WHAT'S AT STAKE

Fallen power lines are not preventable during winter storms, but you should avoid them for your own safety. High winds, heavy ice or snow, falling trees, floods, avalanches and mudslides can knock down electrical lines.

WHAT'S THE DANGER

You must never touch a fallen line or anything that may be in contact with it. These lines carry enough electricity to kill you instantly. People who survive contact with power lines have to live with painful burns, amputations, brain damage and other traumatic injuries.

EXAMPLE

When a certain winter storm hit Kansas ? resulting in ice weighing down power lines ? in one […]