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...but his death had meaning, because he royally things up for the authority that caused the circumstances in which he died. In this, I hope we can be more like him than different, too.
This actually happened at my parents' house when I was a kid. Caused a huge power surge in the house. It destroyed a lot of electronics. Thousands of dollars in damage.
Happened at my folks house in the breaker from the mains. Mr. Rodent's carbon corpse acted as an electrode and blew a hole through the box half an inch in diameter. This happened Christmas Eve. With replacing the panel and making an appointment with the power company to inspect and reconnect, we didn't get power back for over 3 weeks. Since they live on a well, and the booster pump needs electricity to run, we had to draw water from the storage tank a bucket at a time.