This fella should be dead 81 times over

[Tom Dunlap]

Please tell me that's photo shopped:scared1:

 

Until four years ago I lived in Minnesota. That makes this a bit of a hometown issue for me.

 

A week ago I got the picture in an email blast from a buddy in the SW US. Then, today it came as a link from the past president of the Minnesota ISA chapter. thats the link that I posted.

 

I just got off a twenty minute phone call with the husband of the woman who took the picture. Rest assured..the pic is real and not edited/photoshopped.

 

Later today I'm going to call and talk with Maureen about the picture.

 

Take a close look for the bits of sawdust/chips around the cut.

 

There is much more to the story...but be assured...the flash happened just the way it's shown.

[Tom D]

this is a good one

 

The patterns on that one are similar to the ones on the tree vid so maybe its not fake, i still think it should look more blue, but if it was attached by a clean dry sling it could have arked across the tree I suppose.

 

I saw a jump like that in a substation whilst walking back from the pub one night, it was really foggy and it appeared to jump across some of the terminals on a transformer. I nearly kacked myself:ohmy:

[ecolojim]

 

if for instance the arc passed through a space of air with saw chips in it or most likely even fine wood dust still held in suspension in the air, it is plausible that the arc exceeded the wood fibres' flash point creating the orange actual burning light in close proximity to the arc itself

[High Scale]

Whatever!

 

That is one cool picture.

[Tom Dunlap]

I just got off the phone with the company owner. The climber had just returned from work after being laid up from an injury. The day was hot and humid which leads to fuzzy thinking.

 

A by-pass cut would have reduced/eliminated the barberchair and jump when the log was picked by the crane.

[Mr Ed]

I just got off the phone with the company owner. The climber had just returned from work after being laid up from an injury. The day was hot and humid which leads to fuzzy thinking.

 

A by-pass cut would have reduced/eliminated the barberchair and jump when the log was picked by the crane.

 

 

Jeez Tom, are you serious?

Having the power shut off and getting a permit to work would strike me as a tad more sensible than worrying about a little fibre tear.

As would wearing the correct PPE, and not siting the crane or working within the Proximity zone of high voltage cables...

 

In the UK the above would have been mandatory before commencing the job, and required by any half decent risk assesment...

[Steve Bullman]

In the UK the above would have been mandatory before commencing the job, and required by anyone with half a brain

 

i edited your post

[Rich Rule]

No pic here...

 

cannot view it in either Safari or firefox

[Tom Dunlap]

Jeez Tom, are you serious?

Having the power shut off and getting a permit to work would strike me as a tad more sensible than worrying about a little fibre tear.

As would wearing the correct PPE, and not siting the crane or working within the Proximity zone of high voltage cables...

 

In the UK the above would have been mandatory before commencing the job, and required by any half decent risk assesment...

 

I don't disagree one bit. The company and the climber made lots of mistakes and got real lucky.

 

The newspaper must have pulled the picture from their website today. A week ago I got the same picture from a friend without the name or location of the homeowner.

 

Check out the picture...

[Mr Ed]

Sorry Tom, I came accros a little harsh then.

 

I suspect thats an elm, probably dripping with sap, would arc between the two wet cut surfaces there.

 

I bet the climber has one hell of a bad case of ArcEye..