Definitely not a way to reduce light pollution

Don’t Mess with Electrical Equipment
A 20-year-old man was electrocuted in California when he broke into the base of
a streetlight and attempted to sever a ¾-inch electrical wire carrying 4,000
volts. The young man had wanted to darken the street to help his 17-year-old
sister get a better view of the Perseid meteor shower. (Source: Long Beach
Press-Telegram

http://www.midlandpower.com/Electric.../case_studies/

FWIW
Sofjan Mustopoh

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A 20-year-old man was electrocuted in California when he broke into the base of
a streetlight and attempted to sever a ¾-inch electrical wire carrying 4,000
volts. The young man had wanted to darken the street to help his 17-year-old
sister get a better view of the Perseid meteor shower. (Source: Long Beach
Press-Telegram


Sofjan Mustopoh

Our first brave (but foolish) martyr to the anti-light-pollution campaign?

Chris.B

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A 20-year-old man was electrocuted in California when he broke into the
base of
a streetlight and attempted to sever a ¾-inch electrical wire
carrying 4,000
volts. The young man had wanted to darken the street to help his
17-year-old
sister get a better view of the Perseid meteor shower. (Source: Long
Beach
Press-Telegram


Sofjan Mustopoh

Our first brave (but foolish) martyr to the anti-light-pollution
campaign?

Chris.B

More likely, the first astronomer to receive a Darwin award. My old skipper
had a saying, "The stupid shall be punished."

Clear skies,

Tom

More likely, the first astronomer to
receive a Darwin award.

He has. Someone loaned me their two volume set, and he's in there.
Marty

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A 20-year-old man was electrocuted in California when he broke into the
base of
a streetlight and attempted to sever a �¾-inch electrical wire
carrying 4,000
volts. The young man had wanted to darken the street to help his
17-year-old
sister get a better view of the Perseid meteor shower. (Source: Long
Beach
Press-Telegram


Sofjan Mustopoh

Our first brave (but foolish) martyr to the anti-light-pollution
campaign?

Chris.B

More likely, the first astronomer to receive a Darwin award. My old skipper
had a saying, "The stupid shall be punished."

Or maybe: Survival of the fittest........

Magnus

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ONOJUNK (Sofjan) wrote in message
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A 20-year-old man was electrocuted in California when he broke into the
base of
a streetlight and attempted to sever a �¾-inch electrical wire
carrying 4,000
volts. The young man had wanted to darken the street to help his
17-year-old
sister get a better view of the Perseid meteor shower. (Source: Long
Beach
Press-Telegram


Sofjan Mustopoh

Our first brave (but foolish) martyr to the anti-light-pollution
campaign?

Chris.B

More likely, the first astronomer to receive a Darwin award. My old skipper
had a saying, "The stupid shall be punished."

Clear skies,

Tom




Just another one of the thousand points of light.....

ONOJUNK (Sofjan) wrote in message ...
Don’t Mess with Electrical Equipment
A 20-year-old man was electrocuted in California when he broke into the base of
a streetlight and attempted to sever a ¾-inch electrical wire carrying 4,000
volts. The young man had wanted to darken the street to help his 17-year-old
sister get a better view of the Perseid meteor shower. (Source: Long Beach
Press-Telegram

http://www.midlandpower.com/Electric.../case_studies/

FWIW
Sofjan Mustopoh

I recommend the 'bird-be-gone', aka a b.b. gun.

Steve O.

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More likely, the first astronomer to receive a Darwin award.

Not quite; two German candidates, trying to get a better look at the
ultimate light polluter, and a clueless Colombian panicked over an
event on the other side of the ocean, grabbed the award 2 days before
Scott Millett did:

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-35.html

Here is Mr. Millett's story:

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-36.html
http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-37.html

My old skipper
had a saying, "The stupid shall be punished."

"...But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence
is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out
automatically and without pity."
--Robert A. Heinlein

Unfortunately for the Colombian man's wife, being married to a stupid
person may carry the same penalty.


Clear skies!

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A 20-year-old man was electrocuted in California when he broke into the
base of
a streetlight and attempted to sever a ¾-inch electrical wire
carrying 4,000
volts. The young man had wanted to darken the street to help his
17-year-old
sister get a better view of the Perseid meteor shower. (Source: Long
Beach
Press-Telegram

Our first brave (but foolish) martyr to the anti-light-pollution
campaign?

More like a candidate for one of the minor Darwin Awards . . . except the
fool lived. ^_^

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ONOJUNK (Sofjan) wrote in message
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A 20-year-old man was electrocuted in California when he broke into
the
base of
a streetlight and attempted to sever a �¾-inch electrical wire
carrying 4,000
volts. The young man had wanted to darken the street to help his
17-year-old
sister get a better view of the Perseid meteor shower. (Source: Long
Beach
Press-Telegram

Our first brave (but foolish) martyr to the anti-light-pollution
campaign?

More likely, the first astronomer to receive a Darwin award. My old
skipper
had a saying, "The stupid shall be punished."

Clear skies,

Just another one of the thousand points of light.....

Yes, as Max Headroom once said, "Get Zik-Zak's 10,000 volt Chr r r ris tian
Converter! Plug yourself in and your friends will see the light . . . a
very LARGE flash of light !" ^_^