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Re:Sri Lanka scrambles to restore power after monkey causes ... by pythonguython on Saturday February 15, 2025 @10:22PM (#43065017)
The title sounds whimsical, but animals cause a significant amount of outages. Around 5-10% are caused by animals. When I interned at a power company I saw them install “squirrel guard” insulating equipment terminals
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Re:Sri Lanka scrambles to restore power after monkey causes ... by MichaelZuo on Sunday February 16, 2025 @10:17AM (#43068655)
Yeah from what I recall it was just important enough to actually push through system wide, but not important enough to bother with a PR effort.

Speaking from experience as being the intern responsible for pushing through most projects in Toronto during the summer of 2016.

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