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Squirrel blamed for power outage affecting nearly 2,000 in Oregon
2022-10-21
[UPI] A power outage that affected 1,953 customers in Oregon was blamed on a single culprit: a squirrel.

Portland General Electric said 1,953 customers in East Salem lost power about 10:42 a.m. Tuesday and the power was restored at 12:07 p.m.

PGE said a squirrel was to blame for the outage, but the specifics of the animal's actions were unclear.

Dominion Energy said about 10,000 customers in Virginia lost power in September when a squirrel came into contact with substation equipment. Power was restored after about an hour.
Not only do the Russians have attack dolphins, now they have attack squirrels!
Posted by:DarthVader

#9  ^ not unusual, JQC. They sell electronic countermeasures
Posted by: Frank G   2022-10-21 20:57  

#8  Several people in the neiborhood have complained about squirrels getting under the hood of their cars and chewing through the wiring. Expensive to fix.
Posted by: JohnQC   2022-10-21 17:45  

#7  Skunks are the worst when they decide to fry themselves (and I know this from a couple real life experiences).
Posted by: Mullah Richard OTR   2022-10-21 16:54  

#6  Ya gotta bribe them with bird feeders that have peanuts and sunflower seed around here.
Posted by: AlanC   2022-10-21 15:07  

#5  Pretty common; a few years ago a kamikaze squirrel tripped the breaker on the transformer can in front of our house; only took out about 20 houses though, I think; 30 minutes to respond, 3 minutes to fix.
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-10-21 14:53  

#4  Briquet
Posted by: Frank G   2022-10-21 13:19  

#3  Tree rat...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-10-21 12:41  

#2  Mouse in mourning
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-21 12:08  

#1  Some time back, a snake got into a substation transformer and knocked out power.
Posted by: JohnQC   2022-10-21 10:35  

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