Cat knocks out power to much of New Orleans after getting into Entergy substation

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NEW ORLEANS – Thousands of Entergy New Orleans customers lost power for more than an hour after a cat got into a substation Monday.

The outages began around 8:30 a.m. Monday morning, according to the Entergy New Orleans. Power was restored around noon, the company tweeted.

A statement from the company said a cat got into a substation and caused a flash when it touched the equipment. The animal did not survive.

"It is unusual for a cat to get into a substation and around protective devices. When this happens, the animals unfortunately do not survive the high-voltage contact,"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/09/17/entergy-new-orleans-power-outage-cat-substation/1336436002/

[flotsam]

1. Think

"Christmas Vacation"...

[Ohiogal]

2. Awwww.... poor kitty ....

[Codeine]

3. Poor little guy.

A few dollars spent animal-proofing such an important facility would seem prudent.

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4. Here in Albuquerque ...

Several months ago a squirrel did the same thing,
knocking out our power for a couple hours.

[Codeine]

5. Sadly I imagine squirrel-proofing a building

is an order of magnitude more difficult than kitty-proofing one.

[CatWoman]

6. one did the same thing to the Hartsfield Airport here in Atlanta

shut down the entire airport for hours

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8. "When animals attack"

An obvious conspiracy!

[CatWoman]

7. poor kitty