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POWER OUTAGE UPDATE - Thursday, January 21, 8:00AM

SLAC work crews from Facilities and other areas made significant progress restoring power to SLAC yesterday following a site-wide power outage Tuesday morning.

As a result, SLAC is open for business today. However, please note the following:
1. Area and Building Managers are expected to arrive at 7:00 AM to assess their buildings for any damages and ascertain all work areas are safe prior to start of business at 8:00 AM.
2. SLAC will officially reopen at 8:00 AM Thursday -- nonessential employees should not arrive before that time.
3. Facilities and other essential personnel involved in post-storm activities should arrive according to the schedule determined with their supervisors.
4. SLAC Users will be contacted by (or should contact) their User Coordinator regarding conditions for pursuing research through end of week.
5. As SLAC personnel return to work, they may discover leaks and other damages that need to be repaired. If these pose an immediate safety hazard, please call x5555. For non-hazardous issues, please submit a standard Work Order to get repairs addressed.
6. During and after the storms, SLAC suffered flooding, mudslides, downed trees and other problems that are still being addressed. Consequently, employees are encouraged to use caution when returning to work, avoiding areas that appear dangerous or that still need to be cleaned up. Please be cautious on the roads.
7. Contractors should not arrive before 8:00 AM and should contact their UTR's prior to resuming work.
8. If employees not involved in recovery operations find a building dark, they should not enter it! Employees in the following directorates should relocate as indicated below, if needed:

SLAC personnel should also monitor the SLAC Hotline (877-447-7522) and/or the SLAC website (slac.stanford.edu) for further developments.

Other announcements:
*Alpine Gate will is open today.
*During this outage, non-essential employees who were not allowed on site will receive their normal pay.
*Generally, because of continuing recovery work around the site for the next few days, all special events that can be canceled should be canceled or postponed.