11/05/2009
Shocking: NYC is an Electrical Hazard
Check out these maps of NYC, indicating areas of stray voltage in the city, via City Room:
"The Jodie S. Lane Public Safety Foundation has created a Web site that incorporates a database of all the incidents of stray voltage found by Consolidated Edison since January 2004. It maps the location of more than 31,900 objects, like fences, manholes and sidewalks, that have been electrified by stray voltage and 930 shocks of people or pets that have been recorded during that period. The map is the brainchild of Roger M. Lane, whose 30-year-old daughter, Jodie, was electrocuted in January 2004 on a slush-covered Con Ed junction box near the intersection of 11th Street and First Avenue in the East Village."
Posted 1:53 PM EST by Andy Towle in New York, News | Permalink
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This reminds me of a chick who told me that she bought her little dog solely so that, when she walked it, if a manhole or steel plate on the street were electrified, the dog would fry before she would. She used a leather leash.
Posted by: Tonic | Nov 5, 2009 4:54:38 PM
"NYC is an Electrical Hazard"
And NY-23 is an electoral one.
Posted by: Gary | Nov 5, 2009 8:15:51 PM
This is a common problem in Boston also. It's usually someone's mutt that get's fried.
Posted by: John in Boston | Nov 6, 2009 3:32:58 AM