Posted on 07/19/2005 10:25:18 AM PDT by skeptoid
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Tuesday, July 19, 2005 · Last updated 4:21 a.m. PT Squirrel fires regular occurrence in Canadian border town Squirrel fires regular occurrence in Canadian border town OSOYOOS, British Columbia -- Once again, a squirrel clambering onto a power line has been blamed for a brush fire in this border town north of Oroville, Wash. Firefighters were summoned Monday after a squirrel scrambled up a Fortis Inc. utility pole, got zapped and landed in flames on some dry brush outside a fruit packing business, Fire Chief Ross Driver said. By the time a pumper truck and a bush truck arrived, nearby residents had doused the flames. "This identical incident has happened on the same pole one or two times a year for the past several years," Driver said. Each time, firefighters find a dead, burned squirrel at the base of the utility pole, he said. Driver said he didn't know what Fortis could do to prevent future squirrel-caused fires.
License and register your squirrels before it's too late
FOR THE CHIL'RUN!!!
Any pictures of said squirrel on fire?
The Horror. The Horror.
The Horror. The Horror.
Female and baby squirrels most seriously affected.
Feh. Server fart.
1. Cut down the bushes.
2. Pave a circle with a 3 ft radius around the pole.
Of course, if they could find a way to stop the squirrels from zapping themselves in the first place, that would be ideal.
Semper Chipmunk
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I mean, come on, how hard is it to keep squirrels off a pole? What a bunch of idiots.
All part of a sinister plan to take over the world. Read below:
http://cuagain.manilasites.com/stories/storyReader$287
And....
http://www.geocities.com/fightin_squirrels_21/SQUIRREL_ATTACK_PREVENTION_PROGRAM.html
You rang?
"identical incident has happened on the same pole"
You'd think these geniuses could either remove whatever nut some squirrel's great-grandfather crammed into the pole for later which is attracting squirrel after squirrel to electric death, or at least clear the brush around the pole so the burning squirrels don't light the brush on fire.
What?
Suicide Squirrels are a common occurance here. At least once a month you hear a BOOM! And then the lights go out.
And later, on the ground, you see a stiff-as-a-board-and fried-to-a-crisp squirrel carcass
My little dog used to think ALL squirrels fell from the sky fully cooked. She'd run around with her Dead Squirrel Toy for days.
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