Squirrels blamed for Kansas State power outage
The Manhattan campus was without electricity for more than three hours November 17.
The university says power was cut when two squirrels got into a Westar Energy transformer.
Electricity was restored around 4:30 p.m., allowing evening classes and activities to proceed.
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Two dozen Nova Scotia Power employees were en route Tampa on Tuesday morning. An additional 175 Hydro One employees from across Ontario are also heading south. Tuesday to assist after receiving a request for assistance from Tampa Electric.
Nearly 7½ million customers across five states were without power Tuesday morning as Irma — now a tropical storm — continued inland.
In an update On Tuesday, Florida Power & Light said its "army" of crews had already restored power to 40…
