Scattered power outages reported across D.C.
D.C. utilities and homeland security officials are investigating a power surge that temporarily knocked out power to the White House, parts of downtown Washington and other nearby areas.
D.C. homeland security officials said an explosion at a southern Maryland electrical facility is believed to have caused the power surge that temporarily knocked out power to the White House and much of downtown Washington.
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The explosion was at a facility run by SMECO, a customer-owned electric that serves parts of the District’s Maryland suburbs, said Nicole Chapple, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
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No outage here, in southern Maryland, even tho SMECO is 'my' utility here.
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Everything was fine until after 1:00 and I noticed the phone system was going on and off, no internet, the elevators stopped working, and even the toliets were not working (
)! So after 20 minutes the alarm went off and everyone was told to evacuate the building. I wasted no time getting my bag and my laptop and split. My boss said I can head home but to call her when I got home, which I did. So, no terrorists but a blackout of sorts. I'll find out what happens when I go back to the office tomorrow.