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Kite causes outage
All 29,000 Keys Energy Services customers from Key West north to the Seven Mile Bridge lost power for about 17 minutes Friday when a kite surfer's sail came loose and struck a transmission line near Mile Marker 40.
The incident occurred at 11:47 a.m. The sail kite untangled itself from the line on its own, and utility crews were able to restore power to most customers by 12:04 p.m. All customers were restored by 12:10 p.m.
Officials from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported the kite surfer was not injured during the incident.
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Marathon, a small puff up at 11:47 am.
The powerlines are about 25 ft. from the water's edge and rise up about 100 ft.. Bad place to let a kite loose. Also, there are likely strong tidal currents through the cuts bordering the small islands. Not a great location to ride overall, better ones nearby.
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