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Crispy critter temporarily outs power for 5K in Hamilton County
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Garrison Hilliard
Jan 12, 2015, 8:37:28 PM1/12/15
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CINCINNATI -- About 5,000 Duke Energy customers temporarily lost power
Monday morning and the cause of the outage had very little to do with
the weather.
Instead, a Duke spokesperson said customers in parts of Colerain
Township, Forest Park and Symmes Township in Hamilton County could
blame one crispy critter for the inconvenience.
A squirrel entered a power substation, ostensibly looking for warmth
and shelter, and got zapped, the utility company said.
The rodent’s demise triggered the large outage that hit before noon.
After the noon hour, more than 4,000 customers were still without
power as Duke worked to restore service. Power was returned to each
area before 3 p.m.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/5000-duke-energy-customers-in-hamilton-county-without-power
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Monday morning and the cause of the outage had very little to do with
the weather.
Instead, a Duke spokesperson said customers in parts of Colerain
Township, Forest Park and Symmes Township in Hamilton County could
blame one crispy critter for the inconvenience.
A squirrel entered a power substation, ostensibly looking for warmth
and shelter, and got zapped, the utility company said.
The rodent’s demise triggered the large outage that hit before noon.
After the noon hour, more than 4,000 customers were still without
power as Duke worked to restore service. Power was returned to each
area before 3 p.m.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/5000-duke-energy-customers-in-hamilton-county-without-power
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RSNorman
Jan 12, 2015, 8:53:56 PM1/12/15
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/opinion/sunday/squirrel-power.html
Sylvia Else
Jan 12, 2015, 9:46:26 PM1/12/15
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just passing the buck.
Sylvia.
Garrison Hilliard
Jan 28, 2015, 1:17:41 PM1/28/15
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:36:55 -0700, Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off>
wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:46:22 +1100, the following appeared
>in sci.skeptic, posted by Sylvia Else
><syl...@not.at.this.address>:
>
>[Groups trimmed (rec.bicycles?!?)]
KNOW YOUR RODENTIAL MARTYRS
wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:46:22 +1100, the following appeared
>in sci.skeptic, posted by Sylvia Else
><syl...@not.at.this.address>:
>
>[Groups trimmed (rec.bicycles?!?)]
>
>>On 13/01/2015 12:53 PM, RSNorman wrote:
>>> On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:37:26 -0500, Garrison Hilliard
>>> <garr...@efn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> CINCINNATI -- About 5,000 Duke Energy customers temporarily lost power
>>>> Monday morning and the cause of the outage had very little to do with
>>>> the weather.
>>>>
>>>> Instead, a Duke spokesperson said customers in parts of Colerain
>>>> Township, Forest Park and Symmes Township in Hamilton County could
>>>> blame one crispy critter for the inconvenience.
>>>>
>>>> A squirrel entered a power substation, ostensibly looking for warmth
>>>> and shelter, and got zapped, the utility company said.
>>>>
>>>> The rodent’s demise triggered the large outage that hit before noon.
Check out the "killer squirrel" threds in the bicycle groups, Bob.
>>On 13/01/2015 12:53 PM, RSNorman wrote:
>>> On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:37:26 -0500, Garrison Hilliard
>>> <garr...@efn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> CINCINNATI -- About 5,000 Duke Energy customers temporarily lost power
>>>> Monday morning and the cause of the outage had very little to do with
>>>> the weather.
>>>>
>>>> Instead, a Duke spokesperson said customers in parts of Colerain
>>>> Township, Forest Park and Symmes Township in Hamilton County could
>>>> blame one crispy critter for the inconvenience.
>>>>
>>>> A squirrel entered a power substation, ostensibly looking for warmth
>>>> and shelter, and got zapped, the utility company said.
>>>>
>>>> The rodent’s demise triggered the large outage that hit before noon.
KNOW YOUR RODENTIAL MARTYRS
Bob Casanova
Jan 28, 2015, 1:40:55 PM1/28/15
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:17:39 -0500, the following appeared
in sci.skeptic, posted by Garrison Hilliard
<garr...@efn.org>:
I spend too much time on Usenet now, so I'll pass. Sorry if
my trim was inappropriate.
>KNOW YOUR RODENTIAL MARTYRS
--
Bob C.
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov
in sci.skeptic, posted by Garrison Hilliard
<garr...@efn.org>:
my trim was inappropriate.
>KNOW YOUR RODENTIAL MARTYRS
--
Bob C.
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov
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