Well that will set the power company back about 100 bucks.

/It's Detroit!

I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

FTFA, "She told them, 'I hope you're taping this conversation, because if my house burns down, you're going to have to pay for it.'"

And then magically her house burnt down. Coincidence? I think not.

OhmG!

More info:

Link (new window)

pudding7: "We were blessed..."

Uh, God burned down your house. Shut up.

"We are blessed," Denton said. "We didn't lose anybody. The stuff we lost can be replaced."

I think her optimism is forgivable.

L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

I don't know what to make of the fact that I first heard about this from Fark. Firestorms anyplace else would have rated at least first-screen news on the sites I usually visit.

A lot of people could be put to well-paying work by laying the foundations for future farms and cleanup, which at this point means "finding contaminants", followed by "assisting with cleanup of said contaminants". I wonder if parts of Detroit could have been designated as Superfund cleanup sites back when that kind of thing was done.

It would have been money better spent than on bridges to nowhere and bailouts for Wall Street's bad bets, but I guess maintenance and cleanup just isn't sexy enough to merit attention.

TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

I find it hard to believe that this occurred in Detroit. It's the Eden of the modern world.

What the hell is this, beat on Detroit day?

pudding7: "We were blessed..."

Uh, God burned down your house. Shut up.

That WAS the blessing.

pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

I'm positive that you're right.

66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

Currently I do, why?

this whole article is revolting.

66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

Calm down, guys. No need to get amped up about it.

pdieten: Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

Mostly they've just insulated themselves from them.

noneyourbase: pudding7: "We were blessed..."

Uh, God burned down your house. Shut up.

"We are blessed," Denton said. "We didn't lose anybody. The stuff we lost can be replaced."

I think her optimism is forgivable.

Yeah, well, I'm doubly blessed because my house has never burned down. And I'm an atheist. So hah.

Counting down until someone posts "who cares it's Detroit", and posts a link to the ruins of Detroit page on the white supremacist site.

came for the electricity puns.

leaving disappointed.

66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

Calm down, guys. No need to get amped up about it.

Well, the resulting human misery can be an impedance to laughter.

The Crepes of Wrath: I find it hard to believe that this occurred in Detroit. It's the Eden of the modern world.

OCP RUNS THE COPS

benpatient: came for the electricity puns.

leaving disappointed.

You've got quite the short fuse, don't you?

PlatinumDragon: 66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

Calm down, guys. No need to get amped up about it.

Well, the resulting human misery can be an impedance to laughter.


Wire you guys subjecting us to this?

So, wont all these houses burning actually be a good thing?

Take a few thousand old fire prone houses off the market.. the rest should go up in value right?

Ohm my god!!

TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Apparently they lack the capacitor for civility.

blinkybluegnome: PlatinumDragon: 66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

Calm down, guys. No need to get amped up about it.

Well, the resulting human misery can be an impedance to laughter.


Wire you guys subjecting us to this?

They're not grounded?

kvinesknows: Take a few thousand old fire prone houses off the market.. the rest should go up in value right?

That's pretty circuitous reasoning.

/couldn't resist, so to speak.

stonicus: Ohm my god!!

Sorry, I beat you right outta the gate

unicornrider: More info:

Link (new window)

Detroit Fire is one of the most stretched departments in the entire country. They are constantly going to work, they don't know for certain that paychecks are going to keep coming. They're fighting some dangerous fires, and guys have gotten killed recently fighting fires in abandoned buildings. But conflagration is a real threat and the fires have to fought. Letting several square blocks burn is not an option, whether they're mostly abandoned or not.

Here's a proposed documentary on the DFD. The cameras were only there for a few days to make the trailer, and the amount of fire they saw is unbelievable. Link (pops)

66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

Calm down, guys. No need to get amped up about it.

Well, the resulting human misery can be an impedance to laughter.

Ohm, sweet Ohm, awe hell I got nothing.

Cowboy Spencer: That's pretty circuitous reasoning.

/couldn't resist, so to speak.

Well that's a switch. Next time you should be more direct.

I feel bad for the folks in Detroit displaced by the fires. The whole situation is totally fluxed up. Anode that I would be pissed if was my house that burned down.

/ killin' 'em with my bay-o-net

Comic Book Guy: Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii: FTFA, "She told them, 'I hope you're taping this conversation, because if my house burns down, you're going to have to pay for it.'"

And then magically her house burnt down. Coincidence? I think not.

If she was so worried about it, why didn't she pony up the 20-30 bucks for a digital recorder and get all the evidence she needed?

That too. And, why didn't she call the authorites? Stealing electricity is a crime, and maybe while investegating said crime they would've seen the shoddy workmanship (if any) on the part of the electric company and called them out on it...thus preventing the fire.

angry_scientist: stonicus: Ohm my god!!

Sorry, I beat you right outta the gate

And you didn't even buy me dinner... =(

/call me?

Something similar happened with my uncle's business. They were having electrical problems and determined it was with their alarm system wiring. They called the company their service contract was with, but they didn't feel like coming out on Friday to service the system. They said they would be there first thing Monday. Saturday evening the building burned down.

Good thing their insurance was paid up.

Wait wait, is this the thread were we make up electrical puns? Let me try!

Amorphous Semiconductor...

DAMN IT!

baby_hewey: 66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

Calm down, guys. No need to get amped up about it.

Well, the resulting human misery can be an impedance to laughter.

Ohm, sweet Ohm, awe hell I got nothing.

Watt do you mean you got nothing?

Iceboxxx: blinkybluegnome: PlatinumDragon: 66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

Calm down, guys. No need to get amped up about it.

Well, the resulting human misery can be an impedance to laughter.


Wire you guys subjecting us to this?

They're not grounded?

Stop it, my side hertz!

AbbeySomeone: blinkybluegnome: PlatinumDragon: 66dude: pdieten: TheEndIsNigh: L33t Squirrel: airsupport: I, for one, am shocked at their callous resistance.

angry_scientist: OhmG!

Watt you two did there, I see it. :)

Can't you all conduct yourselves in a civilized fashion?

Some people don't have the capacitance for electricity jokes.

And some people have lowered resistance toward continuing such awful puns.

Calm down, guys. No need to get amped up about it.

Well, the resulting human misery can be an impedance to laughter.


Wire you guys subjecting us to this?

Can't we all just adapt to the current circumstances?

I see this thread is living up to its potential.