{"id":9031,"date":"2012-06-22T00:55:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T05:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=9031"},"modified":"2012-05-31T11:30:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T16:30:04","slug":"beware-of-downed-power-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/06\/beware-of-downed-power-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Downed Power Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Downed-Power-Lines.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9032\" title=\"Downed Power Lines\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Downed-Power-Lines-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Downed-Power-Lines-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Downed-Power-Lines.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Your electric provider works very hard to ensure reliable electricity year-round. Sometimes Mother Nature has other ideas \u2013 especially during summer storm season. Southwest Florida\u2019s severe summer storms are a main cause of power outages and downed power lines. Coming in direct contact, or even in close vicinity of a power line or anything touching it can be fatal. Following are tips to help you stay safe around power lines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you see a downed power line, stay away from it!<\/li>\n<li>Call LCEC, FPL or dial 911 to report the location of the line, and remember that only trained utility employees who are protected by safety equipment should touch power lines.<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If someone comes in contact with a live power line, do not attempt to move the victim or the line yourself. Efforts to pull an electric shock victim away could make you a second victim. Call 911 immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not attempt to move a downed power line or anything in contact with the line by using another object such as a broom or shovel. Even non-conductive materials like wood, if slightly wet, can conduct electricity and electrocute you.<\/li>\n<li>Be careful not to put your feet near water where a downed power line is located.<\/li>\n<li>Do not drive over downed power lines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more safety tips, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcec.net\/\">www.lcec.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your electric provider works very hard to ensure reliable electricity year-round. Sometimes Mother Nature has other ideas \u2013 especially during summer storm season. Southwest Florida\u2019s severe summer storms are a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}