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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 03:01 PM
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DeKalb power outage possibly caused by squirrel-squirrel's condition was not immediately available



A large chunk of DeKalb County was without electricity Tuesday morning, and utility officials said a squirrel was possibly to blame.

Georgia Power spokesman Jeff Wilson said a squirrel possibly got into the Hairston Road substation around 8 a.m., knocking out power to some 17,000 customers.

Wilson said crews began reconnecting customers around 9:15, and had all service restored by shortly before 10 a.m.

Wilson said the outage included parts of the Stone Mountain, Lithonia and Decatur areas.

The squirrel's condition was not immediately available.

http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-power-outage-possibly-529653.html

I am guessing the condition is....toast.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 03:02 PM
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1. awwwwwwwww Poor widdle squirrel...
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 03:06 PM
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2. .......
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 03:17 PM
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4. Squirrel in a blaze of glory.
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 03:18 PM
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5. All your substations are belong to us (nt)
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 03:08 PM
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3. Saw a falcon do that once.
The power blew the bird apart. Sad way to go.

RIP Rocky!
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 03:25 PM
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6. The aftermath? What squirrel?
I imagine there wasn't much left after the squirrel tasted a hundred thousand volts...
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 03:30 PM
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7. I was affected. Home sick today... the thoughts running through
my mind at the time were:

Am I sure my autopay with Georgia Power is still set up? Will all the frozen foods I bought yesterday be destroyed? It's hot as hell!
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