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A raccoon was behind the massive power outage that knocked out electricity to some 7,000 customers in downtown Toronto for hours Thursday night.

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[–] cralder@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

A raccoon was behind the massive power outage that knocked out electricity to some 7,000 customers in downtown Toronto for hours Thursday night.

Hydro One said a raccoon “made contact with equipment” at a downtown station, which cut the lights for parts of the city. The raccoon's condition is currently unknown

Fucking gold

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The raccoon’s condition is currently ~~unknown~~ charcoal and meatspray.

I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!

No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting

Look, my lad, I know a dead ~~parrot~~ raccoon when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.

No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable ~~bird~~ mamal, the ~~Norwegian Blue~~ Canadian Trash Panda, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!

All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up!

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What do you expect, equipment that can endure contact from a raccoon!?

[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Nah, we'll only splurge for that when the equipment serves at least eight thousand customers. Seven thousand is just not enough to justify it.