Originally Posted By: Richlacal
If the Ground is Wet,Where the line/s have fallen,Stay Far away from it,Period!If someone is Stranded Between Powerlines,& Power co. or Help is 4hrs.Away or something like that,Lots of Dirt, Shoveled over a Line with Planks on Top,Would probably suffice, for a Rescue of The Stranded Person,


With all respect, I have major problems with this advice.

For 220V yard wiring, it would work. But with live wires in the kilovolt range, all sorts of materials that would normally be insulators become conductors. This includes dry wood and soil.