# Tree Gets Electrocuted **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tree-gets-electrocuted/74617 "2009-10-09T01:25:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tree-gets-electrocuted/74617/1 "2009-10-09T01:25:50Z")
> **[Tree Electrocutes Itself on Power Lines, Goes Down in a Ball of Fire](https://gizmodo.com/5377378/tree-electrocutes-itself-on-power-lines-goes-down-in-a-ball-of-fire)** > > Click to viewWhat happens when a tree rubs up against a power line too much? The power line asserts some authority, and the tree turns into a giant tower of flames. Neat! \[CollegeHumor via Geekologie\] ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tree-gets-electrocuted/74617/2 "2009-10-09T08:01:54Z")
owned ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tree-gets-electrocuted/74617/3 "2009-10-09T08:04:59Z")
i love the comments “where’s the fire department?” really? they were sitting there video taping it, and none of them had the sense to call the fire department? ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tree-gets-electrocuted/74617/4 "2009-10-09T08:26:57Z")
That would have been awesome to see in person. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tree-gets-electrocuted/74617/5 "2009-10-09T12:21:58Z")
+1 > [@Zer0DazE](#): > > i love the comments > > “where’s the fire department?” > > really? they were sitting there video taping it, and none of them had the sense to call the fire department? ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tree-gets-electrocuted/74617/6 "2009-10-09T12:33:10Z")
Umm i think you guys didnt hear some of the first comments. Someone did call them. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tree-gets-electrocuted/74617/7 "2009-10-09T12:40:31Z")
I have to post this since I think of it everytime I see this thread… Since the 1970s, some radical environmentalists have argued that trees have legal rights and should be allowed to go to court to protect those rights. The idea has been endorsed by John P. Holdren, the man who now advises President Barack Obama on science and technology issues. I do enjoy pointing out Obama’s bat shit crazy appointees.😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tree-gets-electrocuted/74617/8 "2009-10-09T12:43:33Z")
yeah I missed it I was enthralled with the tree > [@JDMSIR](#): > > Umm i think you guys didnt hear some of the first comments. Someone did call them.