Power Outages Hit City of Del Rio

[Eagletx21]

Power Outages Hit City of Del Rio
LAST UPDATE: 12/9/2005 12:46:22 PM
Posted By: Maritza Nunez
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On one of the coldest days we've seen so far, power outages are plaguing the town of Del Rio. Electricity went out at 8pm on Thursday, leaving many citizens vulnerable to cold temperatures.

City leaders are making sure that all emergency services continue to operate and police are patrolling the area.

There are also problems with the city's water supply, and residents are being urged to conserve.

Del Rio city leaders are requesting that Governor Rick Perry declare a state of emergency for the South Texas town.

Keep checking woai.com for the latest updates and tune into News 4 WOAI at 5pm and 6pm for the latest developments.

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[cedricbenson]

Just hang in there. It seems the whole southwest Texas area was affected, including as far south as Laredo.

[Eagletx21]

It seems the main problem now aside for the fact there are still people in Del Rio without light as of 8 p.m. last night is that the Water Treatment Plant is also without power so whatever Water is in the Water Tanks as of now is the only water the city has until the plant is up and running again.

[cedricbenson]

What about all the businesses and restaurants in Del Rio? How long did they have to close? And does your hospital have a back-up generator?

[sifuzhenz]

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to all the people in the area hit my the electric problem...my thoughts and good wishess were with you...i realize this did not help you much, but my spirit was there with you. I hope you dont get too many of these problems. sorry for all who suffered....bless all you people in the area...

it must have been a hassle and all....i understand some people were shopping and that was horrible...if not scary..what if you were in a dressing room????wow...And what if your car was getting serviced....holy cats...

muchos resos...para todos....

it was a big area, hit...send some info about the whole thing if you have news stuff and all ...would like to know more about it...

[Irenera]

WENT TO EP ON FRIDAY TO TAKE MY MOM TO DEL RIO NURSEING HOME. STOP AT EP, THE POWERS WENT OUT FOR FIVE MINUTES. AND SOME PARTS OF EP WAS STILL OUT OF POWER. PIDRAS NEGRAS PASS POWR TO EP.

CALL DEL RIO THAT AFTER NOON, AND WAS TOLD NOT TO TAKE MOM YET, THEY WERE RUNING ON GENERATORS. SOME PARTS OF DEL RIO WAS STILL OUT OF POWER ON FRIDAY. AQUINA WAS PASS POWER TO DEL RIO. AND YES, THEY WERE TOLD TO BUY WATER. MY SIS THAT LIVES IN DEL RIO HAD TO BUY SOME HEATERS THAT WERE NOT ELEC NOR GAS. HOME DEPOT RAN OUT VERY FAST AND PEOPLE WERE OUT HUTING FOR HEATERS. I GUESS IS GOOD TO HAVE A FIRE PLACE OR AN OLD FASHION WOODEN STOVE.


to all the people in the area hit my the electric problem...my thoughts and good wishess were with you...i realize this did not help you much, but my spirit was there with you. I hope you dont get too many of these problems. sorry for all who suffered....bless all you people in the area...

it must have been a hassle and all....i understand some people were shopping and that was horrible...if not scary..what if you were in a dressing room????wow...And what if your car was getting serviced....holy cats...

muchos resos...para todos....

it was a big area, hit...send some info about the whole thing if you have news stuff and all ...would like to know more about it...