Squirrel Knocks Out Power In Kansas

[matcom]

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TOPEKA, Kan. --A squirrel too curious for its own good caused an outage that left the Statehouse and other downtown Topeka buildings briefly without power Thursday, according to Westar Energy Inc.

Company spokeswoman Gina Penzig said the squirrel got into a power substation and was touching different parts of a circuit, causing electricity to flow through its body and overload the circuit.

The power went out about 8:30 a.m. and returned about a half-hour later. Besides the Statehouse, two state government office buildings were affected.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/09/09/curious_squirrel_knocks_out_power_in_kan?mode=PF

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Yes....but did the squirrel survive?

:shrug:

[MrScorpio]

2. I heard the makers of K.C. Masterpiece took care of that situation

No need to worry

[greekspeak]

3. The squirrel was apparently miffed over the recent Intell. Design issue

Even the squirrels know better.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. That used to happen at least once every summer in my neighborhood

when I was a kid. Always be some squirrel or something that would get into a transformer, and knock out a block or two of power for an hour or so.

Many, many times that happened.

[Mrs.Matcom]

5. Remember...

when that happened outside our house a couple summers ago?

[miss_kitty]

6. was it from Fife?

[mainegreen]

7. Theres been an awful lot about squirrels here lately....

Should I go get my tinfoil hat?
Is there something I don't know?

[Lilyhoney]

8. Two birds fighting over a fish on a wire

knocked out our towns' power. The three were found at the bottem of the transformer pole.:shrug:

[anarch]

9. good lord, the whole state?

That must have been one busy squirrel!