Wayward snake cuts power to 10,000 in Northern Virginia

[underpants]

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

ARLINGTON, Va. — A snake that slithered into some electrical equipment apparently caused a power outage for 10,000 customers in Arlington and Alexandria overnight.

Dominion Virginia Power says the reptile disrupted the electricity substation on Four Mile Run just after 11 p.m. Saturday.


Read more: http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news-ap/wayward-snake-cuts-power-to-in-northern-virginia/article_7f884cd4-ecab-11e2-8d82-0019bb30f31a.html

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Snakes knocked out power to 40,000+ ---Richmond VA last year
May 1, 2012
http://wtvr.com/2012/05/01/two-separate-power-outages-within-hours/


Zapped Snake Causes Power Outages
Failed transformer leaves hot Arizona town without power for three hours.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/zapped-snake-power-outages-13748452

Snake To Blame For Greenville Power Outage --- North Carolina
Jul 09, 2013
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Snake-To-Blame-For-Greenville-Power-Outage-214715201.html

Snake causes power outage to 1,255 customers --- Oregon
Jul 12, 2013.
http://www.hermistonherald.com/news/local_news/snake-causes-power-outage-to-customers/article_942b9680-eb77-11e2-87c5-0019bb2963f4.html

[JHB]

1. Snakes. I hate snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?

[area51]

18. LOL

Score one for House Slytherin.

[NutmegYankee]

2. When I was a child I had a pet garter snake.

One day it got free and I searched and searched for it, finally finding that it had crawled through a tiny tear in a stereo speaker and had wrapped itself around the disk. I guess it like the vibration or the magnetic field.

[RebelOne]

10. I had two pet boa constrictors years ago when I lived in Miami.

They are good pets. They don't bark or shit on the carpet. I had to get rid of them because they were each 7 feet long and I lived in a tiny apartment. So I donated them to the Dade County Junior College hands-on program for kids.

[SheilaT]

3. Sounds like the notes for a Stephen King novel.

[NaturalHigh]

4. Very common.

Most people wouldn't believe how many power outages are caused by animals. Snakes, birds, squirrels, and raccoons are the most common, although I've also seen a cat involved in one.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. If that happened here in West Virginia, it wouldn't be just a power outage...

it would be a religious experience.

[brer cat]

8. DUzy!

[SteveG]

16. worthy of a DUZY

nt

[MADem]

6. Was the snake trying to get romantic with a power cable? nt

[Catbird]

7. Fire ants

Fire ants also like electrical wires. I've seen them take out power to computer systems and buildings.

[MADem]

20. Wow--never knew that! nt

[Hestia]

23. Crazy Ants will cause thousands of dollars in damage to electrical & computer equipment

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326481/Crazy-Ants-damage-electrical-systems-taking-southeastern-United-States.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/attack-crazy-ants-ant-species-arrives-taste-electronics/story?id=19246157#.UeQc3I3oX4Y

[Faygo Kid]

9. Dick Cheney is out that late? Little old for that, Dick.

When it comes to snakes, you don't get worse than Dick Cheney.

[Thor_MN]

11. Enough is enough! I have had it with these m-fing snakes in this m-fing substation!!

[underpants]

19. Yes!

That's it

[MisterP]

12. after Original Sin it's been all downhill nt

[ColesCountyDem]

13. Note to snake:

See your optometrist as soon as possible. That long, black thing is NOT a girl snake!

[mike dub]

14. Well-played snake, well played

A squirrel once made the misstep of putting one foot on the transformer, and one on the grounded power-pole on our property, resulting in a huge pop and his demise ... but he did manage to cut the power to our house in the process. But 10,000 customers out from one snake?--- if a snake's gonna go, they may's'well go with a bang.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

15. was it the Big Dick?

Cheney?

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

17. It was.....

.....George Zimmerman slithering north, wanting to reapply for that police job in northern Virginia once again.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

21. Poor snake. How is it doing?

[pinboy3niner]

22. Medium-well to well

Of course.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

24. LOL.