Hot dogs and a hot foot

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Power crews from Nebraska Public Power, McCook Public Power and Southwest Public Power districts combined Monday afternoon to demonstrate to Hitchcock County High School students the effect of errant electricity on human beings. Jeff Peterson of NPPD, McCook, told students that rubber tires and rubber-soled shoes provide no protection from electricity, lighting up a pair of running shoes with electricity from an overhead line on a specially-designed demonstration trailer.

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