Re: Lexington Electric System blames internet outages on shotgun pellets

[Christopher Morrow via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

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?)
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