Another incident brought on by the dreaded bushytail has me worried. This is the third story in the past six months that has appeared in the newspaper here in Owensboro, Ky. This is very disturbing. I need backup here in the Western KY DIV!

Squirrel causes power outage

From staff reports
Messenger-Inquirer

A squirrel is the likely culprit of a brief power outage Friday, April 17, 1998, for about 1,200 people in the Trinity Hills and Triplett Street area in Owensboro.
About 8 p.m. Thursday, a squirrel got into a "pot head," where an underground cable is connected to regular cable on a utility pole, causing lights to blink, said Jody Wassmer, Owensboro Municipal Utilities spokesman.
On Friday at 8:51 a.m., there was an underground fault, or problem, with the wiring that again sent lights in that area blinking and the electricity went out for five minutes for the 1,200 customers, Wassmer said. About a dozen customers had no power for a longer period as the pot head was replaced, he said. All power was restored by 11 a.m.
Friday's outage was attributed to damage caused thursday night by the squirrel.

Submitted by
Todd "Where is my Zippo"

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