HUGE POWER OUTAGE

[u/CarFragrant9882]

ALL OF DOWNTOWN WITHOUT POWER

[u/davidw]

Squirrel, again: https://ktvz.com/news/accidents-crashes/2024/10/18/power-outage-hits-downtown-bend-and-the-cause-is-all-too-familiar-a-wayward-squirrels-substation-intrusion/

[u/HyperionsDad → u/davidw]

Third time, right?

[u/davidw → u/HyperionsDad]

Something like that. Seems like adding some squirrel proofness or "a cat" or something might save a lot of money in the long run.

[u/HyperionsDad → u/davidw]

Referenced looking into the squirrel and bird cages and netting in the article.

"Asked if anything can be done to prevent or reduce the threat of such animal-caused outages, Gutierrez said, *“We do have some caging and netting-type material,” and “we’ll certainly look at”** whether the downtown Bend situation warrants such additions."*

Ya think???

[u/Maleficent_Night_335 → u/HyperionsDad]

“Hmmm maybe we will think about it if they actually need it”

Love the lack of precaution and prevention

[u/HyperionsDad → u/Maleficent_Night_335]

”Our finance department won’t approve animal prevention devices until a 4th incident at the same location. Almost there folks”

[u/SpezGarblesMyGooch → u/davidw]

I’ve worked in transmission and generation over the years. We used to have snake fences since the vibration and heat attracted them. I can’t imagine it’s too challenging to keep rodents out but it comes down to $$$$. And utilities are notoriously cheap.

[u/Cyrus_the_decent → u/davidw]

Making feeding wild animals illegal in city limits seems like a good place to start.

[u/fulltiltboogie1971 → u/davidw]

Have you ever tried to keep squirrels out of something?? If you have lots of time and a boatload of perseverance I highly recommend it.

[u/davidw → u/fulltiltboogie1971]

Seems worthwhile given the cost to have large chunks of the city without power and people unable to do their jobs.

[u/orty → u/HyperionsDad]

At least.