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Two squirrels knock out Colorado substation twice in two days
Original: A Colorado substation with nearly all its equipment covered against wildlife went dark twice in two days because two squirrels found the parts that were not, the first cutting 4,400 customers for more than two hours and the second 1,300 for 40 minutes
A Colorado electrical substation lost power twice in two days after two squirrels contacted unprotected equipment. Nearly all of the facility's components were fitted with wildlife guards, but the animals reached the parts that were not covered. The first outage cut electricity to 4,400 customers for more than two hours; the second affected 1,300 customers for about 40 minutes.
Why now: The ironic scale of the disruption caused by two squirrels despite extensive protective measures makes it a striking story.
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