The News-Courier in Athens, Alabama

December 27, 2011

Squirrel causes outage in Ardmore

From staff reports
The News Courier

- — Some Ardmore residents were without power for about 40 minutes this morning, according to City of Athens spokeswoman Holly Hollman.

Hollman said power went out at about 8:30 a.m. atfer a squirrel "made a misstep on a high voltage line near Thach Road."

Amy Golden, customer service manager for Athens Utilities, said 578 customers in the Ardmore area were without power.