In which Our Hero observes first-hand the effects of 22kV power on organic lifeforms

[sapphire_wyvern]

A crow made a very poor choice of roosting spot around 2:00pm this afternoon. When it took off, it (briefly) completed a circuit between two phases of a 22,000 volt power line just outside the office. There was a loud zap, a flash, and all the desktop computers in the office were switched off (and, mercifully, the radio

Comments

[blinvisible]

Wow. I wish I had seen that.

[harkon]

I'm disappointed it didn't do something cool like explode.

[river_frog]

:O Your friends are horrible! Poor birdy... :( Anyways... yes be vewy vewy careful. ;)