cook
member
Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 1750
Loc: in my underwear
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Not to get too deep,but almost bit the big one.
Working on a new house with my son-in-law,putting up trusses with a crane.He was hooking them up,and I was useing a strap to guide them to the crew on the roof.Crane operator zigged when he should of zagged about 4 hours into it,and hit the power line. Happened so quick,I'm not sure what happened,the flash blinded me for a few seconds...all I felt was a tingle and a shockwave.The crew told us later the lines were bouncing around for a while...found out later it was a 4,200 line.
EMS and the elec. workers told us it was a miracle any of us survived.No injuries,but 10-30 minutes later,the 3 of us(me,son,crane operator)were shaking pretty bad as we relized how close it was...things like this result in fatalities more often than not.
I guess it takes things like this to remind you how to enjoy each day you have,and not be stuck in a rut.
Stayed in bed all day Sunday and watched football,seeing all the snow,while I turn on the ac because it was 87 down here..don't miss that mess at all!
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halfasmuch
action hero
Reged: 12/14/05
Posts: 4349
Loc: Upper Oakville
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Sorry, Tony is already the electrical miracle survivor on here.
-------------------- The difference between genius and stupidity
is that genius has its limits.
-Albert Einstein
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redleg
Enzyte - one a day!
Reged: 12/13/05
Posts: 6002483
Loc: Big Rock Candy Mountain
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Dayum cook,,,,,,you almost got COOKED,,,,,be careful would ya,,,ya gotta spain to me sometime how to fix a fillet that falls apart when it sees a fork.
-------------------- A gun is like a parachute, if you need one and don't have one, you'll prolly never need one again.
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