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Posted by mm on May 13, 2006, 9:56 pm
On Thu, 11 May 2006 22:38:35 -0400, gfretwell@aol.com wrote:
>wrote:
>
>>It took until Wednesday for someone to say how the girl was killed
>>last Friday in Baltimore.
>>
>>It seems that the fence she was touching went in AFTER the power line
>>beneath it. The power line went to a light pole maybe 50 feet away
>>used to illuminate the softball field.
>>
>>The fence was not the backstop, iiuc, but a 3 1/2 foot tall chain link
>>fence near the backstop. There was a cement footing for the pole, but
>>the pole extended about a quarter inch below the cement, and rested on
>>the cable. Eventually, it wore through the insulation and touched the
>>hot wire. It also cut the neutral wire**, although I don't know yet
>>if that is thought to have anything to do with the electrocution.
>>
>>Why her? Doing her stretching before the game, she touched both this
>>first fence and another fence a couple feet away. One was hot and the
>>other was a ground.
>>
>>
>>**I don't know who it did all this with only a quarter inch, but
>>that's what they said and what their diagram showed.
>>
>>The fence over the electric cable was built 20 or 30 years ago.
>>
>>
>>No one seems to remember who built it. Would they, should they have
>>checked for electric cables underneath 20 or 30 years ago? By using
>>maps or were there detectors in use then?
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>I doubt anyone even had a clute there was a wire there.
>A GFCI would have saved he, as, very likely, would a person who knew
>CPR.
She was breathing erratically but still breathing. If she was
breathing at all, I think that means her heart was beating.
I've also heard, although only once, that CPR is unlikely to save
someone's life. That they make a big deal when it works but it
usually doesn't. That's no reason not to try of course in cases where
the person isn't breathing or has no pulse.
Even GFCI's you speak about as if it was certain it would save someone
from electrocution. I have never heard anyone say it was certain.
(What voltage is used by the lights at athletic fields, btw?)
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