Squirrel stops TV broadcast of Olympics ceremony in Switzerland
source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,574246,00.html
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A hungry squirrel looking for nuts in a power plant caused an 80-minute power outage that shut down Switzerland's main television broadcaster just as the spectacular final ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was about to be aired.
The animal shut down the power supply to part of the Swiss city of Zurich and thereby prevented television viewers across Switzerland from watching the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics live.
The Zurich electricity company said the animal was to blame for an 80-minute power cut on Sunday afternoon. The squirrel also brought two Zurich tram routes to a standstill, and some 6,000 households were without power.
The squirrel had wandered into a switching station and caused a short circuit, subjecting itself to a lethal 11,000 volt shock.
The animal shut down the power supply to part of the Swiss city of Zurich and thereby prevented television viewers across Switzerland from watching the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics live.
The Zurich electricity company said the animal was to blame for an 80-minute power cut on Sunday afternoon. The squirrel also brought two Zurich tram routes to a standstill, and some 6,000 households were without power.
The squirrel had wandered into a switching station and caused a short circuit, subjecting itself to a lethal 11,000 volt shock.
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TheSkyDrops
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Aww! The poor squirrel.
But it's still a little funny that a squirrel stopped national television. - 3 years ago
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purplefox
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poor squirrel :(
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