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11/25/2009 10:32 AM ID: 81846 Permalink   

Cat Caused Illinois Power Outage
 

A cat that accidentally made contact with a fuse at an Illinois substation has caused electricity to be cut to around 1,500 homes and business in the city of Carrollton, in Illinois's Greene County.

When workers went to investigate the outage, they found the cat lying still several feet away from the fuse. It eventually rose from the ground and walked away. Those affected were customers of Ameren and had power again within hours.

 		 
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It´s good the cat is still alive (hopefully?). People can live without power for a couple of hours, but contrary to belief cats only have one life. ;)
 		 
  by: velger   11/25/2009 11:42 AM     
  Lucky  
 
for that cat catching a shock only, it could have caused a long term outage.
 		 
  by: vizhatlan     11/25/2009 12:43 PM     
  Ceiling Cat...  
 
... works in mysterious ways. Rest assured there was a higher purpose to that outage. Praise and cheeseburgers be unto him. Purrrrrr.
 		 
  by: spiggy   11/25/2009 04:11 PM     
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8 to go
 		 
  by: VermiciousG     11/25/2009 06:03 PM     
  @velger  
 
Wouldn´t the fact that this happened seem to indicate otherwise?
 		 
  by: willywonka   11/25/2009 09:24 PM     
  I wonder...  
 
how many lives he has left now.
 		 
  by: captainJane     11/26/2009 12:05 AM     
   
 
That darn cat!
 		 
  by: vlynxy   11/26/2009 01:05 AM     
  When it comes...  
 
to lawn mowers cats only have 1 life.
 		 
  by: ShiftyFarker   11/26/2009 03:19 AM     
  My cats breath smells like cat food.....  
 
The voltage will throw you, the current will kill you. Lucky for the cat it is sent at a higher voltage & low current.
 		 
  by: white devil   11/26/2009 11:13 PM     
  2 words  
 
Chinese hackers
 		 
  by: sceptre_of_fertility   11/28/2009 12:31 AM     
 
 
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