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Rogue Rodent: Squirrel Blamed For 12K Losing Power Upstate
A rather unconventional source has been determined as the cause of an outage that knocked out power to more than 12,500 upstate New York residents. A squirrel. The rogue rodent made its way into the substation in Lancaster, outside Buffalo, knocking out power to residents in four communities on Sunday, New York State Electric and Gas said. Inside the substation, the squirrel made contact with two energized units" inside a control house, NYSEG said. The outages lasted from about 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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Power Outages Grow In Rockland, Orange As Trees Continue To Fall
How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Area This story has been updated: Thousands of Orange and Rockland county residents are without power as trees continue to fall, bringing down power lines after one of the largest storms in years slammed the area dumping up to 2 feet of snow. One good note to add: There are also thousands of electric and gas employees staged and working in the area to quickly reduce the number of those without power. Here are the latest outages: Rockland County: As of 10 a.m. 15,000 residents remained without power with the highest number being in Clar…