Posted on 06/09/2015 9:21:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
At least 65,000 homes and businesses lost power Monday in heat-related outages across the Bay Area, including more than 50,000 customers in the East Bay and 12,000 in San Jose, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials said.
The outage knocked out power at the Downtown Berkeley Station, which had to be shut down. The blackout culprit was reportedly a squirrel in an El Cerrito substation.
Power elsewhere in the Bay Area went down mostly due to temperature-related equipment failures, said J.D. Guidi, a spokesman for PG&E.
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How is a heat-related outage attributed to a squirrel?
Was is suffering from heat stroke?
Ooooh!
Thanks for the reminder.
I’m rooting for the LeBrons.
But I really do think the Warriors are a better team.
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