[OT] Sicilians must now rely on unladen European Swallows

[JeffM]

Portable electronics, appliances (albeit unplugged)--even furniture--
are apparantly spontaneously combusting in Sicily.

It's been going on for months.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02/11/cyberappliances_attack_italian_village/
The village of Canneto di Caronia has been evacuated.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/01/italy.fires.reut/

The take of Shade Tree Physics:
http://www.ebicom.net/~rsf1/canneto.htm

Of course, there is speculation about (among other things)
somebody doing Tesla-style tests.

Comments by the Slashdot crowd include claims of similar occurances:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=103312&cid=8802027
Can anyone verify his citings?

 

[Active8]

On 8 Apr 2004 14:32:46 -0700, JeffM wrote:

Portable electronics, appliances (albeit unplugged)--even furniture--
are apparantly spontaneously combusting in Sicily.

didn't we hear about this earlier in the year?

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Best Regards,
Mike