This week-end I heard of a couple of skiing tourists who got fried by the railway power cable on the Oslo-Bergen route last year. They came downhill, unaware, towards the track in poor weather. It hit them in the chest before they fell down on the track. Snow depth at the place was about 3 meters. Tough luck.
Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:32 AM Subject: Power lines (was Re: XP question) > Hi, > Hi, > > Cotty wrote: > > > We have 33kv lines in our streets, alongside the domestic supply of 230 > > volts. We like to live dangerously ;-) > > Even better than that, our (UK) national grid uses voltages of > 400kV, 275kV and 132kV in above ground lines. In times of high > demand, you can see the cables sag as they warm up and expand > between pylons. Birds use them to keep warm. > > Considering the number of accidents we have when digger > operators cut local power lines with a measly 240V in them, it's > probably best that they are 30m in the air. > > Although, I bought my first motorcycle from the widow of someone > who was flying a control line plane near to one of the 400kV > lines....... > > mike > >
