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Lightning blamed for power outage

By LJWorld.com staff reports

October 21, 2008, 5:29 p.m. Updated October 21, 2008, 8:25 p.m.

Lightning is blamed for the power outage that left more than 1,300 homes and businesses in Lawrence without power Tuesday evening.

Electricity was cut about 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday. All power was restored about an hour and a half later.

Areas affected were between Sixth and Ninth Streets, from Massachusetts Street to Haskell Avenue.

Several customers in Leavenworth County also lost power for a time.

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Jaylee (anonymous) says…

westar is a company out of chicago. why does lawrence use them?
October 21, 2008 at 5:33 p.m.
rwag44 (anonymous) says…

Jaylee --Westar is based out of Topeka, KS and therefore serves many areas in Kansas.
October 21, 2008 at 5:37 p.m.
bearded_gnome (anonymous) says…

apparently the ljworld's mighty servers are still working! and jaylee, what far left nutbag environut website you gettin' your info from? girl, westar is still local.
October 21, 2008 at 5:56 p.m.
malehrman (Matt Lehrman) says…

Hawkperch,I think you may not be fully informed as to how the power grid works.
October 21, 2008 at 6:15 p.m.
joejarvis (Joseph Jarvis) says…

So, uh, LJW, where's the emphasis on local coverage? The no. of powerless homes pulled from Westar's Web site and a quote from their rep. that says nothing is all we get? I know it's after 5 p.m., but what good is a failsafe Interweb without any content?P.S. It's dark in E. Lawrence. Hooray for laptops and routers plugged into uninterruptible power supplies.
October 21, 2008 at 6:27 p.m.
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October 21, 2008 at 6:28 p.m.
shirinisb (anonymous) says…

Fix it already dammit
October 21, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
compmd (anonymous) says…

"apparently the ljworld's mighty servers are still working!"compmd's response: "so are mine. :)"compmd's UPS cluster's response: "beep!"
October 21, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
3ofClubs (anonymous) says…

"On Westar Energy's Web site, the power company reported that 1,277 households were without power as of 5:30 a.m. By 7 p.m., only seven households remained without power."I wonder if they meant 5:30 P.M. ?
October 21, 2008 at 7:36 p.m.
KUweatherman (Curtis Lange) says…

Power flickered here, but never went out. :)
October 21, 2008 at 7:38 p.m.
nickbundywestar (Nick Bundy) says…

Power was out due to lightning, starting at 5:15 p.m. The outage lasted 96 minutes.
October 22, 2008 at 10:20 a.m.