electric shock!
I usually sleep while my driver weaves his way through the daily traffic. However, last Monday, I found myself keenly observing the street life along our route. It must have been the two cups of coffee I had for breakfast.
There were the usual elements of my morning ride – busy roads, crowded sidewalks, etc. Nothing extraordinary.
Until I saw a dead cat lying on a pavement, its legs stiff and outstretched.
The poor thing had a puddle of blood under its head, suggesting that it fell from above. So I looked up to see where that could be.I saw an electrical post, with multiple wires that crisscrossed like spider webs, much like the ones on the right. The kitty probably suffered a high-voltage surge before it crashed to the ground!
As we drove on, I was shocked to see countless identical posts along the way. Tall, grotesque structures – what eyesores! How come I never noticed how they looked before?
Then an old saying came to mind: "What you see everyday, you no longer see."
In fact, it took a dead cat for me to realize how badly some communities need a safer and more modern electrical infrastructure. I wonder what it will take for local authorities to wake up and see this problem. 100,000 volts, perhaps?
(Top, left) The Series 4 Horror Be@rbrick, released in 2002, was the first 'glow-in-the-dark' Bearbrick ever released.