Squirrels strike again

Dating back to my time as editor at the Hibbing Daily Tribune (the early 2000s), squirrels have knocked out Hibbing’s power supply no fewer than 1,208 times.

OK, that’s not true but it happens all the time, including yesterday. This phenomenon is mentioned in my book, “Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range.” Just mentioned, though. I don’t want to convey the idea that the book has “too much squirrel.”

My favorite line from the Tribune story is below:

The cause of the outage was a gray squirrel on top of a pole transformer in the alley. The line crew restored power at 11:10 a.m. and 11:24 a.m. by replacing two blown fuses. Several other squirrels were in the area at the time, according to the statement.

Holding a silent vigil for their melted furry friend? Or plotting icy cold revenge … squirrel style?

Comments

  1. Were any of the suspicious squirrels arrested?

  2. I, for one, welcome our new furry overlords.

  3. The squirels foil the so called squirrel proof feeders we’ve had here, so I don’t think anybody’s money should be wasted trying to keep them off the items. Just let natural selection take its course. Maybe after 500 generations, we’ll get either electric proof squirrels or no squirrels. One of our squirrels learned to go hand over hand, hanging under a very thin rope, to a feeder suspended at least 20 feet between three different trees.

  4. Two words: squirrel catapult.

    That… and dinner.

  5. They were there to verify that the execution of the collaborationist was complete.

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