Philippines: Snake Knocks Out Power to Bohol Island

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | September 15th, 2010 | Trackback

In some rural areas the power supply may be unreliable at best, but the island of Bohol, a popular tourist area, lost power recently in a most unusual way. A snake slithered onto a transmission line, was electrocuted, blew out a transformer and with it all electricity on the island for half a day. Power returned when engineers installed a new transformer.

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