Larry wrote:
"Roger Long" wrote in news:C7yig.34252$8G3.21244
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

I can just see it. One of the (generally under the influence) sunset
watchers comes down and kicks the cord in. They reach in to retrieve
it and follow it in with the shock. Someone else rushes to their aid
and also goes in. Someone with more presence of mind goes to trip the
breaker and, where is a screwdriver when you really need it?

My ironclad rule is that the boat end of the cord is never live, even
for a moment, unless it is fixed in the socket and the breaker is
always off when the shore end is inserted or removed.

I doubt very much if the live end falling in the water is really a
hazard to the sunset watcher. Why would they not just pull up the
cord from the end on the dock (where it will still be because it is
screwed down to the dock - right)? Why go into the water after it?

And if they do - well it's something to report to the Darwin people.

In any case, unscrewing the breaker box and unplugging the cord was
sufficient.

grandma Rosalie
"Use your own judgment and then do as I say"