Sacrificial Squirrel

[e_moon60]

I think I've mentioned that the squirrels are all engaged in courtship rites, such as racing up and down trees after each other, making wild leaps in the air, etc.

Well, this afternoon one love-sick squirrel was apparently showing off near the transformer on the power pole and in a moment of lust-blinded stupidity managed to immolate himself on a

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[dsgood]

During the 1960s East Coast blackout, several New York City hospitals discovered that their emergency generators wouldn't operate without their electric pumps.

[e_moon60]

Oops.

[galbinus_caeli]

Squirrels are kind of crazy across much of the country because the the acorn crop failed. For some reason oak trees across a big swath of country just didn't produce many acorns.

Those squirrels may not be horny, they might just be hungry.

[karenmtx]

I've also observed squirrels in my back yard with way too much energy this fall. They usually go after the bird feeder and bird bath for food and water, lots of fun to watch for the cat and I.

[galbinus_caeli]

My neighborhood seems to have avoided this. Our oak trees have dropped a good number of acorns. Not as much as last year, it seems to me, but last year was a pretty crazy year. But from what I have read, some areas apparently have no acorns at all.

[jryson]

I think acorns may be biennial? So if you had a bunch last year you you don't gat as many this year?

[melissajm]

Thousands of people have lost power up here, but it's from ice, not crazy squirrels.

[e_moon60]

I saw that on the news this morning. Yikes! And in that severe cold, too.

[melissajm]

We were lucky. We only lost power for about 2+1/2 hours. The rest of my family is still in the dark, last I heard.

[melissajm]

(Anybody want some nice festive pine branches? ;) We've got lots down.)