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Power knocked out throughout much of Baton Rouge CBD, could take hours to restore
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report ^ | Oct 19, 2018 | ANNIE OURSO LANDRY, STEPHANIE RIEGEL

Posted on 10/19/2018 12:18:07 PM PDT by robowombat

Much of downtown Baton Rouge lost power during the lunch hour and Entergy officials say the outage could last hours.

The heart of the Central Business District lost power around 12:40 p.m., says Entergy spokesman David Freese, after a “non-Entergy contractor” damaged an underground cable.

Entergy is currently assessing the damage, which will take hours to repair, says Freese, cautioning it’s impossible to provide an accurate restoration time until Though City Hall is impacted, Chief Administrative Officer Darryl Gissel says the city-parish government building is operating on backup generators and will remain open.

City-parish officials urge caution traveling in the area as all traffic signals are down.

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1 posted on 10/19/2018 12:18:07 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: robowombat

Did a rat chew the power cable?


2 posted on 10/19/2018 12:22:50 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: robowombat

*A* cable was cut???

No diversity of service, eh?


3 posted on 10/19/2018 12:34:46 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Blueflag

Shocking.


4 posted on 10/19/2018 12:57:16 PM PDT by Rebelbase (..)
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To: robowombat

Be out of downtown before dark. Before the looting starts.


5 posted on 10/19/2018 1:06:47 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: robowombat

6 posted on 10/19/2018 1:15:09 PM PDT by patro
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To: robowombat

UPDATE:

Power restored in EBR after morning outage

http://www.wbrz.com/news/outage-in-ebr-leaves-more-than-2-000-without-power/

BATON ROUGE - Power has been restored to customers in East Baton Rouge after reported morning outage.

The outage was reported around 4:30 a.m. in the area of Jones Creek and S. Sherwood Forest Blvd. According to Entergy, the outage was caused by a downed wire. Originally more than 2,000 customers were without power, by 5:45 a.m. that number had dropped to just over 200.

Power was restored around 10:30 a.m.


7 posted on 10/19/2018 1:16:24 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Different outage


8 posted on 10/19/2018 1:21:43 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: goldstategop

Could be. We have lots of Democrats here in the big cities.


9 posted on 10/19/2018 2:36:02 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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