Copper Wiring in Peril - Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities

[JBG]

Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities. Excerpt (embedded link):

Metal theft has been an urban plague for decades, often rising alongside commodity prices. But the combination of the economic ills and social malaise lingering since the pandemic and soaring demand for metals, especially for copper, has brought this street crime to new levels.
Some theft involves elements of essential city infrastructure and even public artwork that once seemed immovable. Across Los Angeles County, more than 290 fire hydrants have gone missing since January.

These people have no agenda in life. When crime is not prosecuted what do people expect?

 

[Vastator]

 

[Mac-7]

Its the drug epidemic

 

[Edgetho]

Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities. Excerpt (embedded link):

These people have no agenda in life. When crime is not prosecuted what do people expect?

This has been going since the very first housing project was built in the early 1900's.

The Usual Suspects are doing it. Shock

 

[martybegan]

This has been going since the very first housing project was built in the early 1900's.

The Usual Suspects are doing it. Shock

The thing is the cost of these metals keeps going up so the incentive to try to steal them goes up as well.

I've had $30k 316 stainless tank anchor assemblies (about 50lbs each) stolen from one of my sites, they probably got $200-$300 each for the salvage value to whoever they fenced them off to.

 

[JBG]

This has been going since the very first housing project was built in the early 1900's.

The Usual Suspects are doing it. Shock

Do you mean Reform Jews, Mennonites and accountants?

 

[Edgetho]

The thing is the cost of these metals keeps going up so the incentive to try to steal them goes up as well.

I've had $30k 316 stainless tank anchor assemblies (about 50lbs each) stolen from one of my sites, they probably got $200-$300 each for the salvage value to whoever they fenced them off to.

They don't care, they're thieves. They'll do $50,000 damage to someone's property so they can steal $5 from them.

Costs them nothing.

 

[elektra]

This has been going since the very first housing project was built in the early 1900's.

The Usual Suspects are doing it. Shock

No it has not. Quit making things up

 

[Edgetho]

No it has not. Quit making things up

Just because you weren't self-aware when it was happening doesn't mean it didn't happen.

It was. It did. Maybe not in the early-1900's but certainly in the latter half of the 20th century until today. Why do you think...... I give up. You really can't fix 'stupid'. You qualify.

 

[marvin martian]

Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities. Excerpt (embedded link):

These people have no agenda in life. When crime is not prosecuted what do people expect?

In California, thieves are cutting $5,000 plumbing backflow preventers off of commercial buildings for the $40 worth of copper in them, necessitating the use of these:

 

[White 6]

This has been going since the very first housing project was built in the early 1900's.

The Usual Suspects are doing it. Shock

No. The sheet rock crack head usually go for fixtures and air conditioners, not wiring, so they can deny involvement and still get paid for their sheet rocking.

 

[Doc7505]

Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities. Excerpt (embedded link):

These people have no agenda in life. When crime is not prosecuted what do people expect?

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China can't get enough copper to fill their manufacturing needs.
Read more:

Copper squeezed in the United States but China has plenty: Andy Home

The London Metal Exchange ( LME) copper cost struck a record nominal high of $11,104.50 per metric heap on Monday. The London market is playing catch-up with its U.S. peer CME Group, where a vicious brief capture has been playing out on the COMEX agreement. Traders are now rushing to ship metal...

energynews.oedigital.com

 

[elektra]

Just because you weren't self-aware when it was happening doesn't mean it didn't happen.

It was. It did. Maybe not in the early-1900's but certainly in the latter half of the 20th century until today. Why do you think...... I give up. You really can't fix 'stupid'. You qualify.

There were no copper pipes in the early 1900's. Barely any houses with wiring. Copper was so cheap, nobody thought of stealing copper.

You made shit up.

 

[BluesLegend]

Up near crime infested liberal Seattle thieves kept breaking into a business robbing them. So they installed a fence all around their building...thieves stole the fence.

 

[toobfreak]

Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities. Excerpt (embedded link):
These people have no agenda in life. When crime is not prosecuted what do people expect?

Another great article not to read from the New York Times:

 

[marvin martian]

Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities. Excerpt (embedded link):

These people have no agenda in life. When crime is not prosecuted what do people expect?

Notice what all the places mentioned in the article have in common?

 

[toobfreak]

Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities. Excerpt (embedded link):
These people have no agenda in life. When crime is not prosecuted what do people expect?

Here is the article sans a paywall:

Metal Thieves Are Stripping America’s Cities

The 6th Street Bridge in Los Angeles is wired to glow with colorful lights celebrating the city’s spirit. But the

dnyuz.com

 

[toobfreak]

Notice what all the places mentioned in the article have in common?

Democrat run cities?

 

[toobfreak]

Up near crime infested liberal Seattle thieves kept breaking into a business robbing them. So they installed a fence all around their building...thieves stole the fence.

Now we know why democrats wanted to defund the police.

 

[marvin martian]

Democrat run cities?

Of course!