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| Squirrel Causes Wichita Power Outage |
| 2013-06-26 |
 [An Nahar] One small rodent is getting the blame for a massive power outage in southern and eastern sections of Wichita.KAKE-TV reports nearly 10,000 customers of Westar Energy were affected by the outage Monday afternoon. Authorities say a squirrel crawled into equipment at a substation, causing a transformer to blow out. A fire then broke out at the substation. Firefighters were quickly able to bring it under control. Power was restored to the Westar customers in about one hour. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 JohnQC, Did anyone try the BBQ'd snake? Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2013-06-26 12:42 |
| #6 Every now and then, these little rodents get arc-lighted in our neighborhood transformers. Also happened one time when a snake got fouled up in a nearby substation. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-26 11:38 |
| #5 Fried Squirrel, MMmmm. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-06-26 10:42 |
| #4 When approaching this scenario, it is important to make sure the grid is shut down, as too much smoke could allow the electricity to arc. Its the copper pack-squirrels that are the real problem in that area. Something about too much free time allows the pack-squirrels to meth and steal. Only an hour would suggest the once fuzzy kind though. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-06-26 10:33 |
| #3 Gone, solid gone...72 acorns. |
| Posted by: 2sealys 2013-06-26 09:32 |
| #2 In totally unrelated news item: Obama Orders EPA to Regulate Power Plants in Wide-Ranging Climate Plan |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-26 04:59 |
| #1 No indication iff the Squirrel at issue survived to see his mighty act of unintentional destruction agz the world of the wily weirdo giant two-leggers??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-26 01:11 |