A cold front sweeping through San Antonio may have led to thousands of residents without power. According to the CPS Energy outage map on Friday, October 16 at 9:05 a.m., there were 19 outages impacting 3,387 customers. However, just before 9:15 a.m., that number dropped to 17 outages impacting 1,591 customers. Just before 12 p.m., the number of outages increased to 39 impacting 5,199 customers.
On Thursday, CPS Energy emailed customers that it is prepared for gusty winds.
“We are prepared for isolated thunderstorms and sustained winds of up to 25 mph starting tonight and continuing into the weekend. These winds can gust up to 50 mph, potentially impacting our reliability by taking down tree limbs and power lines. Our crews are on standby to respond safely should outages occur, and we ask for your patience as we work in dangerous driving and working conditions,” the email read…