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Itching bull cuts off electricity supply

公牛蹭痒痒导致500户民居停电

公牛蹭痒痒导致500户民居停电


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Hundreds of residents across three seaside villages on the North Devon coast were repeatedly left without electricity after a restless bull damaged the area's major electricity supply.

Engineers weren't able to identify the source of the problem immediately after the blackouts, which left the villages of Croyde, Saunton and Georgeham in complete darkness.

It wasn't until after a four-day search involving a helicopter, electronic trail finder equipment and a team of engineers on foot, that they caught the bull scratching itself against a pylon in a field in Saunton. ...(点击雅虎新闻网站查看原文)

       英国德文郡北部3个村庄最近经常停电,500多户人家动不动就会陷入一片黑暗之中。电力公司调查之后发现,罪魁祸首竟然是一头蹭痒痒的公牛。

       工程师一开始并不知道问题出在哪里,为了寻找停电的根源,电力公司派出一架直升飞机进行高空搜索,动用了大批高科技电力追踪设备,还派出一队工程师进行地毯式地面搜索,大张旗鼓地折腾了4天,最后终于找到罪魁祸首:一头公牛在靠着电线杆蹭痒痒的时候被逮了个正着。

       工程师猜,这头公牛可能喜欢在电线杆上蹭痒痒,搞得电线杆摇摇晃晃,电路自我保护功能被启动,反复切断电力传输系统,导致附近地区反反复复的停电。

       电力公司发言人说,这头公牛体型庞大,给电力系统造成不少损失。工程师估计它常来这里蹭痒痒,因为电线杆上有一块地方都被它磨得发亮了。

       雪上加霜的是,这次饱受停电之苦的3个村庄不通煤气,居民生活全靠电力,没完没了的停电搞得每家人的生活都乱成一锅粥,有些人甚至被迫在野外生火做饭。

       一位当地居民说,得知罪魁祸首是一头公牛时,大家都觉得很不可思议,不过这场混乱也让所有人都意识到,现代人对电力依赖得太深了。

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