Squirrel Shock Causes Power Outage

An unfortunate squirrel met its demise early this morning when it monkeyed around with a transformer on Maple Street, knocking out power to about 2,760 customers in Woodstock and Hartland at 7:45 or 8 a.m., according to CVPS officials. According to CVPS Spokesperson Christine Rivers, a utility crew made it out to Maple Street and had the transformer up and running around 9 a.m. In Woodstock, the outage impacted the Woodstock Elementary School, the Sunset Farm office building on the East End, and other parts of the village.

6 responses to this post.

  1. Dianne's avatar

    Posted by Dianne on December 2, 2011 at 11:04

    what! no photo?

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  2. Margaret's avatar

    our lights blinked at about 7:45-way out here on River Rd! Now we know why….poor squirrel

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  3. lissy's avatar

    Posted by lissy on December 2, 2011 at 12:06

    my power was out in South Woodstock… guess this explains it.

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  4. Karen's avatar

    Posted by Karen on December 2, 2011 at 14:14

    Requiem for a squirrel — haiku:

    Seemed like just the place,
    to groom my tail and chatter;
    actually…not.

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  5. Unknown's avatar

    […] And late last week, thousands were left without power because some skwerl was monkeying around: Squirrel Shock Causes Power Outage”. […]

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