Majority of Stanford University campus without power for 2 hours during storm

"Stretches of the Stanford University campus were left without power Tuesday morning, forcing at least one class to be canceled amid a fierce winter storm. The outage was reported at 9:37 a.m., according to the Stanford University emergency webpage, after one of the main PG&E transmission lines was impacted. Most of the campus was without power for approximately 2 hours, Angie Davis, a spokesperson for the university, told SFGATE. Power has been restored, and most classes were not canceled, Davis said at 11:11 a.m."

"Though there were not widespread cancellations, the university said on its website that canceling classes was "subject to the discretion of instructors" as officials worked to restore campus operations. A webpage for a politics seminar, for example, shows that the noon class is canceled because of the outage. There were also some "brief closures" to campus facilities during the outage, Davis said."

Stretches of the Stanford University campus lost power at 9:37 a.m. after one of PG&E's main transmission lines was impacted. Most of the campus remained without power for approximately two hours before electricity was restored around 11:11 a.m. At least one class was canceled and instructors retained discretion to cancel classes as operations were restored. Some campus facilities briefly closed and laboratories were told to pause work. Wilbur, Stern, AFDC and FloMo dining halls stayed open while other dining locations closed. PG&E reported 294 people without power in Santa Clara County at 11:20 a.m. The outage occurred amid a powerful storm and a winter weather advisory.

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