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Squirrels briefly kill power in 2 cities Tue Nov 20, 6:30 AM ET



ASHLAND, Wis. - It was an unlucky day for two squirrels and hundreds of Midwestern power customers.

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Brian Elwood, a spokesman for Xcel Energy, said a squirrel came in contact with an overhead transformer and knocked out service to 177 customers Monday. Power was fully restored in just under an hour, and repair crews found the remains of the "unfortunate squirrel," he said.

By coincidence, another squirrel got into a substation 40 miles away in Ironwood, Mich., Monday morning and caused a temporary outage that affected about 1,400 customers in Ironwood and two nearby communities, Elwood said.

The utility takes many preventive steps to keep the curious animals away from lines, he said, but they are one of the leading causes of outages, trailing only severe weather.

"We kind of liken it to anyone who's had a bird feeder and tried to keep the squirrels out," he said. "They find a way."

Rodney Johnson was stuck on an elevator at the city's Enterprise Center, where he works, when the power went out.

"For a couple of minutes there, I wasn't sure if I'd make it to Thanksgiving," said Johnson, who said he is somewhat claustrophobic. "They kept talking to me while they were trying to open it up, though, so that helped."

Once a firefighter opened the door, Johnson wasted no time in getting out.

"I'm surprised I didn't knock him down," he said.





Coincidence I dont think so.......Its all parts of thier Evil plan to take over the world....may sound nuts....but it's true.......

We need the seacows to investigate this.

That's nothing!

Back in the mid or late 90's some squirrel chewed through one of those high tension power cables, and took down the entire pacific northwest power grid.

They're attacking !

LMAO! terrorist squirrels! Run for your life!

AP: 10:45

This just in ; President Bush to address the Nation tonight at 8:00 pm on the Squirrel Terror threat . VP. Chaney tells Congress not to worry as this Administration is on top of this situation (just like all the rest ) . President Bush to tell the American people they sleep tonight as he has Homeland Security on the job.

From the rumor mill . Clay has been called to active Duty !

Where's Eddie? He usually eats these [gosh darn] things.

They're calling out the West Virginia National Guard.

it is expected that all renegade squirrels will be rounded up (and available at the nearest Hometown Buffet) within hours.

Another Central Florida post... But those squirrels must be from my campus. These squirrels are the Yakuza of squirrels, small, quick, and deadly.

thats nuts

light saber squirrels...

we've lost power two or three times in the last two years because of these kamakazzee squirrels.....they get up on those transformers and just wont stay still...jumping here jumping there....it's hard to gt a head shot....

We have a ton of black squirrles where I live...they get into your flower garden and dig up bulbs and replant them all over your yard, during the spring & summer a flower will out of nowhere just pop up in the middle of our yard, because of these squirrels, I just figured my girlfriend was drunk when she planted the bulbs......go figure it was the squirrels....or was it

The truth comes out! Your girlfriend is a drunk squirrel!

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The truth comes out! Your girlfriend is a drunk squirrel!

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Big dental bills....pictures of the planters guy all over our house....and I constantly have to get her out of the trees.......ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Never fear!!!

beware, they have mastered the art of camouflage.

Two Army guys got a big one!

Anyone for squirrels flambe?

This isn't new. The evil squirrels have been tormenting us for years.


http://www.anti-squirrel.com/proof.html