People are stealing man hole covers, What metal they stealing where you're at?

by Sister Jean Posted 2012/08/23 22:12:17

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Jorge Enriquez 2012/09/23 02:20:38

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copper

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foy49 2012/09/22 20:32:43

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All of it.

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Rock 2012/08/25 02:25:37

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They are stealing catalytic converters around here because they have palladium and rhodium in them. Apparently the thieves get about $250 for them and it cause $2,000 damage to the car. They're being cut right off of cars while sitting in public parking garages.

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La 2012/08/25 00:49:03

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Just copper

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Jerry 2012/08/24 22:57:15

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............Copper..............

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carly 2012/08/24 22:11:30

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Copper and lead

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Beat Magnum True Hero 2012/08/24 20:16:05

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In Phoenix, catalytic converters on cars are a somewhat popular target because the catalyst contains very small amounts of platinum. Copper from street lights (especially older ones easier to access) is also popular.

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kick2head 2012/08/24 19:20:30

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A friend of mine had $6,000 worth of wire stolen from his warehouse last year.

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♒ßεllεchεvεllε®♒ 2012/08/24 18:41:56

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copper

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Th8nos 2012/08/24 18:39:48

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Piwan 2012/08/24 15:05:19

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COPPER! They are going into old churches and stealing it, as well as from homes that have copper wiring, etc.

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InvaderXion420 2012/08/24 15:01:07

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Mostly copper, especially in the foreclosed homes. People will gut the houses, make them completely unlivable because they, for whatever reason, did not or could not pay their mortgages and they are angry with the banks for telling them get to steppin' !

Altho we have over 700k homeless people in America, but yet we have over 20 MILLION empty houses just sitting there gathering dust. Nice disparity there...

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Lady Winters 2012/08/24 14:48:41

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I believe it's copper and scrap metal. Though yesterday someone took some expensive batteries off of a drilling site. People will steal anything.

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LarryStylinson 2012/08/24 14:16:25

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One time this guy tried to steal Copper during a thunderstorm and the lightning struck while he was climbing the fence and you can guess the rest.

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Now Lost 2012/08/24 13:47:23

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just about anything. in this area, they will not take scrap from anybody who won't show a photo ID. they also label things like manhold covers and catalytic converters with that persons name and have apprehended many people with cooperation from the scrap yards.

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Jack's Pearl 2012/08/24 13:40:42

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Cars

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Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2012/08/24 12:10:50

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Lead from church roofs, I think...

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S. Gompers 2012/08/24 04:10:26

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Everything nailed down or not, even including gutting out foreclosed houses. The government and banker inspired third world paradise is not working as they planned.

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Me 2012/08/24 02:26:19

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not that i heard yet...not that they havent

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cjd 2012/08/24 02:07:38

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copper

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KingdomNow 2012/08/24 01:37:32

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Copper.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/...

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Relay to KingdomNow 2012/08/24 01:41:46

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LOL people are dumb...
im an electrician, and that guy lighting up makes me giggle hard.
Folks, electricity is dangerous!

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KingdomNow to Relay 2012/08/24 02:05:41

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...and copper is vauable... Although a lot of the copper wiring stolen here is probably done by professionals with the proper spooling equipment.

The idea that the guy was blown out of his rubber slippers (flip-flops in other parts...) makes me smile. He was liesurely pulling wires until he hit the hot one.

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Raphy 2012/08/24 01:05:37

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Well we have problems with copper thieves where we live. Not stealing manholes yet.

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moomoof 2012/08/24 01:05:12

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i don't know but i think they want the cooper so some of the pipes or something i haven't read anything around here

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Barbara 2012/08/24 01:02:41

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Copper.

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Wayne TH G 333 2012/08/24 00:54:19

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Everything including war memorial plaques!

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Kashee 2012/08/24 00:52:12

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stealing copper from construction sites and air conditioners, etc.
What or earth are they doing with man hole covers?

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Sister ... to Kashee 2012/08/24 00:53:08

here many are copper based

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Kashee to Sister ... 2012/08/24 00:58:28

that explains it.

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Nu Joisey 2012/08/24 00:16:42

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Copper

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Tresa 2012/08/24 00:05:10

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Copper from air conditioning units.

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David 2012/08/23 23:54:12

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I try to sleep with my mouth shut to avoid gold miners!

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Sister ... to David 2012/08/23 23:56:20

+1

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JohnT 2012/08/23 23:29:59

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Copper capers, way too many. Sometimes folks wake up in the morning to no power because some scoundrel has been at a substation fleecing the copper cable from the transformers.

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Sister ... to JohnT 2012/08/23 23:51:39

awful I wish them Karma

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Kashee to Sister ... 2012/08/24 01:02:59

I think that is happening:

CINCINNATI —

A man was electrocuted when he tampered with equipment at a Duke Energy substation in Ivorydale on Sunday, company officials said.
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Duke Energy officials said someone entered the substation was tampering with equipment when they were electrocuted.

Read more: http://www.wlwt.com/Man-Elect...

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king david 2012/08/23 23:25:41

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copper from the rail roads
apparently very expensive

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Huki68 2012/08/23 22:40:52

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restaurants copper under the sink

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Kat ♪ 2012/08/23 22:35:33

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Grave urns, wiring and plumbing out of empty houses, air conditioner coils and copper, manhole covers, street grates, about anything they think they can get away with.

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