'It's a nightmare:' Iguana causes power outage in Florida town for third time this year

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/us/florida-iguana-power-outage-trnd/index.html

‘It’s a nightmare:’ Iguana causes power outage in Florida town for third time this year

By Melissa Alonso and Zoe Sottile, CNN

Published 2:06 PM EST, Sun December 18, 2022

CNN — An iguana caused “a large-scale outage” in Lake Worth Beach, Florida earlier this month – the third iguana-triggered outage in the city this year.

The outage impacted about 1,400 customers in Lake Worth Beach in Palm County, city spokesman Ben Kerr told CNN. The power was restored within 35 minutes, according to a tweet from the city.

LWB Electric Utility responded to the “large scale outage” at the city’s 6th Ave Substation on December 7, said the tweet.

“Every utility agency in Florida deals with this. It’s a nightmare,” Kerr said about the animal-caused outages. “It’s happened three times this year because of iguanas” in Lake Worth Beach, he said. “That’s down 50% from last year.”

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[Walleye]

1. Once I saw a squirrel fall into a transformer in our neighborhood, knocked out power

[Sneederbunk]

2. Terrorist iguanas.

[jimfields33]

3. Time to cover them up. Can that be done?

[Wicked Blue]

4. Could plastic collars be place on utility poles to keep them from climbimng up?

Sort of like the collars of shame used on dogs.

[rhiannon55]

11. That dog doesn't look one bit ashamed

In fact he looks proud and stylish.

[Ocelot II]

5. It's pretty tough on the iguanas, too.

[asiliveandbreathe]

6. I was working the cord board at NETCO..in Framingham Ma..1965..yup..dusk..

Went to my second job later, (night crew came in early), and worked the small cord board at the local Framingham Motor Inn..had to use crank on side of board for power..had to get gas of course, stopped by Dad's station..he had a generator for power..phew...what do you expect from someone just out of HS..

The Great Northeast Blackout At dusk on November 9, 1965, one of the biggest power failures in history occurs as all of New York state, portions of seven nearby states, and parts of eastern Canada are plunged into darkness.

The Great Northeast Blackout - HISTORY

[Wicked Blue]

8. Didn't a squirrel cause that?

Or am I confusing it with a different blackout?

[asiliveandbreathe]

9. So I have heard..no one knew at the time...some on the internet

have suggested UFO sighting.. Aliens did it..yes, same blackout..1965...

[sdfernando]

7. Night of the Iguana /nt

[murielm99]

10. Oh, get out of here!