Raven knocks out power in downtown Anchorage

[March 08, 2011]  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A raven to blame for an hourlong power outage Sunday afternoon in much of downtown Anchorage won't ever darken Alaska's largest city again.

Municipal Light and Power workers found its carcass at a switchyard where its wings shorted out electrical lines.

The Anchorage Daily News reports the mishap brought down three substations serving about a third of downtown.

[Associated Press]

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