(WSB photo from 35th/Barton during the outage)
ORIGINAL 6:56 AM REPORT: No idea if it’s related to the chopper/police activity, but now we have a power outage. Reports include Arbor Heights, Fauntlee Hills, Westwood. Lights are out along 35th in Henderson/Barton vicinity.
7:05 AM UPDATE: The City Light status map says the outage is affecting about 3,000 homes and businesses. Cause not listed so far. The City Light map shows the same trajectory from which we are getting WSB’er reports – Sunrise Heights, south along 35th into Westwood, a bit of Gatewood, Fauntlee Hills, Arbor Heights. We’re driving the area – the Fauntleroy business district has power.
7:24 AM UPDATE: Lot of people asking about schools in the outage area. We have no direct info, will be trying to make calls, but if you have any firsthand info of a school’s status, please post it in comments, which we are monitoring while info-seeking. Still don’t know the outage’s cause.
7:34 AM: Denny and Sealth both appear normal – power on, people coming and going. En route to check area elementaries. Reader reports in comments say Gatewood Elementary and Our Lady of Guadalupe both have power. Westside School too.
7:41 AM: Widespread reports in comments, and on Twitter, that power has come back. (Let us know if you are still out.)
7:47 AM: At least part of Arbor Heights appears to still be affected. We’ve just arrived at AH Elementary and they appear to be out – we’re looking for someone to talk with.
7:53 AM: We found a teacher who wasn’t sure yet what their plans were for dealing with this. We’ll be checking back with them in a bit.
8:02 AM: City Light now says “fully restored.” Via Twitter, they blame a “cable failure” and say they are still working to finish repairs. (If you do NOT have your power back, let us know …)
8:18 AM: We went back to Arbor Heights and their power is on, all’s well.
8:57 AM: City Light’s Scott Thomsen kindly looked up the exact location of the failed underground cable for us, just in case you’re interested: “The cable failed along Roxbury Street between 30th Avenue SW and 34th Avenue SW.”
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