Woodpeckers Topple Pole, Disrupt Power
United Press International
TAMPA, Fla. —
Woodpeckers were to blame for a power outage that briefly disrupted service to about 170,000 utility customers in Pinellas and Pasco counties early Tuesday, an official said.
A spokesman for Tampa Electric Co., which was receiving electricity from Florida Power Corp. when the disruption occurred, said that woodpeckers damaged a utility pole and caused it to fall, striking another pole and bringing down a 230-kilowatt transmission line.
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