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2022-10-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Squirrel blamed for power outage affecting nearly 2,000 in Oregon

[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 2022-10-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Some time back, a snake got into a substation transformer and knocked out power.

Posted by JohnQC 2022-10-21 10:35|| 2022-10-21 10:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Mouse in mourning

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-10-21 12:08|| 2022-10-21 12:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Tree rat...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-10-21 12:41|| 2022-10-21 12:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Briquet

Posted by Frank G 2022-10-21 13:19|| 2022-10-21 13:19|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-10-21 14:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Ya gotta bribe them with bird feeders that have peanuts and sunflower seed around here.

Posted by AlanC 2022-10-21 15:07|| 2022-10-21 15:07|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-10-21 16:54|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2022-10-21 17:45|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ not unusual, JQC. They sell electronic countermeasures

Posted by Frank G 2022-10-21 20:57|| 2022-10-21 20:57|| Front Page Top

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