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Hmm, are dogs the new "canaries in the coal mine" when it comes to electrified streets? Because yesterday, a dog was shocked at 7th Avenue and St. John's Place in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The dog stepped on an electrified lamp post and Con Ed said that there was a high level of voltage emanating from it (duh). NY1 reports that Con Ed fixed the area, but residents are still worried. With good reason, as there's no way Con Ed can fix everything that's wrong, try as they may. Con Ed said the stray voltage detectors would come this winter, but there's been no word of seeing the mobile units around.
This is more reason to boot up your pup's paws (we explored this earlier this year, during one of last winter's storms) - how cute are these Neopaws? And this is the second dog-shocking in three days.
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actually, "no word of seeing mobile units" is not quite accurate. in addition to the Post story below, you may have noticed in the past months all over the city: little metal bands around any lampposts, pedestrian signal posts, anything that carries electricity. each has a barcode tag that Con Ed uses to track each that has been tested for stray voltage.
anyway, from the Post just yesterday (12/11):
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/59398.htm
After every snowstorm, including Friday's, Con Ed has been combing city streets with a mobile voltage detector that picks up signs of stray voltage coming from service boxes, manhole covers, gratings — even neon signs and scaffolding lighting, said Clendenin.
Thanks for the tip, Mikey. I'll try to update the post as soon as possible!
Isn't St. Johns and Seventh Avenue in Park Slope or have the lines been redrawn by Corcoran again? I live on that corner and am mighty alarmed by this (the electrocution, not the mis-location). 7th & St. Johns Place
THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!! Plain and simple. If ConEd, while making sure to bill us every for every little watt, bothered to spend even one fucking dollar on maintenance inspections, the likelihood of such things would be nearly zero.
Considering they manage a power utility that IS capable of killing people, they should have one hell of a budget set aside to make sure they don't kill anything.
This is just another example of money taking precedence over safety in the land of big business.
SOMEONE SHOULD ATTACH ELECTRODES TO THE CEO's BALLS!
(and, btw, this does happen to people too... but ConEd pays off the victims to keep their mouths shut whenever possible)
Does anyone know what happened on 5th Avenue in Park Slope on Friday night/Saturday? There seemed to be some kind of electrical explosion/fire below the street, and there was a lot of rescue equipment (even a Red Cross aid truck) on the scene, so it must have been something pretty serious. A scan of all the local news outlets came up empty, so I thought maybe someone here knew...
I seem to recall seeing something about some sort of manhole explosion on the news, in Brooklyn I think. Soemone's van got clobbered.
Greetings! While they may be pretty in pink, dog booties will actually heighten the risk of conduction as no footwear canine or human will shield against a shocking (please see Safety on StreetZaps), a timely and useful tool intended to reduce the year-round risk of injury and fatality from contact voltage. And so you are aware, I confer with Con Edison's Stray Voltage Unit and was the first non-electrical representative to be invited to the Jodie Lane Fourth National Conference last year. It is my firm wish that Gothamist will disseminate this vital public service as quickly and as widely as possible to preclude more tragedies. Further, our electrical collaborators anticipate more summer than winter shockings in the years ahead.
Thank you in advance and I look forward to hearing from you.
In appreciation and with best regards,
Blair Sorrel
Founder
www.StreetZaps.com