Reply to post: Re: Shouldn't there be something to prevent this?

Electrified bird bum bomb shuts down US nuclear power plant

Kubla Cant

Re: Shouldn't there be something to prevent this?

If a streamer contacts an energized conductor, the electrical current may travel through the streamer back to the bird

I Am Not An Electrical Engineer, which is perhaps why I can't understand this. If the bird's in the air (not specified, but strongly suggested by the reference to takeoff), where's the current going to? It's no different from a bird on a wire.

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