It's a plot by squirrels
They plan to take over the world some day, that is why they send their kamikaze buddies on these missions.
ASHLAND, Wis. (CBS) #8213; It was an unlucky day for two squirrels and hundreds of Midwestern power customers.
Brian Elwood, a spokesman for Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, said a squirrel came in contact with an overhead transformer and knocked out service to 177 customers Monday. Power was fully restored in just under an hour, and repair crews found the remains of the "unfortunate squirrel," he said.
By coincidence, another squirrel got into a substation 40 miles away in Ironwood, Mich., Monday morning and caused a temporary outage that affected about 1,400 customers in Ironwood and two nearby communities, Elwood said.
The utility takes many preventive steps to keep the curious animals away from lines, he said, but they are one of the leading causes of outages, trailing only severe weather.
"We kind of liken it to anyone who's had a bird feeder and tried to keep the squirrels out," he said. "They find a way."
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ASHLAND, Wis. (CBS) #8213; It was an unlucky day for two squirrels and hundreds of Midwestern power customers.
Brian Elwood, a spokesman for Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, said a squirrel came in contact with an overhead transformer and knocked out service to 177 customers Monday. Power was fully restored in just under an hour, and repair crews found the remains of the "unfortunate squirrel," he said.
By coincidence, another squirrel got into a substation 40 miles away in Ironwood, Mich., Monday morning and caused a temporary outage that affected about 1,400 customers in Ironwood and two nearby communities, Elwood said.
The utility takes many preventive steps to keep the curious animals away from lines, he said, but they are one of the leading causes of outages, trailing only severe weather.
"We kind of liken it to anyone who's had a bird feeder and tried to keep the squirrels out," he said. "They find a way."
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The little boogers will get into about anything! I got a friend who just had to do major work on his shop to keep them out of it. 0 -
round here there breeding like 'asians'...... good practice tho..
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Now, Mond - Anyone can plainly see that there is a TEXAS Squirrrel - you blokes musta let 'im out 'o th Zoo!!! 0 -
Check out the web "all squirrels must die" the forum is a hoot.
They dont do as much dammage around my ranch or barn since I got my high powered pellet gun.0 -
Been puttin' out feeders to attract the little boogers, but since
the storm, haven't been too many around. Even with free food.
Trying to attract them cuz I love squirrels........BBQ'd, fried,
stewed.0
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