Update: Jefferson Square power outage

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Scott C just called to report the power’s out in the Jefferson Square area – he says Safeway seems to be running on generator power, but “people are being led out of Bartell (Drugs) by flashlight.” Checking now to see what’s up (or down, in this case). Nothing on the City Light outage website or recording so far. 5:02 PM UPDATE: Co-publisher Patrick just checked out the area – while the Jefferson Square businesses are dark (including the street-level eateries on 42nd) aside from Safeway and the apartments above it, surrounding areas don’t appear to be affected. 6:48 PM UPDATE: Just drove by JS again – the 42nd-front businesses have power, as does Safeway, but the other stores around the upper parking lot still appear out.

JumboJim November 12, 2008 (9:05 pm)

My “2nd home” at Snap Fitness was indeed dark for about an hour as were the Subway and Nikko Teriyaki places next door. The problem is apparently that someone had a truck in the lower level parking garage that took out a power line/conduit. That knocked out some of the power and shorted our circuit as well. Someone (not sure if it was City Light or a private electrical firm) managed to get our power back up by 6:30ish but last I knew (around 7:30) many of the upper level businesses and apartments were still out. Safeway said it never lost power – maybe they’re on a different circuit within Jefferson Square.

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