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Storm blows trampoline into Waverly power lines
Associated Press
Jun. 24, 2010 7:40 am
When Tyler Plate of Waverly Light and Power was called out after storms hit the area, he didn't expect to find a trampoline stuck in some power lines.
Plate, a journey lineman, found the trampoline early Wednesday after responding to a customer's phone call. It was wrapped about halfway up the pole. Plate called for help.
Jarred Juhl, another journey lineman, was among those who responded. He says he's never seen anything like it.
He says the trampoline was lodged in the lines, but only caused a voltage dip for a fraction of a second, and the dip was so small that it didn't cause an outage.
There was no immediate word on where the trampoline came from.
Here's a photo of the trampoline from
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