Last but not least: protect the rodents!
Was it a squirrel again? Swiss television suffered another power outage that lasted for hours on Wednesday. Something really needs to be done.
Zurich-Leutschenbach, Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. Not a single light is left on in the Swiss television tower, not a soul is to be found in the corridors. Is everyone with Barack Obama in Washington? Is electricity being saved? Or has TV boss Ingrid Deltenre declared a shutdown? - No, Swiss state television suffered an hour-long blackout shortly before the inauguration of the first black American president. Just like last August, when a squirrel accidentally gnawed on the wrong cable at the EWZ substation in Aubrugg near Zurich, interrupting the broadcast of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The power outage was only restored shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday - fortunately in time for the swearing-in of President Obama. No reasons for the outage have yet been announced. It is quite possible that a conspecific of the animal that died in August was at work. When will the WWF react? Or is species protection now also Obama's job?
