Squirrel caused power outage for 10,000 LUS customers
When will they learn?
Lafayette, LA — A squirrel crossing a power line on Gilman Street near Cora Drive left 10,165 LUS customers in the dark this morning.
The outage occurred at 9:41 a.m. with power back up to about 9,000 customers within six minutes, said Terry Huval, LUS executive director.
By 10:32 a.m., the remaining customers had their power restored, Huval said.
“The cause of the outage was a squirrel that placed itself in a bad position,” Huval said.
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