Power outage darkens south Abilene
Almost 10,000 homes and businesses in Abilene were without power Thursday evening, part of a band of outages that stretches through Oklahoma and Texas.
No cause was announced but severe weather along the Texas-Oklahoma border was reported by local Little League officials who were at a tournament Wichita Falls, where lightning and high winds were reported.
The outage mostly affected southeast Abilene, said John Gallagher, a public information officer for the Abilene Fire Department.
Power went out at around 9:45 p.m. It was hoped power would be restored by 11 p.m., and the Abilene Police Department reported calls about the outage stopped around 10:45 p.m.
The 9,609 customers without power represented nearly 17 percent of AEP customers in Taylor County, according to the electric company’s Web site.
It is dark when the power goes off at 9:45 pm! And so quiet, except some peoples dogs barking (yes, mine :-)) But not too bad! Finding candles in the dark is not that easy...but luckily I know where they are and didn't stub any toes either!
When the power came back on we watched a bit of the news and then decided to watch a DVD, just to have the power go off again and jump back on. Well, that was it, I was done with that and turned off the TV (after all, I don't want it to stay off forever with the power doing what it wants!). So we turned in early and still slept late this morning.
Ah, maybe the power should go off more often around here, we'd get lots of sleep that way. :-)
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