Something about the finality of the last paragraph of this news item makes me giggle.
Squirrel cuts power to 173 in Yonkers’ Park Hill neighborhood
By Ernie Garcia • elgarcia@lohud.com • February 24, 2011
YONKERS — A squirrel left 173 Consolidated Edison customers without power in the Park Hill area of Yonkers about 8:30 a.m. today.
Power was restored at 10 a.m. after utility crews responded to Park Hill Avenue to investigate the outage, according to Con Edison spokesman Alan Drury.
The squirrel apparently climbed on a transformer and caused a fuse to blow out, Drury said.
The squirrel’s fate was unknown.