Lookout Howie!

[Popeye the Sailor]

The terrorism has started!

http://www.kxly.com/Global/story.asp?S=9145810&nav=menu683_2_7


Squirrel leaves trail of destruction in its wake

SPOKANE -- A squirrel ignited a fiery chain reaction that led to a power line collapse, car fire, natural gas fire and a power outage in northwest Spokane Wednesday morning.

It all started at 8:22 a.m. in the 4900 block of North Hartley at Wellesley when, according to Avista investigators, a squirrel came in contact with a transformer. That single action set in motion a chain of events.

First, the power line burned through causing the line to fall to the ground and come into contact with a metal fence and a car. The car caught on fire.

The fence, meanwhile, was energized by the fallen power line and the electricity was conducted underground to a natural gas pipeline which in turn burned through and started an underground natural gas fire which burned up to two gas meters at nearby houses.

The fire department extinguished the fires while Avista shut off the natural gas pipeline.

Power was restored to the 155 residents in the area near the incident around noon.

The squirrel did not survive the melee.

[Howie]

Some people will claim the squirrel was merely a victim of modern day technology, it was only behaving like a squirrel.  Read on, folks!


http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2007/04/squirrel_terror.html
http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2007/11/squirrel-terr-1.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL1432171020070614?feedType=RSS&rpc=22
http://wonkette.com/212992/terrorist-squirrel-causes-chaos-in-colorado
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/squirrels-are-sneaky/704

Join now, while there is still time!

http://www.antisquirrel.com/

[Grampa]

but....but..... they be sooooo cute   

[Howie]

Just part of their technique.

[TiNi]

the squirrels are extra squirrley this time of year 

[Scottish]

damn varmints!!!

[TiNi]

i literally can't drive down my street without one or two darting in front of me....
i've learned, from other people, to just run them over if they get in the way 

[somegirl]

I once helped raise a baby squirrel abandoned by his mother in a storm. 

I called him Oscar.  He loved to climb all over me.

One time, he climbed up on top of my head and sat there.  I thought it was really cute.
Then, I felt something wet.  Yep, he peed on my head.

[Howie]

I once helped raise a baby squirrel abandoned by his mother in a storm. 

I called him Oscar.  He loved to climb all over me.

One time, he climbed up on top of my head and sat there.  I thought it was really cute.
Then, I felt something wet.  Yep, he peed on my head.

Only his first terrorist act!

[kopfjäger]

It's squirrel season here in AL. You can take 8 a day. We are doing are part. 

[Howie]

It's squirrel season here in AL. You can take 8 a day. We are doing are part. 

Thank you

[lethe]

It's squirrel season here in AL. You can take 8 a day. We are doing are part. 

They only send you their convicts and their weak. You are unknowingly strengthening their breed.

[TiNi]

I once helped raise a baby squirrel abandoned by his mother in a storm. 

I called him Oscar.  He loved to climb all over me.

One time, he climbed up on top of my head and sat there.  I thought it was really cute.
Then, I felt something wet.  Yep, he peed on my head.

eeeeeeeeew

was he a house wrecker?

[somegirl]

was he a house wrecker?

Not too bad, actually.  Surprising, really.

All he really did was rip apart old empty cardboard boxes.

[TiNi]

the squirrels stayed off the road today for the most part 

came close to hitting a chipmunk though...