High voltage learning during the Christchurch earthquakes

Hello again! Before I start, I want to pay a personal tribute to the workers from other parts of NZ and Australia who have helped repair our broken city. Here's an Orion link:  My personal perspective comes from the coalface with the guys. These workers came from Northland to Southland, and Australia. They came with a real sense of 'wanting to help', and talking to them, they initially felt it wasn't so bad, having arrived at a reasonably undamaged airport and well-built Connetics home base. That all changed for them when they started working on damaged cables in our Eastern suburbs, hill suburbs and in and around the 'Red Zone'. Comments such as 'Munted is so right' and 'how can this happen to these kind of cables' were made to me. It soon dawned on the workers the enormity of our situation. As a consequence, their response became more focused and considerate. A public thanking them daily, thank you BBQs and being 'looked after'...