Electrical power was interrupted to 9,200 AmerenCIPS customers on Quincy's south side late Tuesday night when a raccoon got into a substation. Surprisingly the animal survived.
Power went out at 11:48 p.m. Tuesday and was restored within 33 minutes, said Leigh Morris, an Ameren Corp. spokesman.
"It was one angry animal when we (AmerenCIPS crew) got there but he was alive and is free to roam," Morris said.
Ironically it was the second time in the last two weeks that a raccoon caused a power outage in the Quincy area.
On May 14, more than 9,000 customers on the east and south side of Quincy were affected by an outage when a raccoon caused a breaker to open on a 138,000-volt transmission line. That incident occurred at 10:51 p.m. and power was fully restored within about two hours.
The raccoon also survived in the May 14 power outage
2 comments:
when in doubt blame the racoon.
That is what I do....
In the movie version, the racoon will be played by Lou Ferrigno.
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