No money for a car repair?

Don’t worry! Just pull out that handy dandy duct tape and repair your car yourself.

Hundreds of Midwestern Power customers and two squirrels were very unlucky one day last fall.

Apparently a squirrel came into contact with an overhead transformer and knocked out service to 177 customers. Power was restored in just under an hour, but naturally the squirrel lost it’s life. The remains were found by repair crews.

Just 40 miles away in Ironwood, Mich, another squirrel got into a substation and caused a temporary power outage that affected 1400 customers.

The power company is now thinking about what kind of steps it can take to keep curious animals away from the lines as they, along with weather, are one of the leading causes of power outages.

“We kind of liken it to anyone who’s had a bird feeder and tried to keep the squirrels out,” said the power company spokesperson. “They find a way.”

Good luck!

Wordless Wednesday

I think these men must have a death wish.

They’ve combined water, a lot of alcohol and electricity … someone’s about to get fried and it looks like they don’t have a clue!

A grill in the middle of a pool? An electrical outlet propped on the side of the pool, with a surge protector floating in the pool courtesy of rubber flip flops? Maybe they think the rubber flip flops or the surge protector will absorb electricity if and when water gets into the outlet?

I hope they had good insurance policies!

Seriously are they stupid or what?

I don’t even want to know the real story behind this accident!

I just hope that no one got hurt although I have a feeling that someone probably did!

It looks like a car fell as it was going over an overpass and then landed on a car that was traveling under the overpass doesn’t it? It actually looks like this might be an action shot since it appears there’s some stuff flying around above the top car if you look closely.