Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for February 23, 2021

another great strip

Their little sweatshirts!! <3

Looks like that’s Puck’s version of “Bless their hearts!”

It’s those eevil birds, I say. It’s all their conspiracy. They always sit on em electric wires and overload them electrical grids to failures.

Elvis has it about right. Love the boy’s cozy warm sweaters!

The sweatshirts

Is that a robber mouse on the power line…?

Is that one of Mags’s chickadee scouts that broke the wire?

There are times it does seem that way…

Pucky…why are you so adorable…

Around here it’s usually a squirrel in a transformer, or a possum in a substation. (I’m not joking.)

City, nothing. The Great Northeast Blackout of 2003, which blacked out everything from Michigan to the Atlantic Ocean, and Ohio to Hudson’s Bay, was caused by trees brushing against power lines near Cincinnati.

I thought power outage means, no power.

And I never seen you guys dress so catsually!

In August 2004, a squirrel in Ohio crapped on a transformer knocking out the entire northeastern US, parts of Canada and the rust belt….

|It’s not silly until a Cat explains it.

And it costs a fair amount more to put it underground.

Poor shivering Lupin.

Huey Lewis and the News: The Power of Love

The power grid is a curious thing

One day it’s working, the next nothing,

Changes warm and cozy to a thing of the past

The power grid doesn’t always last!

…….

Stronger than kibble, rich like cream

No lights or head, just like a bad dream,

In the dark, out of sight

The power grid you sure need at night!

…….

You may have money, may have fame

It doesn’t matter when power goes down the drain

All of a sudden, it’s gone like that,

And it’s annoying to a cat!

That’s the power grid

That’s the power grid

Elvis and Puck are not wrong.

I’m glad everyone is bundled up, but the boys still look chilly and need to snuggle under blankets with the children.

These birds need a tweet-ment, they’re goin’ bananas!

The future is buried utilities and solar.

Solar panels on your house/apartment roof will provide your home some power, or all of it, depending on your location and solar exposure. The market for solar power storage is estimated to be about $7 billion dollar a year market by 2025, and growing. That kind of money promotes innovation.

There will always be a need to be tied into the grid as a backup, and, buried utilities are safer for people and less prone to failure.

Why change things? Overhead power lines? US Customary measurements? We’re fine!

OT, Kiki and QTπ .

Amerikanskaja firma Tranceptor Technology pristupila k proizvodstvu computrov ‘Personalny Sputnik’

We’ve lost the power hey yeah heh

We’ve lost the power

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh yeah-eah-eah-eah-eah-eah

We’ve lost the power

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh yeah-eah-eah-eah-eah-eah

Gettin’ kinda chilly

With the crack of a twig a snap attack

Can’t open the fridge for a snack

Wrapped in fleece warm as the devil

Cat’s report quite on the level

Bang the bass turn up the treble

Freezin’ cold dark day and night all the time

Seven to fourteen naps so divine

Maniac jumpin’ jacks – avoid the flame

No cocoa, no waffles – what a shame

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh yeah-eah-eah-eah-eah-eah

We’ve lost the power

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh yeah

Gettin’ kinda chilly

We’ve lost the power

It’s gettin’ it’s gettin’ it’s gettin’ kinda chilly (3x more)

We’ve lost the power

Puck always warms my heart

He’s gonna warm my heart of hearts

He’s gonna warm my heart

He’s gonna warm my heart of hearts

He’s got the power oh-oh-oh-oh

He’s got the power ❤️

(Benites Benito / Anzilotti Luca – The Power – Snap!)

OT: Thanks

This story arc is hitting pretty close to home for a bunch of us Texans.

I really wish I had Pucks cattatude…

Well, if you know of a better way to do it, we’re happy to hear it.

Can’t disagree. Why, when everyone knows how to bury power lines, do power companies continue to string the wires on poles? I know, it is the cheapest way. Except its not when you add in all the crews going around cutting back tree limbs to prevent downed power lines, its not the lowest cost anymore

I had NO IDEA humans were so optimistic. Also, I’ve said before I always love this strip, but this was one of rare ones that have me laughing out loud.

Elvis, as usual, has it completely right—with complete journalistic integrity … and dignity, of course.

Without the people, there would be no bacon or ham, no cocoa or tea, no nose boops. Ah the people. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

OT: Power Outages of the Past

Dare I say – they are foreseeing a cat-astrophe…

What fools these mortals be. We Dutchies protect our precccccciousssss electricity much better. We put the cables with decent protection under and in the ground.

OT: Regarding the last Sunday strip…

Is this more of Sophie’s art in panels 3 & 4?

Well, thats a novel view, and maybe spot on??

puck is right

Hey all.. a couple weeks ago I bought my cat some cat grass for the first time. A few days ago I noticed it was starting to turn yellow – I have no idea how to care for it. I put it in the window behind some shades so it could get some sunlight (HA!.. oh winter, you fiend) ..only to last night have my cat standing at the food bowl, next to where the catgrass had been, almost yowling!! ..so I ran to the window and got her catgrass back, and she ran and followed me back and started chomping on it (it was so adorable!!).. .. so the length of my question is: how do I take care of cat grass? It was hard to find.

Looking at how much their bundling up, I’d say Elvis, Lupin, and Puck fail to realize how much they need electricity.

Twigs and squirrels.

Aww, I really love their sweatshirts.

Get yourself a generator.

Trust Puck to put a rose colored spin on it.

Haha! So true.