From todays newspaper...electrical pylons fallen down in Bang Na and people walking over them....no further words needed

no surprise there, just run of the mill stuff for Thailand

( image courtesy of Bangkok Post online )

My only words is YOUR paper is very slow in reporting as this incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning as reported in most other papers and online.....

P.S. Personally I think before name calling i.e. stupid, one should attempt to get one's facts correct as it rather makes that person look somewhat an imbecile... just saying.

Edited June 5, 201412 yr by supaprik

Only stupid IF they remain live, which is doubtful, although nothing would surprise me here given the live cables running all over the floor at local markets, wires simply twisted together.

Edited June 5, 201412 yr by CharlieH

Never assume a downed cable is dead or you may end up that way.

Never assume a downed cable is dead or you may end up that way.

Spoken like a true tradie.

Never assume a cable is dead, ever.

Like dominoes that pic btw.

Give them a break. They are Thais.

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Irrelevant if they are deemed to be live or dead (although clearly they are dead and any fool could see that from the scene of the picture and the fact the article doesnt say "people electrocuted"...anyone with a even a modicom of common sense would never even take the chance...thats the point

In the picture one young man looks like would be a good candidate for the next Darwin Award .

could have been Australia, situations like the one shown are pretty common in queensland country towns,

could have been Australia, situations like the one shown are pretty common in queensland country towns,

I call B/S on that.

Have you got any links to show?

Could it be the repair crew,as i see they are suitably dressed for electrical work in Thailand.

could have been Australia, situations like the one shown are pretty common in queensland country towns,

Bribie and the

I call B/S on that.

Have you got any links to show?

You can call what you want, no links but many hours sometimes days spent on Bribie Island and the Darling Downs without electricity,just because some power company plonker did not turn the power off before commencing work on downed power lines,as a young soldier learned a great respect for power cables, after having to recover the body of a military leccymech burned to a crisp working on a power line which he did not check was turned off,the soldier was a member of 59sqn RE on Operation crown in 1965!!

Irrelevant if they are deemed to be live or dead (although clearly they are dead and any fool could see that from the scene of the picture and the fact the article doesnt say "people electrocuted"...anyone with a even a modicom of common sense would never even take the chance...thats the point

So. if they are CLEARLY dead, how is that colossal stupidity? Or, maybe we should also avoid the wire section at the hardware store.

Never assume a downed cable is dead or you may end up that way.

Nuff said, anywhere in the world.