Emily Jackson
Contributing Writer
Early on the morning of January 28 2009, between 12 and 12:45am, the lights dimmed and flickered before plunging the entire UMBC campus into sudden darkness and confusion. The power outage, which ranged across the UMBC campus as well as parts of Rt. 40 in Catonsville, was the result of the loss “of two BGE (Baltimore Gas and Electricity) feeder cables that serve the campus [community] due to a vehicle striking a power pole at the corner of Security Boulevard and Colonial Drive,” said UMBC’s Vice President of Administration and Finance Lynne Schaefer. The outage lasted approximately 45 minutes, and power was restored before 1am.
Junior and Harbor Hall resident Allison Isberg said, “I was about to get on the elevator when all the lights went out. It was really unexpected, and I’m just glad I wasn’t in the elevator when it happened!”
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