Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Death By Sign

RBB (public TV out of Berlin) came to tell this story in the AM today, and it's a curious piece.

Whenever you have elections coming up in Germany....there are election banners and posters put up.  Most are small and mounted to lamp-posts.  Occasionally, you will spot a huge sign (say 6 ft by 10 ft in size).  

During this storm that occurred a couple of days ago in Germany....hurricane-class winds occurred.

 So over in Beelitz, during the storm.....this older guy (58) got whacked in the head by a larger political sign that got blown by the wind.  The guy dies later.

At this point, the legal process has kicked in and the question is....was there some fault involved with the stability of the sign?  

The problem here....these signs are put up all over Germany whenever elections occur, and they are hung in a manner to handle normal average storms.  I've probably seen at least forty signs over the decades....tossed over because of heavy wind.  How you can put up a hurricane-proof sign?  Unknown.  These were all meant to be up for two months....seen by the general public, and then taken quickly down after the election process.  

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