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  • How a downed power line left a Safety Harbor couple homeless

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📰 News we're reading

• 'I'd be dead': Pinellas man says downed power line sparked fire, nearly electrocuted him in shower (tampabay28.com) — A Safety Harbor couple is still displaced after a July 24 fire investigators say was sparked when a downed power line energized their home's gutter. They're questioning Duke Energy's tree-trimming schedule after reporting overhanging limbs before the incident, and local fire officials say the homeowner narrowly avoided electrocution by stepping out of the shower minutes before the line hit.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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