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Cat in New Orleans blamed for cutting power to thousands of people
FoxNews.com ^ | Sept 17, 2018 | Nicole Darrah

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."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: nola; outage; powergrid; substation
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To: ETL

Didn’t Robert Conrad do commercials for that back in the 70s?


21 posted on 09/18/2018 6:38:12 AM PDT by wally_bert (Terrific! Terrific? Harve Nyquist never ordered any radials.)
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To: ETL

Had one of those several years ago in South Florida - a lizard shorted out a 7.2 kV line to ground right in front of our house. A linemen showed up and reset the circuit. He said that during the mating season, the male lizards climb up to high places (I guess to look for mates). When I laughed, he spontaneously broke into song: “Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places ...” (-:


22 posted on 09/18/2018 6:39:30 AM PDT by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: ETL
Was the cat's name Zap?

23 posted on 09/18/2018 6:39:51 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: ETL

Black cat now...


24 posted on 09/18/2018 6:42:07 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump.)
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To: tired&retired

25 posted on 09/18/2018 6:42:40 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: ETL

Squirrels built a nest at the top of a power pole feeding our house and did the same thing - one fried itself in the act so I forgave it...


26 posted on 09/18/2018 7:20:35 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: hellinahandcart

I think sweet pea and loudmouth miss you.


27 posted on 09/18/2018 7:26:40 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is mine. Even tho physically free, Tommy's not free yet. He's still facing charges.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

“Me-owww!”

Seriously, though, poor kitty. :-(


28 posted on 09/18/2018 7:32:01 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (..Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you.. Joshua 1:9)
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To: ETL

Clearly a case of people at the electric company inadequately blocking off the substation access—not the fault of a cat being a cat.


29 posted on 09/18/2018 7:34:14 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ETL
Must be a slow news day for this to even be a story.

In our rural area, the lights go off, and a good portion of the community head to the substation to find out what got fried. LOL

30 posted on 09/18/2018 7:35:53 AM PDT by TXSearcher (Interesting times we live in...........)
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To: ETL

Poor kitty..


31 posted on 09/18/2018 7:46:36 AM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan-(girl type) SEE MY TEXAS BIO PAGE FOR A BIG SURPRISE!)
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To: ETL

Poor baby kitty...I hope it didn’t suffer.


32 posted on 09/18/2018 8:56:56 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: ETL

I dare ya...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA6mksFu2vc


33 posted on 09/18/2018 4:47:54 PM PDT by wally_bert (Terrific! Terrific? Harve Nyquist never ordered any radials.)
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