Both my cars taken out by high voltage power line

[Halo]

Bummer.  I'm surprised how now it's okay for lots more building and habitation near even big power lines.  

In the Nasty Surprise category, after parking and walking  toward a theater I heard a big bang and looked about 20 yards to my side to see a medium size power pole drop something from its high box in a shower of sparks.  Shattered the windshield of a Honda parked beneath it  

Not what you expect in a mall parking lot.

[Wolfala]

Originally posted by Dichotomy
interesting that I don't see any evidence of rust causing the pole to fall.  It must have been either a) severely overloaded or b) severely underdesigned for the loads.  

Somewhere one of my competitors is having a really bad day.

Very happy neither of you were hurt

Well,

That pole was underneath the high tension power line which came down on top of it from 100 feet up. There shouldn't be any corrosion on the light pole - if anything, it absorbed some of the energy that would've otherwise have been taken out on people nearby or other vehicles in the lot.

But imagine the energy imparted by something to take down a pole with 1/8inch thick steel or aluminum.

Wolf

[ramzey]

ouch, need a ride? call me

[Boroda]

Fortunately noone got hurt and you are both OK.

Alex, you probably remember how surprised I was looking at all that wooden poles and wires. They simply looked dangerous to me.

Good luck with insurance and repairs!

[Dichotomy]

Originally posted by Wolfala
Well,

That pole was underneath the high tension power line which came down on top of it from 100 feet up. There shouldn't be any corrosion on the light pole - if anything, it absorbed some of the energy that would've otherwise have been taken out on people nearby or other vehicles in the lot.

But imagine the energy imparted by something to take down a pole with 1/8inch thick steel or aluminum.

Wolf

Trust me I know. I design the things for a living.  

So the wires came down and hit the pole?  That explains a lot.  It looks to me like a steel pole based on the design and the fabricator tag.  

Based on the pics it appeared to me that someone had added things to it after construction.  

Just guessing it was a 20' pole with an 8 to 12 inch od base most likely .125 wall or possibly .179 depending on the light fixture and the local codes.  

Shearing that off would be over a 104 to 117 mph straight line wind.  

This is just supposition on my part based on the pics.

Again I'm glad nobody was hurt particularly a member of this community

[Estel]

"We shouldn't leave you alone." (c) unknown

Good that the whole **** ended without bodies and injured on the ground. In first it was an engine. Now cars. Looks like it's a time to make something like me. To leave your town for 3-4 days to live somewhere in a little town or a village. I'm now in Belozersk, little town 660 km away from Moscow. It's 1145 years old. And it have a lake 40kmx60km. So, you need to change surrounding. At least for few days.

[AWMac]

It's Photoshopped... look at the shadows.  









J/K'ing

Thank Gawd no one was killed or injured.  Make the Power Co pay for it all.



Mac