An unreal dominospelletje with a large ‘Final Destination’-content: you are driving quietly on a road and suddenly start the power poles in every piece to fall. It happened Friday, a couple from Seattle, an angel on the shoulder sit when one of the poles right at their car fell. The two were an hour long, but there came as if by miracle only slightly wounded. In total fell 26 wooden power poles to the East Marginal Way, thousands of families were in a time without electricity. But how can such a thing happen?

Friday afternoon around 16 hours, it went suddenly wrong. There was no storm, no incredible force, no real reason. And yet it popped out of nowhere not one but a whole row of power poles dominogewijs down on the important and busy road with six lanes. the

The CEO of Seattle City Light can’t understand it. “The fallen poles were three years ago, yet a complete inspection. They showed no risk of mass failure”, explains Debra Smith. Some stroompalen were in 2016 or replaced, other copies would within five years be renewed. All the rest had still many years of work ahead of us. There is an investigation.

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Linda (71) and Tom Cook (67), on the way to the nearby airport for aircraft spotting, experienced the shock of their lives. Their car ended up under one of the piles, and its associated web of life-threatening electrical wires. the

rescue Workers deactiveerden the power, and the two losers after an hour out of their car to save. Although, unlucky people? Because in spite of the perilous adventure, both occupants from it without serious injuries. A part of the pole ended up right in between them, and that was their happiness.

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