So last night 12/06/18 we had a power outage centrally located around the Salem State University area atop Lafayette Street. What is funny and or odd was that Police and Fire were dispatched locally but neither has a incident log on it. When I called Salem 5 O, There was nothing logged as of 9:00am on 12/07/2018. They suggested I contact National Grid. The Grid said that information comes from their engineering department and they usually get back in touch in 7-10 business days.
Mayor Driscoll chimed in on twitter last night echoing the 2500 people without power but nothing more thus far. She knows everything, so if she doesn't know, what exactly was it then? A Salem list of power outage causes.
A microwave at Salem State caused the circuit breaker to go.
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A cauldron of witches had a spell casting go side ways.
A witch flew into the power distribution on Canal Street.
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A black cat, seeking warmth, got into the power distribution on Canal Street.
Somebody didn't dig safe.
Whatever it was it was dark and Spooky and very Salem like.
Mayor Driscoll just tweeted back to me it was a cable failure. So all cats and witches are safe. See our mayor does know everything.