Just Blame the Grid Collapse on a Raccoon! By Chris Knight (Florida)
They are blaming the cut in power to the downtown core of Toronto last week on a little raccoon who come how caused the power outage. The raccoon did not survive, so did he/she chew on cables? How does wild life get into an electrical grid anyway? That's assuming we swallow the story that has been given, and that it was not a cyber-attack. Supposing a single raccoon could take down part of the grid, we should be deeply concerned at the vulnerability of the grid. For the US what will tens of thousands of terrorists, and PLA military operatives, being allowed into the country through the open southern border do? When capitalism gets hit, will that class turn upon Biden?
"An inquisitive raccoon fiddled with electricity equipment in Toronto and cut power for thousands in the downtown core late on Thursday, knocking out traffic lights in Canada's largest city and trapping some people in elevators.
Crews investigating the outage determined that the nocturnal mammal made contact with equipment at a downtown Toronto station, Utility Hydro One (H.TO), opens new tab said on social media.
A spokesperson for Hydro One said the raccoon did not survive the contact.
According to think-tank Electricity Canada, squirrels are by far the most common culprit when it comes to animal-related outages, followed by raccoons and birds.
The power outage on Thursday hit areas about 2 km (1.24 miles) from the CN Tower landmark and left about 7,000 people in the dark for nearly three hours.
The city's fire department said it had to respond to "a higher number of elevator rescues" due to power cuts.
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