Austin Energy says some customers' power might not be restored until Friday night

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Austin Energy said its system could no longer handle outage reports by text or through its map because of the high volume.

. If you come across a traffic light that is not working or is flashing red, treat it as a four-way stop.

The power went out for Northwest Austin resident India Gail this morning around 9. A couple hours into the outage, she started walking in the cold with her twin daughters and their dog to get to a friend’s house that had power to wait out the outage. She wasn’t sure when they would get it back on, so she and her family packed some food and crafts — and put their dog Mango into a sweater — and set out.

 

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It’s less embarrassing if they stop counting and underrepresent how widespread their failure to respond is

That’s one way not to increase outages, Lolz

history repeating itself..now you all need to thank abbott for not doing a thing to fix a long time issue,you voted for him,you deserve him

So when does the boil water notice start?

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Austin Energy claims they are working on the issue, yet nothing has changed significantly in 18+ hrs. If anything, the number of outages increased by almost 30000 customers.

Except for Texans that only cares about guns this is not surprising at all

sjaustex The affected areas know they lost power. No harm no foul.

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