Bird With A Wire Cuts Power To Town

July 8, 2012

A bird with a wire cut power to hundreds of people in the Jay area for a couple of hours Saturday afternoon.

The bird build a nest in Escambia River Electric Cooperative’s Jay substation. The bird found a small piece of wire and took it back to the nest, shorting out and blowing a high voltage breaker, according to Nick Jackson, spokesman for EREC.

EREC and PowerSouth crews worked to ensure that there was no additional damage to the substation as part of the power restoration process.

“Thank you for your patience as we work around nature’s adventurous creatures to keep your power flowing,” Jackson said in a post on the company’s Facebook page.

NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.

Comments

7 Responses to “Bird With A Wire Cuts Power To Town”

  1. one less bird on July 9th, 2012 10:45 am

    R.I.P. Little bird!

  2. Nick on July 9th, 2012 6:54 am

    The bird didn’t make it.

  3. jake on July 9th, 2012 2:06 am

    So hows the bird?

  4. Dusty on July 8th, 2012 11:22 pm

    Im with Steve lol they didnt happen to tell what happen to the bird i bet he made some nice chicken strips

  5. Jane on July 8th, 2012 7:35 pm

    Just goes to show that we just have to find ways to live with wildlife. Maybe we need to install some bird netting? LOL!

  6. Steve M on July 8th, 2012 5:58 pm

    Yup, the bird was probably quite well done in the end.

  7. well on July 8th, 2012 6:43 am

    The breaker probably wasn’t the only thing blown……?

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