Friday the 13th Power Outage in College Station

Friday the 13th included a power outage in College Station.

College Station Utilities reported at 11:52 a.m. birds caused an outage on a feeder along Texas near Deacon, which then caused a fault on another feeder. In all, 1,960 customers lost power.  Customers were brought back online as the repairs were made, and all power was restored by 12:40.

Timothy Crabb from College Station Utilities visits with WTAW’s Bill Oliver.

Among affected customers were the College Station Police and 9-1-1 departments. Assistant Police Chief Brandy Norris says there were no glitches converting to backup power then transitioning back from the backup to regular service.  Norris also says there were no problems on the streets, where officers were sent to direct motorists through traffic signals that went out along Harvey Road and Texas Avenue.

WTAW’s Bill Oliver visits with CSPD Assistant Chief Brandy Norris.

Before the power outage, there was a rainbow in College Station, as photographed by Jason Johnston at the corner of FM 2818 and Longmire.

Picture courtesy of Jason Johnston.

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Posted by Bill Oliver on Jul 13 2012. Filed under Featured Stories, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry