Snake causes massive power outage in Austin

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A snake crawled into one of the substations, causing a power outage that affected roughly 16,000 people in east and southeast Austin. The outages had dwindled to 142 total customers by 5:30 p.m. and were mostly resolved by 7 p.m. Five active outages were affecting six customers.
- Austin Energy says snake caused power outage in east, southeast Austin KXAN.com
- Snake causes large power outage to more than 16K Austin Energy customers FOX 7 Austin
- Austin Energy says a snake resulted in thousands of power outages for customers KEYE TV CBS Austin
- Snake-triggered power outage resolved in East Austin KEYE TV CBS Austin
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