Re: [TCML] Modern Marvels "Most Shocking"

["Dave Pierson" <davep@xxxxxxxx>]

>Did anyone see the Modern Marvels "Most Shocking" episode
>on the Discovery Channel last night (Monday PM, Dec 10)?
    Handy Hint:
     History Channel Web site sez next 'air'ing is:
       22 Dec, Saturday, 7 PM, EST, US
     'check local listings'
     I'd guess History Channel website sells DVDs, has video clips.

> It was a pretty interesting segment on electric shock and Tasers,
>difibrilation, (E)lectro-(S)hock-(T)herapy for chronically depressed
>patients, electrified fences for prisons, and a few other things.
>Sorry, there were no Tesla coils but they did show that huge
>Van de Graff generator at that science museum in Boston, MA.
      Which makes it sorta OT, so maybe minimal follow ups?
      8)>>

>They mentioned that 70 mA passing through the body was of
>suficient magnitude to be lethal.
       Other sources list lower values.  Lotsa variables.

> It also showed a lineman working on live 500 kV transmission lines
> from a helicopter.
       Yep.  Also appears in other shows, the technique is a decade or
       old, maybe a bit more.

       best
        dwp
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