09/27/2017 at 16:32 • Filed to: Florida Man, paraglider, Planelopnik, zot! | ![]() | ![]() |
A !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! 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.”
![]() 09/27/2017 at 17:21 |
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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.
![]() 09/27/2017 at 17:30 |
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Nah. If Florida Man (TM) were actually involved, he would have been the one shooting the guy out of the wires.
![]() 09/27/2017 at 17:34 |
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Maybe Florida Man was testing out a new meth home delivery service and got a little too low on approach.
![]() 09/28/2017 at 20:35 |
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Birds land on power lines all the time, no problem. Florida Man was just trying to follow their lead...