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By Zachary Rosenthal, Accu weather.com
In the middle of a segment on how the extreme, record-breaking heat across Texas could cause rolling blackouts in the Houston area, one TV meteorol- ogist found him- self in the middle of the story. KTRK'S Travis Herzog was explaining how heat over major population cen- ters, like those in Houston and sur- rounding areas, could cause rolling blackouts.
Moments later, the station lights turned off as the station itself lost power due to the heat.
"One of our engi- neers informed me we went off the grid a little after 3 p.m.," Herzog said in a post on Twitter. "The studio lights aren't on a dedi- cated backup power source, so they went off as we switched gen- erator power."
Despite the power being knocked out, Herzog kept reporting, inform-
ing local viewers about the intense heat. About two hours later, power was restored to the station during the middle of Herzog's fore- cast, causing the lights to turn off again as the sta- tion switched from generator power to being back on the grid.
"I learned last time I'm still on live TV, so here's the forecast," Herzog quipped while live on air. "Let there be light."
Woman Surprised By Uninvited Iguana, In Her Toilet
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman interrupted an uninvited guest in her bathroom on Saturday night.
Michelle Reynolds told WSVN that she went down- stairs to make herself a snack. After putting her popcorn in the microwave she went to use the bathroom and “opened the door and did a quick turnaround because I saw this thing in there and quickly shut the door!” she said.
The thing? An iguana.
The reptile was unable to find its way out the com- mode so Reynolds had to enlist Harold Rondon of Iguana Lifestyles, a wildlife removal service, to rescue the little fella.
Rondon said he has removed sev- eral iguanas from South Florida properties this year already.
“This is the sec- ond one this week already,” he said.
Rondon said he removed a Mexican spiny tail iguana from Reynolds’ toilet.
Males can get up
to 18 inches long, with tails that can also get up to 18 inches long, he said.
“He took up most of the toilet bowl,” Reynolds said.
Although they are not native, igua- nas have become common in South Florida, WSVN reports.
It is believed that they were brought to the area as pets in the 1960s, and some may have escaped or been released.
While they are not dangerous to peo- ple, some iguanas can transmit sal- monella.
Extreme Heat Knocks Out Power During One Texas News Station's Weather Forecast