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Post by Renae/k9do on Jan 30, 2007 15:01:23 GMT
Eagle lugging deer head causes outage Bird carrying too-large burden, crashes into lines, knocks out power JUNEAU, Alaska - About 10,000 Juneau residents briefly lost power Sunday after a bald eagle lugging a deer head crashed into transmission lines. "You have to live in Alaska to have this kind of outage scenario," said Gayle Wood, an Alaska Electric Light & Power spokeswoman. "This is the story of the overly ambitious eagle who evidently found a deer head in the landfill." The hefty bounty apparently bogged down the eagle, which failed to clear transmission lines as it flew away from the landfill, she said. When a repair crew arrived, they found the eagle carcass with the deer head nearby. This eagle "got a hold of a little bit more than he could handle," Wood said. Power was out less than 45 minutes. URL: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16875766?GT1=8921
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Post by kc9gld on Feb 24, 2007 23:20:12 GMT
One day last week I saw this article but when I went to go find it again to post it here I lost it. I couldn't hardly believe that article when I first read it!
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