“Me too. How many vehicles run into those same poles?”
In my neighborhood we get at least one squirrel blackout a year...fries the little devils crispy.
So I guess we’re gonna ban squirrels now?
In my neighborhood we say that whenever a squirrel farts the power goes out.
I finally got fed up with it and now have an 18,000 watt generator that runs the whole place, hot tub and all. We call him Sparky.
When I lived in TX that happened to me 3 times in one year!
That's one of the most used excuses a utility worker will tell a customer when they screw something up. I used to work with the phone company, so I know this first hand. During my first month on the job, we were having trouble getting a DSL to come up for a customer. Turns out, one of the techs in the office had it wired wrong. I told the customer what had happened when we finally got it going, and one of the techs pulled my aside afterwards and told me to "never admit wrongdoing, just tell them a squirrel got in the cable"
Next time you hear a 'squirrel story' your BS meter should tick up a notch. lol