Entire family electrocuted...
 

An entire Florida family is electrocuted to death when an antenna they were trying to raise contacted a 13kv line. :oops:

Being a licensed amateur radio operator we hear these storys occassionally but the level of this tragity is staggering.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news..._electrocution

The death of a family doesn't seem to me to be fodder for jokes...

Indeed...

I guess I take this story a bit personal in that I knew a man whom was killed erecting a tower. Not by electrocution but the tower collapsed while he was some 60 feet in the air when it came down... on top of him. The man worked on antenna towers as a profession. He worked on towers up to several hundred feet tall. Everyone was quite shocked at the accident.

Erecting large antenna arrays is dangerous buisness. In fact I beleive (if I understand the story right) any professional erection service would have not taken the job nor could it have been permitted.

I heard of a train driver here in Sydney who train surfed, this with a 1500 V power line in close proximity! Needless to say, he was fired before he was fried!:o

Train surf?

An old fad, ride on top of any vehicle in the surfing position.

I remember those cub scouts and their leader getting the same results erecting a tent. Tragic.

who was joking?? :06:

I'm guessing the post was deleted.

What an awful way to go. I can't even begin to imagine...

Right... so they decided to poke their pole around a power line and got zapped? I should feel bad for them because...?

That's awfull. On a side note, if I ever die, please don't use my DRIVER's License photo on the evening news!:o

@ SteamWake and all other SS members...


I did not post #2. I don't and have never used the term "Dude" on this or any other website. Ever.

My password has been compromised.

Check the last edited by on your post ;)

I agree. As much as I feel bad for the surviving members of the family, there is always a price for stupidity. Sometimes it is your own life...

After watching the news video, I don't feel as bad for them. They were putting it up at 8:30 at night. If they had done it in the day time, this probably would not of happened.