12 Sep
2025
12 Sep
'25
9:14 a.m.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM jay--- via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
On 9/11/25 14:19, Sean Donelan via NANOG wrote:
Lexington Electric System's post [...]
"With dove season in full swing, we ask all our customers to please be mindful of their surroundings and avoid shooting doves on or near fiber/electric lines."
This is a very common problem in rural areas in California. Birds perch on overhead wires and people shoot at the birds. It's been happening since the twisted-pair days.
I think at a long past Nanog meeting Vijay Gill had a slide that showed a vendor provided image of 'reason for outage' - a .30-06 slug stuck in the fiber... (or perhaps it was a .30 caliber hole through the fiber?)