Friday, February 29, 2008
Squirrel cause of Fort Worth power outage, water shortage
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This guy got a little too up close and personal with a power transformer today.
Mystery solved.
A power outage in Fort Worth that is affecting the city's water supply was apparently caused by a squirrel.
No word yet on if the mischievous squirrel intentionally chewed through vital wires, nor if Rocky it bit the dust in the process.
If it is in fact the latter, I know at least one soon-to-be former presidential candidate that knows what do with it:
Posted by Alex B.
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Pavel Lishin Verified
Like I've been saying: An army of squirrels is still an army.
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