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B.C. brush fire sparked by bird dropping fish on power lines, firefighters say (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 days ago

It's not their fault that salmon are too conductive. Maybe if that DFMEA had been truly thought through, maybe things would be fine...

Failure mode: Short circuit
Effect: starts huge multi state fire causing millions to lose power and their homes and belongings.
Cause: very conductive fish placed across power lines.
Occurrence: never but maybe one day.
Severity: holyshitballs Batman! Bad.
Detection: balls chopped off 3 times over with no anesthesia sort of detection. You will know as soon as the fish fries.
Mitigation: never place a wet conductive fish across power lines god damn it! Put Bob and Roscoe in Jail preemptively.