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Snake slithers into a substation in Texas and kayos electrical power

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122276) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 May 23

A snake that slithered his way into a substation in Austin Texas on Tuesday afternoon. The snake made contact with electrical equipment that knocked out electricity to 16,000 customers for a period of one hour. Most of the time...

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Iguana wanders into a substation in Florida causing a blackout

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122276) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 11 Dec 22

A large iguana is being blamed for a power outage during the daytime hours on Wednesday in the city of Lake Worth Beach Florida after the animal managed to enter a substation and mess around with the electrical system that causes...

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A blackout in Virginia caused by a squirrel that hit a circuit breaker

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122276) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 13 Sep 22

Bonita Billingsley who is the spokesperson of Dominion Energy mentioned that a squirrel who tampered with electrical equipment at a substation in Virginia Beach last Wednesday morning. The blackout in the Virginia Beach area lost...

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Blame it on a squirrel

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122276) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 8 Jun 22

This story is very amusing since it is not everyday that a squirrel gets into a news story for interference with a substation in Prior Lake Minnesota that caused a blackout in the area for a period of one hour. Officials with the...

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