Update Oct. 13, 11:28 p.m.: The National Weather Service sent out an emergency alert to San Luis Obispo residents at 11:22 p.m. issuing a tornado warning until 12:15 a.m. This story was updated at 11:28 p.m. to add additional context about the tornado warning. San Luis Obispo County issued an emergency flash flood warning Monday. […]
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Tropical storm brings rain and 2,600 lightning strikes to San Luis Obispo
Moisture from a tropical storm off the coast of Mexico brought a lightning display that included about 2,600 strikes and sporadic rains last night and this morning, according to National Weather Service. The season’s first storm in San Luis Obispo County brought seven power outages that affected over 3,000 PG&E customers, a remarkable lightning show, […]
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Studying in the dark: Cal Poly student faces power shutoffs, extreme cold in Texas
When architecture sophomore Diana Fierro Gonzalez and her family first got an email that Texas was going to experience some cold weather, she said wasn’t worried. Cold snaps are common for a Texas winter. When the power shut off for supposed rolling power blackouts, she still wasn’t worried. But then, the power didn’t come back for almost a week.
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Power outage affects more than 700 customers near Cal Poly
Update Monday morning, February 24 Power outages affecting the same 751 customers in San Luis Obispo occurred at 7:00 a.m., according to the PG&E website. Crews are investigating the outage and power is expected to be restored at 11:15 a.m. Power was restored this morning at approximately 8:56 a.m. according to PG&E updates. The cause […]
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Power restored to campus after hour-long blackout
Update: 3 p.m. PG&E restored the electrical feed to Cal Poly at 2:20 p.m., according to a campus-wide emergency notification. Cal Poly teams worked to restore power to the campus core and electricity was on throughout campus by 3 p.m. “All academic and regular operations will resume as scheduled,” the campus emergency notification read. Original […]
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Cal Poly experiences second power outage of the week
A second power outage strikes Cal Poly this week.