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With the sun just rising above the horizon these European Starlings were definitely making a racket.
Chicago Area storms recently took down power for a lot of people. this is what it looked like when it rolled in. I grabbed this shot before the rain started to come down
...but for how long...............?
BIG is best!
This kind of clandestine network is quite a common sight in underprivileged communities in Brazil such as the SÃtio Joaninha, where we are preparing for our first community nucleus to prevent at-risk kids from hitting the streets. The literally hundreds of electric wires running back and forth across the open countryside give you some idea of the dimension of the problems facing an entire community.
Even though this kind of practice is illegal, the regional electricity suppliers often demonstrate a flexible attitude towards an underprivileged community’s needs until a satisfactory solution can be found, digesting the loss themselves. As this region is still barred for any further development due to the strict environmental laws, it seems we will just have to become part of this amazing network, which will probably keep on expanding as the community grows.
Unbelievably, all these wires come from one source; a single, heavily decorated lightpost, it being the last one along the dirt track to SÃtio Joaninha, where the electricity supply to the regular community ends. From then on it’s all networking...........
I’d hate to be the technician trying to figure out which cable is causing a short circuit along the line.