My parents and some of my friends were without power yesterday for a while. Here is the explanation according to the Kokomo Tribune...
A raccoon is responsible for turning off the lights in Greentown and eastern Howard County on Wednesday morning.Apparently the critter was able to scale a fence or dig underneath to get inside the Maple Street substation, said Duke Energy spokeswoman Angeline Protegere.The power outage lasted nearly two hours from 4:11 to 5:47 a.m. Protegere said 3,415 customers were without power.The raccoon did not survive.
The only raccoon in the world who got a newspaper obituary, I'm sure. His/her family is probably so grateful.
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Just getting here with the Idol comments - didn't REALLY enjoy any of the performances, but then again I'm not a big Dolly Parton fan. Still like David Cook the best and am really glad Ramiele went. Kristy needs to be next - the whole putting herself down and assuming she is in the bottom three is getting a little old for me.
HAHAHAHA
I almost wrote about this myself!!!
Guess who woke up at 4AM that day right as the power went out, yours truly. then I got to thinking about ALL the scary books, and movies I Watch and i couldn't get back to sleep that was coupled with the paranoid phats thinking he wouldn't get up in time for work. STUPID RACOON
Deb - I think I'm getting too many David's in my singing world. David Phelps...David Cook....TOO MANY DAVID'S!! I agree with you on Kristy.
Phats - did you wake up BECAUSE the power went out or were you starting your day at that hour? I only ask because my parents told me that when the power went out, they got up and lit candles so they could see. I said "Why? It was four in the morning! Roll over and go back to sleep. That's what I'd do!"
So are you going to stop with the scary books and movies now?
HA!
When is the viewing?
I haven't seen that one in the paper yet. I told Mom what I posted about it, and she asked if I listed survivors. And i said, No, but you know Chris would have. He's creative like that! So I've just posted sub-par to what you would have done. I'll do better next time. :(
I just have to laugh. People down here don't know what raccoons or squirrels are. But we do have cockroaches that rival the aforementioned mammals in size. Seriously. And that's just one reason why I'm looking forward to the day we get to move.
I would absolutely wet my pants if I saw a cockroach of ANY size. But if it was the size of a raccoon - well just order me some flowers for a funeral of my own, because it's OVER. You have my sympathy AND my admiration for living through it. :)
I heard all about this from Phats. He wasn't happy about losing power!! lol
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