Sandy

[aphar]

Wednesday night we lost power in our block because a ConEd repair crew created a short circuit which started a fire. 80 (eighty!) firefighters on 3 (three!) firetrucks watched 1 (one) electrical pole burning and did nothing: they had sand and foam to put out electrical fires, but they were afraid that ConEd will sue them for equipment damage.
Eventually a ConEd crew managed to turn electricity off and the fire went out.
The firefighters washed ashes off the neighborhood cars and left.

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[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

Сём, а как столб может гореть сам по себе? Его наверное "подогревала" 13-ти киловольтная электрическая дуга от короткого замыкания?
На месте пожарников я бы тоже не стал бросаться на амбразуру с их песком и пеной. Эл. пожар - это не шутки.

[aphar.livejournal.com]

Maybe.
At any rate, 80 men/3 tracks is just too much to watch a single pole.

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

Как говорит Михаил Исаакович - на чужую работу и на огонь можно смотреть до бесконечности.