The Cause Of $300K Damage To In Development Community Center? One Squirrel.

[Initech]

FORT WAYNE – An errant squirrel caused about $300,000 worth of damage to the new McMillen Community Center set to open June 7.

Parks Department officials told parks board members Thursday that on April 1, a squirrel got into the electrical system at the freshly renovated complex in McMillen Park, causing a massive power surge that fried the three new HVAC systems and damaged some parts of the boiler system.

The squirrel did not survive.

Parks Director Al Moll said the damage will be covered by insurance, minus the department’s $50,000 deductible.

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140411/LOCAL/304119963

[Sedona]

1. Sedona AZ had the power knocked out for two days due to a squirrel

back in the 90's. 20,000 people in the dark. The squirrel didn't survive. .

[JayhawkSD]

2. Sounds like my family's washing machine

When I was a kid we had eight cats, all of which lived mostly indoors. The washing machine crapped out and it turned out the problem was that a mouse had gotten into the motor. My father was mumbling imprecations at the cats for weeks.