We reported to our faithful readers yesterday about the Animal Uprising™ attack in Escanaba, Michigan where they sent a suicide squirrel against the city's power lines. It worked, too. The squirrel detonated and the city went dark. Part of it anyway. Well, Escanaba, being relatively small, only got the second team squirrel bomber. The city of Natchez, Mississippi on the other hand got the first string. That's right, they got the fearsome exploding raccoon.
NATCHEZ — Entergy is nervously awaiting test results on the raccoon-damaged transformer before things on the Natchez power grid go back to normal.
Last week, crews working on a breaker that exploded after a raccoon grounded 115,000 volts, opted to shut down the entire transformer.
The Johns-Manville Substation has two transformers, and crews switched all lines to the one untouched by the nocturnal critter.
Even power customers not affected by the Jan. 28 mini-blackout were switched, Customer Service representative Stephen Caruthers said……
…..The breaker that blew was relatively new and had animal guards on it to prevent events like the one that occurred.
Approximately 2,500 Entergy customers lost power for several hours after the explosion.
Well, it really doesn't matter if you put animal guards on. After all it wasn't the breaker that detonated, it was the explosive packed masked marauder. We'll have to call some of our contacts at Entergy and warn them right away.
Obviously, they have no desires in this world. How many Virgins does a Racoon get??