What is the saddest part of all this news of copper thievery, is that electrical and communications are disrupted with the potential of jeopardizing the lives of innocent people who may be in medical emergencies.
73, Joe Miller, AB8YP, Troy ( a hop skip and a jump from Detroit), MI --- "Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just in the past few days a copper thief got caught > in the Greeley CO > area. A railroad worker reported him to the police > who caught him in the > act of stealing 300 feet of copper wire from the > railroad. He led the > cops on a high speed chase but they caught him. > > A couple weeks ago in Colorado Springs thieves stole > the copper wiring > from inside of a number of aluminum light poles > along a major street. > Everyone thought they were legitimate workers so > nobody paid attention > to them. They got away. > > Here in the Denver area a few months ago we had a > thief electrocuted > while stealing copper from one of those ground mount > transformer boxes. > As I recall the incident did not disrupt the power > and wasn't even > discovered until a couple days later when some kids > found his fried > remains. > > Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO > Broadcast Technician > NRC Broadcasting - Denver > http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ > http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list > are those of the original contributors and do not > necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
