When I was working Cable TV in St Paul, MN., we had a tornado blow through. Lost electricity in some areas so, due to the nature of the cable system, we installed generators up on the power supply boxes mounted on the utility poles, chained and locked. I maintained the cable system that took care of the schools, the city offices, and some of the State offices, called the "I-Net". I got a call from one of the schools in an affected area. I figured no problem, the generator just ran out of gas. I went and got some gas and proceeded to the pole that the power supply was on that fed the school. I got there and looked and no generator. I got out of the truck, certain that I had put a generator there and looked around. The soil was soft enough that I could discern two distinct marks from where a ladder had been placed. I also found the lock, cut. ****ers not only took the generator, but the chain that locked it to the pole and the extension cord that went to the power supply !!