Posted
3/05/2009 06:01:00 PM
by Douglas
Squirrels are on a tear in the panhandle, and won't be happy 'till everyone is sitting in the
dark.A squirrel was the cause of a Wednesday morning power outage that affected more than 4,000 customers in Amarillo.
Xcel spokesman Wes Reeves said the outage occurred at 11:25 a.m., and customers were without power for about 20 minutes.
The squirrel likely made contact with a live wire in the Xcel substation at 34th Avenue and Bell Street.
"It's probably a sign of spring the squirrels are becoming more active," Reeves said.
As for the squirrel, "You don't normally survive that encounter," he said.
Yeah, probably not. But when they do?!? They get
super powers!