Speaking of squirrels.......

[olena]

Squirrel Blamed for Outage, Traffic Jam


VANCOUVER, Wash. - A hungry squirrel has been blamed for a power outage that snarled rush-hour traffic in this city north of Portland, Ore.

Electricity was cut for about an hour Wednesday morning to about 5,145 residential and business customers after the rodent caused a short circuit at a substation.

The outage also affected traffic lights, including one busy intersection, where westbound traffic was backed up for about a mile, Washington State Patrol Trooper Garvin March said.

A substation worker found the remains of a squirrel with a walnut lying nearby, Clark Public Utilities spokesman Mick Shutt said.

"They just get into electrical equipment and in some fashion short the thing out," Shutt said. "They conduct electricity, and that's it."




They mess with more than beautiful gardens.....

 

[amid chaos]

We had this happen this spring...he fried himself out on the telephone pole...never lost electricity though.

he hung there with his little legs splayed for around 6 weeks...and then he fell but left half his face up there.


I have to say that we felt bad for the squirrel but he gave us, the neighbors and especially the construction guys at the house quite a laugh.

 

[olena]

His face? EWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!




















Do you have any pictures?

 

[amid chaos]

Yup..of course I do Olena, LOL,

you knew I did, didn't you?...

let me find them and send them to Kim to post.

 

[olena]

Originally posted by amid chaos
Yup..of course I do Olena, LOL,

you knew I did, didn't you?...

let me find them and send them to Kim to post.

It might be a nice treat for those whose gardens suffer from squirrels random havoc....

 

[DebºoºS]

Too funny.

 

[Snowwark]

Here's the poor little fried guy.......thank goodness we can't see what happened to his face!!!!

I know I curse them when they're digging up my garden, but I feel badly about him getting fizzled.

 

[amid chaos]

Thanks kim..Yeah, I was sorry for the squirrel too until his brothers started eating my sunflower buds.

Hey Kim..did you have anything to do with my login all of a sudden working? if you did..thanks bunches!!!

 

[Snowwark]

Me? Do something techie? I wish I could say I did Vanessa, but nope....they'd never let me near that kind of stuff...lol.