And that is the nature of the problem. It is far easier to throw out a random anecdote then to prove or disprove it.

  I remember hearing a story of a solder that sent a single bullet into a pole mounted transformer.  The oil leaked out, it over heated and exploded.  Power went out to the block, maybe taking connected devices with it.    

A two second act that cost less than a dollar, destroyed something that was orders of magnitude more expensive and took orders of magnitude more time to put in place.