Balloons Knocked Out Power for 6000 in Covington

[B-Ball-fan]

Just before 4:00 p.m. yesterday as I was driving south on Scott St. in Covington I noticed starting around 3rd St. that the traffic lights were out, and holy crap this continued all the way up Scott to 20th Street.

 

Turns out that shiny mylar balloons had gotten tangled in the power lines near Riverside Drive in Covington knocking power out for 6000, and while 4000 of those customers had power again by 5:30, 2000 more were without until 9:00 p.m.

 

It seems that these type of balloons have already created issues for other cities in the past by getting tangled up in power lines.

 

Who knew? :eek:

 

Mylar balloons leave thousands without power in Covington

[Wireman]

According to witnesses, it was 99 luftballons.

[B-Ball-fan]

According to witnesses, it was 99 luftballons.

 

You are so right...every story just goes better with music....:thumb:

 

[TAC]

And those balloons are not environmentally friendly.

[UKMustangFan]

Our Kroger was a mad house last night. Cashier informed us that the Covington Kroger was without power so those customers were all making their way to ours. Ours is in the middle of a remodel, so it's a mess as is, but last night was a zoo.

[mcpapa]

Not to threadjack, but they're out in full force at WalMart and Kroger this morning. First of the month, Friday. A perfect storm.

[OlDog75]

Just before 4:00 p.m. yesterday as I was driving south on Scott St. in Covington I noticed starting around 3rd St. that the traffic lights were out, and holy crap this continued all the way up Scott to 20th Street.

 

Turns out that shiny mylar balloons had gotten tangled in the power lines near Riverside Drive in Covington knocking power out for 6000, and while 4000 of those customers had power again by 5:30, 2000 more were without until 9:00 p.m.

 

It seems that these type of balloons have already created issues for other cities in the past by getting tangled up in power lines.

 

Who knew? :eek:

 

Mylar balloons leave thousands without power in Covington

 

4-5 hours to clear a few balloons and get the line restarted? Oh yeah, Duke had to wait for contracted service guys to drive in from out of state.

[lawildcat]

Duke sucks

[Bluto]

According to witnesses, it was 99 luftballons.

Who do you think you are? Captain Kirk?

[Bluto]

Duke sucks

:lol2: :lol2: