This must be what prompted the question (although a later report contradicted this one).
MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash. Grays Harbor County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel (PIM'-en-tel) said Monday 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch. However, family members found Messenger electrocuted when they arrived. Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn't see the live wire. The urine stream likely served as a conductor, allowing the electricity to reach his body. Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity traveled through Messenger's body. ________________________________ From: Bourgeois, Dr. Martin Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 4:04 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Student's question Although an excellent question, shouldn't they be asking it in physics class instead of psychology? ________________________________ From: michael sylvester [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 2:55 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Student's question If a person urinates on a hot exposed electrical wire,will electricity travel upstream and electrocute that persun? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87814&n=T&l=tips&o=1105 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-1105-13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-1105-13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87814&n=T&l=tips&o=1107 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-1107-13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-1107-13390.2bbc1cc8fd0e5f9e0b91f01828c87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1108 or send a blank email to leave-1108-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
