The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Copper thieves who were after the cables between the Clark AB HF Receiver/Control Site and our (very large) antenna field opened up the wrong trough one night and cut through a power cable. It was a miracle nobody was killed, and it blacked out a sizeable chunk of the base for a while. We (and the hospital) ran on generator power until CE got everything fixed. Their ignorance was excusable, but in this case, someone has been almost criminally negligent.
Slight correction:
ReplyDeleteThat's what happens when you hire unskilled labor that can't understand instructions - and cautions - given in English.
Shocking. Just shocking (grin).
ReplyDeleteOne has to wonder how on earth he walked away from that.
ReplyDeleteFlashburns are likely, plus temporary blindness.
ReplyDeleteLucky he wasn't very badly injured.
Call for a locate......ALWAYS. Every time.
Copper thieves who were after the cables between the Clark AB HF Receiver/Control Site and our (very large) antenna field opened up the wrong trough one night and cut through a power cable. It was a miracle nobody was killed, and it blacked out a sizeable chunk of the base for a while. We (and the hospital) ran on generator power until CE got everything fixed. Their ignorance was excusable, but in this case, someone has been almost criminally negligent.
ReplyDeleteClark AB, Republic of Philippines, that is (before Mt. Pinatubo blew its top).
ReplyDeleteI was amped just watching it.
ReplyDeleteThe story is very current over here.
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