Posted on 07/26/2017 4:34:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A power company in California reported a squirrel was responsible for an outage that left thousands of customers in the dark.
San Diego Gas and Electric reported a substation was down on Tuesday afternoon after the squirrel came in contact with a high voltage transmission line.
"A substation is currently down and we are working hard to repair," SDG&E tweeted. "Thank you for your patience."
About 45,000 customers in Balboa Park, Chollas Creek, City Heights, Hillcrest, Mission Hills, Normal Heights, North Park, Oak Park, Old Town and surrounding areas were left without power beginning at about 12:30 p.m.
Utility crews managed to restore power to the affected areas by about 1:30 p.m. the energy company said.
Was the squirrel’s name Shep?
....Squirrel Caused Outage That Left 45,000 Without Power in California..
My first thought was Jerry Brown.
He went all the way from New York to California.
Must be one of those Mach 5 squirrels.
Tricky little rascals.
Well, he came in contact with a power line.
Did the little fella make it?
Quit badmouthing squirrels.
Sure, blame it all on the squirrel.
Sure, blame it all on the squirrel.
“My first thought was Jerry Brown.”
Good thinkin’. I recently posted about Smith, so had that on my mind, or I’d probably have beat you to it with Jerry Brown LOL.
EMPs and kamikazee squirrels.
Well old biscuit eater there in North Korea can bluster all he wants.
NEWSFLASH!!!!!
We got crazed, electric-wire-biting squirrels ready to rain down on you like a Florida cloudburst!
Never! Also makes a small Squirrel Tender but too hard to eat. ;^}
Doesn’t he have to chew on 2 to make a short circuit?
Poor little fella.
One minutes he’s scampering and frolicking and then, “POOF”, he’s gone.
There’s a lesson here for us all.
Stay the hell off the power lines!
“Squirrel was responsible”
There’s an excuse we all can use.
“What are you doing with this pair of women’s underwear in your car!”
“Squirrel was responsible.”
Two hot or one hot and a ground. Usual opens a circuit breaker. Usually see the Corpus Delicti, close by.
Where’s the picture of the Post Crispy Critter?
I saw, the results of a man one night in Ft. Lauderdale that didn’t want a street light shining on him while in bed. He climbed the pole, to kill the light, and “POOF”, he was gone
See! See!
I’m passing out a million dollars worth of advice here!
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