A raccoon described as acrobatic and mean-spirited knocked out power to a section of downtown Memphis that included two hospitals and a newspaper for more than five hours. Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division said the raccoon climbed more than 30 feet, over barriers intended to keep animals out, and short-circuited a switch at a substation. Overall, about 8,000 customers were without power late Thursday and early Friday. Emergency generators restored power to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital within seconds, but the outage delayed production of Friday’s newspaper at The Commercial Appeal and disrupted other businesses.
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