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Squirrel Caused Outage That Left 45,000 Without Power in California
UPI ^
| July 26, 2017
| Daniel Uria
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.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: blackout; electricity; poweroutage; squirrel
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To: nickcarraway
Tree rats.
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posted on
07/26/2017 5:19:24 PM PDT
by
kitchen
(If you are a violin bow maker or restorer please ping me.)
To: kitchen
Oh, he thinks he can take out my armored John Deere Lawn Tractor with that?
Good luck Squirrely Squirrel!
When I take out the mulching plug, I can hit a squirrel at 500 yards.
And that’s just in second gear!
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07/26/2017 5:25:27 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: nickcarraway
"Don't blame squirrel. Moose made heem do it."
It's all Russian collusion. Muëller needs to expand his investigation witch hunt to include the suspicious death of squirrel.
</sarc>
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/26/2017 5:26:16 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
To: nickcarraway
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07/26/2017 5:32:29 PM PDT
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Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder” - The LSN didn’t make Trump, so they can’t break h)
To: nickcarraway
Dust to dust, and ashes to ashes.
To: All
To: freedomlover
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07/26/2017 6:42:21 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
To: nickcarraway
Squirrels. Moving up the food chain.
To: nickcarraway
Had a couple outages because a squirrel had built a nest on a power pole that feeds our house. Fried a couple of them before the nest was removed.
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07/27/2017 3:08:41 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: freedomlover
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07/27/2017 3:11:06 AM PDT
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mewzilla
(Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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