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Much of the Midwest, including Kansas, was hit with a major winter storm over the weekend, which included freezing rain, followed by 12-20 inches of snow in most areas.
Two bobcats in northwest Kansas got lucky, thanks to electric linemen who came to their rescue.
From KAKE.com: NORTON, Kan. (KAKE) – A lineman and his crew were in for a surprise on Sunday, aside from the severe winter weather that hit the state.
JaLynn Colip Urban says her husband, Dominic Urban, works as a lineman in Norton and was faced with an unusual challenge on Sunday.
Urban, working alongside Eric Hartwell, were working on restoring power to Kansans impacted by the weekend’s winter storm, when the two were given a new task: Two bobcats needed rescuing from a nearby power pole, and they were frozen stuck.
“I couldn’t knock them off,” Urban said. “She (the mother) was froze down to the top of the pole so I had to make a snare out of a piece of pipe and some rope hold her down while I beat the ice loose that lowered her down to the ground. I had to do the same with the kitten.”
The entire rescue operation took about two hours, as the linemen first had to avert the power so everyone didn’t get fried.
Both animals ran off in the same direction after being lowered to the ground.
KAKE News posted two photos of the bobcats frozen to the top of the electric pole.
In Kansas City, an insane pileup happened when freezing rain turned the highways into an ice rink.
Crazy Pile-Up on I-470 in Kansas City! Ice-Covered Roads Lead to Multi-Vehicle Crash #mowx @NWSKansasCity @foxweather @ABC
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