Owl causes power outage

Did you wake up this morning and notice that your clocks were flashing 12:00—12:00—12:00?


According to the Seattle Times, an owl flew into some power lines around 2 a.m., causing power outage in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park neigborhoods.

Sadly, the owl was killed instantly.

It's amazing how fragile our power grid seems sometimes. The windstorms we saw this winter caused enough trouble; is it time to switch to underground cables? What do you think; would it be worth the investment?



Photo by Steve Deger, licensed under a Creative Commons attribution license.