"Did I do that?"
Posted on 09/18/2018 6:05:34 AM PDT by ETL
A cat in Louisiana reportedly cut power to more than 7,500 people when it snuck into a substation early Monday.
Entergy New Orleans tweeted around 9:30 a.m. the cat "got into a substation that feeds parts of Uptown, Central City, Mid-City, and the [Central Business District] and caused a flash when it came into contact with [their] equipment."
Power was restored to customers hours later, around 11:30 a.m., the company said.
The cat, which did not survive the incident, wasn't the first animal to find its way into a substation, but it was "unusual," Entergy said.
"Generally, squirrels and other small animals find their way in," the company stated. "Entergy installs protective devices to help keep animals out of our equipment not only to avoid power outages, but also to keep animals out of harm’s way. "
Animals sometimes make it past those devices, the company said, and "when this happens, the animals unfortunately do not survive contact with high-voltage equipment."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
A cat got into a substation that feeds parts of Uptown, Central City, Mid-City, and the CBD, and caused a flash when it came into contact with our equipment.
Crews are safely working to make equipment repairs and restore power to all as quickly as possible.
7:32 AM - 17 Sep 2018
Musta been a cat house.
AKA, how to use up all nine lives at once...
I knew it. This is the first stage of their insidious plan to take over the world!
CAT’S MUST BE STOPPED!!!
"Did I do that?"
and the dog ate my homework...
HA!
The only Sylvester chasing Tweety bird excuse?
What will it be next a Coyote and they’ll blame Wiley Coyote chasing the Road Runner? That will only be believable if it’s an Acme Power Station.
It’s not the first time it’s happened.
Many years ago, during my days working at River Bend Nuclear Station, a cat managed to get under the fence and crawl up on one of the main step up transformers. It got across a phase and ground...230KV. It immediately shut down the entire facility....960MW went off the grid right during the morning inrush. The cat was completely vaporized. How’d they know it was a cat? Security cameras caught it, but no one could get there fast enough to take action before it did it’s dastardly deed. Fencing was upgraded to address both 4-legged as well as 2-legged “animal control”. Security procedures were also upgraded.
I hate that the little buddy in the article didn’t survive.
She should have died hereafter,
There would have been a time for such a word.
When a cat or squirrel shorts the high voltage power line prior to the transformer it goes bang with an explosion and it stinks of burnt hair in the area for a time after.
yeah :(
Thanks.
On the droid here, looked easiest.
Yellow ones are Tasty!
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