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Electrocuted owl cuts power to 23,000
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| Tue Feb 6, 4:59 PM ET
Posted on 02/06/2007 8:20:23 PM PST by martin_fierro
Electrocuted owl cuts power to 23,000
Tue Feb 6, 4:59 PM ET
CASPER, Wyo. - An owl electrocuted itself in an electrical substation, briefly knocking out power to almost 23,000 customers in south Casper.
Margaret Oler, spokeswoman for Rocky Mountain Power, said the bird tripped the high-voltage line at 10:20 p.m. Sunday, shutting down that and three other substations. She called it the largest outage she's seen in 25 years.
"Our equipment operated exactly as it should have and did not allow the damage to go further," Oler said.
It took about an hour to restore power.
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: owl; zot
To: martin_fierro
Some real knockout hooters, huh?
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posted on
02/06/2007 8:26:23 PM PST
by
digger48
To: martin_fierro
It took about an hour to restore power.The article doesn't say who turned the power back on. :O)
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posted on
02/06/2007 8:38:03 PM PST
by
jdm
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
02/06/2007 8:43:15 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
02/06/2007 8:53:55 PM PST
by
TheSpottedOwl
(Are those coyotes I hear, or is Hillary singing again?)
To: martin_fierro
I had a cat that climbed up the power pole and sat up there all day. It was a very hot day and I was worried, so I tried to coax him down with food and water. As he started down the pole, he made contact with something and was electrocuted. As he fell, he hit everything he could on the way down. I thought he was dead. Then he started breathing. I took him to the vet, and $200 later he was good as new. He was minus a tail and ear though. He lived another 2 years before he was hit by a car. I don't recall any outages that day though.
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posted on
02/06/2007 9:25:27 PM PST
by
gracie1
(Why can't I pay my visa with my mastercard?)
To: TheSpottedOwl; martin_fierro
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posted on
02/06/2007 9:28:09 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: martin_fierro
To: rzeznikj at stout; MikeinIraq
For your *PING* list, gentlemen?
Cheers!
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posted on
02/06/2007 9:39:52 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Sacajaweau; martin_fierro
I guess the Owl was a member of Earth Liberation Front?
Too bad he didn't "resist" hard enough...
Cheers!
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posted on
02/06/2007 9:42:00 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
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To: TheSpottedOwl
My bad? Now, now.
Just cuz one of your namesakes got zotted, doesn't mean the mods are mad at *you*.
Cheers!
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posted on
02/06/2007 9:44:13 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: martin_fierro
I told the townspeople not to f*** with that owl.
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posted on
02/06/2007 10:07:38 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Saturday, February 3, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
02/07/2007 3:17:27 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Facts are a Zionist plot!" --MarkL)
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