Electrocution Happens

A few days ago, a young woman was electrocuted by going into an irrigation ditch to save her dog (who was also electrocuted, but she did not know it). 2 would be rescuers also died by getting in the water to try to rescue her. What atragedy and who would have guessed that the water was electrified. The Search and Rescue team that came out hours later figured it out There was short in the electrical pump) and contacted the electric company to turn off the power so they could safely retrieve the bodies. You can read more about it at http://www.kpvi.com/mostpopular/story/KPVI/-JqhqWHhLkCx1Oy3TTkhdA.cspx

Also, a few days ago, I heard the story about the daughter of a friend of mine who was probably miraculously saved from being electrocuted in her own bedroom. Piecing together the clues, the story goes something like this: the little girl, age 5, was reading by her night light. At some point, she  tried to remove the night light from the wall socket. Since it seemed difficult, she used her little shrinky dink bracelet, that had some cheap metal components, to wrap around the night light to pull it out of the socket. the bracelet came in contact with the prongs of the night light and the bracelet melted and parts of the night light became deformed.
Her parents believe she was spared from receiving any major injuries, or even minor ones. It was a good scare and an object lesson for the little girl.

After doing a little bit of research on electrocution dangers, i found out swimming pools can be quite hazardous, too.
We all need to learn more about electrocution hazards: and how to avoid them. This is part of preparedness!