In a world that we are trying to outthink terrorists and where they will attack next, two squirrels bent on suicide missions take out power to over 1500 customers.

 

http://www.heraldleader.com/523/story/235916.html

 

ASHLAND, Wis. --It was an unlucky day for two squirrels and hundreds of Midwestern power customers.

 

Brian Elwood, a spokesman for 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.

In a world that we are trying to outthink terrorists and where they will attack next, two squirrels bent on suicide missions take out power to over 1500 customers.

 

http://www.heraldleader.com/523/story/235916.html

 

ASHLAND, Wis. --It was an unlucky day for two squirrels and hundreds of Midwestern power customers.

 

Brian Elwood, a spokesman for 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.

 

 

 

No mention of remains on that one.

Don't you just love the name of the guy in charge of a small town electrical grid.

 

ELWOOD.

Don't we have someone on the board who is deathly afraid of squirrels? Isn't this only going to confirm his/her beliefs that they are trying to destroy everything? :lol:

We had a family of squirrels living in our chimney and the ate through the medal screen and wreck havouc on our house to the tune of over $3,000.00 before we could catch them all. An your insurance will not cover any of the damage since a squirrel is considered part of the rodent (type rat) family. JD

It's an animal conspiracy, I tell you!

I have no doubt that PETA will file suit against Xcel Energy for not squirrel-proofing their substation!

It's an animal conspiracy, I tell you!

 

It all started with the Micheal Moore documentaries on squirrels attacking cars that got turned into commercials.:lol:

I am expecting Bush/Cheney to claim they were Al-Quida-trained squirrels.

Beleive it or not, I would say at least a third of all power outages are squirrel related.

The thing is that after they cause the outage it is hard to find any parts remaining. That is why they are called "fuse ferries."

I am expecting Bush/Cheney to claim they were Al-Quida-trained squirrels.

 

I'm expecting Hillary to say that she thought they deserved a medical card!

I am expecting Bush/Cheney to claim they were Al-Quida-trained squirrels.

Don't we have someone on the board who is deathly afraid of squirrels? Isn't this only going to confirm his/her beliefs that they are trying to destroy everything? :lol:

I'm pretty sure we don't.

A few years ago a squirrel cause a transformer to blow at the plant were I work. The power was off most of the day! A guy who actually saw what happened said it fell off the power line after a few seconds got up and ran away.