tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post115810987130496697..comments2024-01-24T18:18:13.919+09:00Comments on PureLandMountain.com: Robert Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299574758004022747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1158189623559307562006-09-14T08:20:00.000+09:002006-09-14T08:20:00.000+09:00When I first moved to Juneau we had power outages ...When I first moved to Juneau we had power outages about once a week. They were usually the national bird frying on a wire. And then they stopped. No idea why, what made the difference. Did we just run out of eagles that were stupid enough to grasp a hot wire tightly?Maya's Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12183715043200608144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1158146658608826602006-09-13T20:24:00.000+09:002006-09-13T20:24:00.000+09:00We are constantly barraged with warnings, but we a...We are constantly barraged with warnings, but we are to busy to care, or as you say, "<I>we've forgotten how to hear</I>."<BR/><BR/>When I worked as an engineer's aide for an electric utility years ago, one of my tasks was tracking power outages. By far the majority were caused by animals getting fried while nesting, resting or just warming themselves atop pole mounted transformers. Over time, that's a lot of cooked squirrels, snakes, birds, raccoons, 'possums, etc. and a lot of dead transformers, back then filled with deadly PCBs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1158122400017925122006-09-13T13:40:00.000+09:002006-09-13T13:40:00.000+09:00"hawks have aboriginally been respected as sky-hig..."hawks have aboriginally been respected as sky-high visionaries and spirit guides".....<BR/><BR/>Now you have me thinking. For 2-3 years, we had a hawk that lived in our woods and rid us of all little critters such as moles, snakes and squirrels. Now he is gone; we haven't seen him all summer, which makes me sad. I wonder why he left.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1158116583612335862006-09-13T12:03:00.000+09:002006-09-13T12:03:00.000+09:00"don't forget the darkness, if you want to know th..."don't forget the darkness, if you want to know the light"<BR/><BR/>I like that Robert.<BR/><BR/>Some years back we stayed in an older house at the beach which had iffy electrical wiring. At least once a week a frisky squirrel would dance along the high voltage wires until he fried himself and the electricity would go out. <BR/><BR/>Somehow I cannot read anything poetic into fried squirrel on a wire can you?Chancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888087428059834691noreply@blogger.com