Blackout: The Explanation

I won't post a serial-killerish Photo Booth shot of myself, but I thought I would pass along the official story about the cause of Sunday night's blackout:


Wet weather and salt spray worked together to make a great conductor of electricity going in the wrong direction Sunday on a utlility pole near the Quarterback Club. More than 2,000 Xcel Energy customers in town were without power for almost an hour early Sunday evening after the pole caught fire. The water in the air, combined with salt already on the lines was enough to make the electrical current arc from the lines to the pole, igniting it, said Xcel spokeswoman Mary Sandok.

Only in Minnesota, man. 


Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.