by "user314" (user314)
Published 09/27/2017 at 16:32
by "user314" (user314)
Published 09/27/2017 at 16:32
Tags: Florida Man
; paraglider
; Planelopnik
; zot!
STARS: 0
A Florida paraglider is lucky to be alive after he slammed Tuesday morning into power lines carrying 7,200 volts of electricity, knocking out electricity in a St. Petersburg neighborhood
Paragliders have long plagued the neighborhood, [neighbor] Jim Tallon said. “You could start a house on fire, he could kill himself,” the fed-up resident said. “He could hurt somebody on the ground. There is a child’s playground right down there.”
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
09/27/2017 at 17:21, STARS: 0
Slammed? More like floated gently.
The pilot didn’t have a chute collapse, he had an engine failure.
This is nothing more than hyperbole to make fearful people more fearful.
"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
09/27/2017 at 17:30, STARS: 1
Nah. If Florida Man (TM) were actually involved, he would have been the one shooting the guy out of the wires.
"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
09/27/2017 at 17:34, STARS: 2
Maybe Florida Man was testing out a new meth home delivery service and got a little too low on approach.
"Stephenson Valve Gear" (stephensonvalvegear)
09/28/2017 at 20:35, STARS: 1
Birds land on power lines all the time, no problem. Florida Man was just trying to follow their lead...