but otherwise let nature take its course. Once someone gets fried, his story will spread from there, and serve as a cautionary tale for everyone else to heed.

 

[fooferdoggie]

I'd say warn people away from doing so, but otherwise let nature take its course. Once someone gets fried, his story will spread from there, and serve as a cautionary tale for everyone else to heed.

especially if they leave them hanging as a deterrent.

 

[Alli]

Darwin Award worthy.

 

[Yoused]

especially if they leave them hanging as a deterrent.

hey, man, vultures gotta eat too

 

[Renzatic]

hey, man, vultures gotta eat too

Hell, they'll even come precooked. That's a luxury for most vultures.

 

[fooferdoggie]

hey, man, vultures gotta eat too

don't know if they like extra crispy though.

 

[Runs For Fun]

At first I thought these were just power lines, but these are high tension power lines. That’s even dumber!

 

[Yoused]

My brother was the one who observed that eagles would land on a wire and while perched there would take a crap and the stream would frequently contact another wire, leading to cooked bird. He talked to the power company and got them to change their wire patterns to reduce the likelihood of a lower one being in eagle-crap-trajectory with a higher one. It helped reduce eagle deaths somewhat.