- Location
- Longmont, Colorado
Re: Crane/powerline survivor
I agee. I don't see why the discussion is focused on the legitimacy of the picture. As a conscientiously aware and pro-active group of arborist's- it seems it would be the duty of all who bear wittness to such an anomoly-cropped or not-to take it as a lesson learned and treat it as fact. The climber could be holding a charge and not feel the effect of the arc, or perhaps just having been extremly lucky in having the charge by-pass his body and make its way down the tree instead. Electricity goes in the path of least resistence. If the tree already held a charge, why would it decide to change coarse?
Also if I see a climber with out a helmet up in a tree I question his ability to make sound decisions. Especially on a crane job! What kind of logic is going on here? If he is nieve enough to forgo the most basic PPE, its seems resonable to conclude he was nieve enough to fogo any sort of safety prune by his local powerline company, or atleast try to attempt a safety prune himself(NOT RECCOMENDED!)
Thirdly- Hard as it may seem-the camera lense can capture sights that would otherwise be blind to the normal naked human eye. Im buying what their selling. I look at the picture as fact to the highest level of degree, if not for the lives possibly saved from it in times to come, but perhaps for the lives our industry has lost in simular situations in times past.
Im not sure the picture should be confined. I say spread it, get a buzz going....You can't create an awarness of an obvious current arborcultural industrial delema and negative statisical impact it has on the trade by keeping this in the closet.
I agee. I don't see why the discussion is focused on the legitimacy of the picture. As a conscientiously aware and pro-active group of arborist's- it seems it would be the duty of all who bear wittness to such an anomoly-cropped or not-to take it as a lesson learned and treat it as fact. The climber could be holding a charge and not feel the effect of the arc, or perhaps just having been extremly lucky in having the charge by-pass his body and make its way down the tree instead. Electricity goes in the path of least resistence. If the tree already held a charge, why would it decide to change coarse?
Also if I see a climber with out a helmet up in a tree I question his ability to make sound decisions. Especially on a crane job! What kind of logic is going on here? If he is nieve enough to forgo the most basic PPE, its seems resonable to conclude he was nieve enough to fogo any sort of safety prune by his local powerline company, or atleast try to attempt a safety prune himself(NOT RECCOMENDED!)
Thirdly- Hard as it may seem-the camera lense can capture sights that would otherwise be blind to the normal naked human eye. Im buying what their selling. I look at the picture as fact to the highest level of degree, if not for the lives possibly saved from it in times to come, but perhaps for the lives our industry has lost in simular situations in times past.
Im not sure the picture should be confined. I say spread it, get a buzz going....You can't create an awarness of an obvious current arborcultural industrial delema and negative statisical impact it has on the trade by keeping this in the closet.
