Power Outage Affects Thousands in Texas

A power outage darkened more than 70,000 homes in southeast Texas and forced some state prisons into lockdown mode as a precaution Wednesday night.

The outage affecting Entergy customers in at least seven counties was blamed on a transmission failure.

“At this point, we don’t know if it’s storm-related,” Entergy Texas spokesman David Caplan said. “There are a lot of people inspecting the lines to determine what exactly is going on. We’re working feverishly to open up additional lines.”
The Guardian