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Published: 2012-12-28 09:56:00
Updated: 2012-12-28 16:30:49

Power restored in Cary; squirrel to blame for outage


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More than 11,300 Progress Energy customers were without power in Cary on Friday morning after a squirrel got into a substation, officials said.

Power was restored by 10:15 a.m., according to the company's Facebook page.

Half a dozen or more traffic signals throughout central Cary were not working during the power outage.


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You're absolutly right Rushbot, this is last year's news. C'mon WRAL, stop serving leftovers and get something fresh on the table for 2013 -- surely there's something new here to report on in Cary.

Is it just me, or is all the Cary News pretty old?!?!

that's right. no squirrels...only chickens...

i love living in cary and seeing all the people that are jealous of our lifestyles.

RE : Cary should be a squirrel free zone from now own.

Now that's funny right there I don't care who ya'are.

Ummmm, Ummmm, squirrel stew and rice....

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