Lexington Electric System blames internet outages on shotgun pellets
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." https://www.facebook.com/LexingtonElectricSystem/posts/pfbid02sLbWAfYptUyMGi...
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. -- Jay Hennigan - jay@west.net Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV
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?)
On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 02:43:39PM -0700, jay--- via NANOG 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.
Very unsporting to shoot at birds at rest, though. Not to mention inconvenient for the rest of us! :) -Wayne --- Wayne Bouchard web@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
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