Lightning strike knocks out power at Galveston Pleasure Pier

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A lightning strike knocked out the lights on Galveston Island's historic Pleasure Pier.

Across the street from the entertainment and dining venue on Galveston's Seawall, it seems like business as usual.
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But beyond the Pleasure Pier's front gates, it was pitch black along the 1,130-foot boardwalk.

CenterPoint said a bolt of lightning damaged some equipment. A power outage initially affected about 13 customers along Seawall and 25th Street. All customers had power restored, as of 3:10 a.m.
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There were no reports of anyone stuck on rides or attractions at the Pleasure Pier.

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The outage came almost three years to the day when a partial outage left about 40 people stranded on rides in 2014.



In that case, the power was out for about an hour and a half, and was blamed on a malfunctioning city transformer.

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