Robert48
Cookeville, Tennessee
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DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16TJNgUQdeM
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gasbag
Washington State
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No, but then again he couldn't do mine. He had a lot of training and education. So did I. In different professions.
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
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~DJ~
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Whatever they are paying him it is not enough!!!
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Happytraveler
Capistrano Beach, Ca. USA
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I showed this to my husband and he said it's part of the job you do on transmission lines. My son was offered training on transmission lines and he decided to stay on the distribution side. I'm kind of happy he didn't take it. I do worry about him.
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CatandJim
Tulsa, as in Oklahoma
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Quote:Could you do this job?
In a word NO, but I certainly respect anyone who does.
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cdgm
Neptune, NJ
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I would rather have his job than this guy's job:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOgTw46dVVQ&feature=related
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Matthew_B
The boonies near Dallas, Oregon
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Happytraveler wrote:I showed this to my husband and he said it's part of the job you do on transmission lines. My son was offered training on transmission lines and he decided to stay on the distribution side. I'm kind of happy he didn't take it. I do worry about him.
I hesitate to say anything at the risk of making you worry more....
I wonder if there really is much of a difference in the accident rate?
Transmission work is MUCH more coordinated and planned before any work is done. Only the worst of storms even bother transmission lines, and when repairs are done it's done with big crews and done with lots of fore planning.
Distribution repair work is done brute force, often with overworked crews from all over rushing in to make repairs. Some crews are great and by the book, but not all are. That's where the risk comes in. People get tired and start taking shortcuts.
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Robert48
Cookeville, Tennessee
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Do you like heights? Could you do a job like this?
http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=13562
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8.1 Van
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I shot some videos of repair work using a helicopter.
video 1
part 2
part 3
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Happytraveler
Capistrano Beach, Ca. USA
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My husband was on a power pole on a cliff looking over the ocean in Laguna Beach during a powerful storm (El Nino). He said the pole was rocking, rolling and swaying into the ocean. I think he was a little bit worried because I don't think he would have brought it up to me.
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