New Jersey power outage caused by falling fish

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New Jersey power outage caused by falling fish

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A large section of a New Jersey town was without power for several hours -- and utility officials said the cause was a fish dropped by a bird of prey.

Jersey Central Power and Light said crews working to restore power during the weekend outage discovered a fish had landed on a transformer, causing it to explode.

"The hypothesis is that a bird dropped it," Sayreville Police Department Lt. James Novak told NJ Advance Media. "It just landed perfectly and destroyed the transformer."


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I know this story is meant to be funny, but to me it should scare the crap out of people. You mean...a fish can fall on a transformer and cause a power outage for hundreds or thousands of people? Just goes to show you how fragile our infrastructure is.
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Once a madman in our country climbed up the transmission tower and the power had to be cut so that the man doe not burn alive. It took 8 hours to bring that person down and restore power. Silly things like these happen every where.
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dave23 wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:15 pm I know this story is meant to be funny, but to me it should scare the crap out of people. You mean...a fish can fall on a transformer and cause a power outage for hundreds or thousands of people? Just goes to show you how fragile our infrastructure is.
Agreed. I remember years ago when I lived in a rural county. Whenever we even had mild bad weather, the power would go out.
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