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| Cat has 6 lives left |
| 2005-08-19 |
| GARDNERVILLE, Nev. -- A stalking foray atop a power pole left a lucky This must be a new usage of the word "lucky" of which I'm not familiar. feline jolted, frizzled and dazed but otherwise OK after he fell off the 40-foot pole and sparked a fire outside a fire house. The frazzled cat was discovered when paramedic-firefighters Andrew Chrzanowski and Jeremy Hall responded to the fire Wednesday morning after the lights went out at the Topaz Ranch Estates fire house. "When we got the fire knocked down we saw this burned cat close to the base of the pole," Hall said. They assumed it was dead until Chrzanowski noticed it was breathing. He put it on a blanket and gave it For those of you who like hairless pussy. The firefighters believe the cat was on the pole, because a bird's nest was found on top and there was a large black spot where something had touched a relay switch on the 25,000-volt line. The cat will be put up for adoption if it is not claimed by its owner, she said. That would be a real shame if he surived all that and was then euthanized by the pound. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #6 Wondering... how many lives people have? I survived 3 nasty motor vehicle vs my body accidents, throughout the years. Not that I want to repeat the experience... if possible, I'd rather avoid it. Well, there were other accidents not involving motor vehicles... Darn, it is 8 altogether! |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-08-19 23:56 |
| #5 Sorry, I have a soft spot for cats (like Steve has). FWIW, my cat Elmo spent 28 days in the neighbor's garage w/o food or water, and she survived. She died about 8 months later, too weak (after all that) to survive a six foot drop from the maple tree out back. Every time I see the end of that Star Trek movie (with McDowall, and when Riker trashes the Enterprise) and I see Data reunite with his cat Spot, damn, it kills me every time... |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-08-19 22:01 |
| #4 a guy? Barbara ...are you holding back on us? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-19 20:32 |
| #3 Goddam it, Jackel! You just make me spit Diet Coke all over my keyboard. Give a guy a warning, wouldja? ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-19 20:32 |
| #2 Wow! That's an amazing "tail" of survival. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2005-08-19 20:02 |
| #1 Lucky? Char? Crisp? Blacky? Circuit? A name, it must have a name. |
| Posted by: Shomonter Threater9114 2005-08-19 19:58 |