Frying Squirrels September 27, 2007

update:

Again, heartbreaking facts…

How did the deer even get up there?

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We’ve all experienced blackouts before. But have you ever wondered what is causing it to happen?

Here’s an interesting perspective: The Georgian squirrel community is responsible for 16,750 power outages in 2006. That was 3 times the number in 2005. Can you believe that?

From the squirrels point of view, they probably are still wondering what’s all happened to their relatives who just kept disappearing. For us at home or in our office – at the point when we experience the blackout – we were probably like “Wt– @#$% I forgot to save!”

Squirrels are cute. Just yesterday on my way to work, I saw a squirrel crossing the road via a power cable. o.O *Oops. I hope none of us had a blackout yesterday afternoon.* Anyways, I was still thinking, “Awww so cute!” Clearly, their cuteness is starting to threaten their own population and our lifestyles.

So..what do we do to:
1) stop squirrels from frying themselves, and
2) protect ourselves from the consequences of blackouts?

Hmm..I suppose we can try to contact the Chief of Squirrels, so that a warning can be issued to all squirrel-zens. “Playing with power lines is strictly prohibited.” or “Danger: Touch me [power lines] at your [squirrels] own risk.”

We already have an idea for (2). That’s why we connect our computers to surge protectors..right? And if we have, we should be free from blackouts, from data loss. Or have we?