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Power Outage Or Streetlight Issue (Xcel Energy)
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Status
Confirmed by an official source
Independent sources
1
First seen
Oct 8, 3:40 PM CDT
updated Oct 8, 3:40 PM CDT
Topic
Government
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Power Outage or Streetlight Issue (Xcel Energy) · South St. Paul cityOct 8, 3:40 PM CDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 8, 7:00 PM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 8, 7:14 PM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 8, 8:07 PM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 8, 9:24 PM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 8, 10:35 PM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 9, 9:03 AM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 9, 10:14 AM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 9, 10:15 AM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 9, 11:30 AM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 9, 11:34 AM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 9, 12:59 PM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 9, 3:00 PM CDT
A utility outage map showed customers without power in the county. · Oct 9, 4:08 PM CDT
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Dakota County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.
How We Decided
Oct 9, 7:05 PM CDTPublished: One source reported it, and an official source confirms it.