GET THE APPLocal Post Reports 1,900+ Tempe Customers Lost Power
A verified local account reported an outage affecting more than 1,900 Tempe customers shortly after midnight October 3. The count is attributed to that post because SRP's public map does not provide a durable historical total.
A Tempe-area source post published at 12:13 a.m. on October 3 reported that more than 1,900 customers had lost power. The account included video from the outage and a later reply asked whether service had returned. Because Salt River Project's public outage map is live rather than a durable historical archive, this article keeps the customer figure explicitly attributed to the original post.
SRP's official outage center shows affected areas, customer counts and estimated restoration times while an incident is active. It also directs customers to report outages and treat downed or damaged electrical equipment as an emergency. The exact cause and final restoration time for this reported Tempe outage were not available in the public sources reviewed here.
Even a short outage can become a food-safety problem. USDA says an unopened refrigerator keeps food safely cold for about four hours. A full unopened freezer can hold temperature for about 48 hours, or roughly 24 hours if half full. Keeping doors shut buys time; opening them repeatedly spends it.
Households with refrigerated medicine or powered medical equipment need a separate plan that does not depend on estimated restoration times. SRP recommends enrolling in outage notifications and knowing how to report an interruption; medical-device users should also identify backup power and a safe alternative location before an outage begins.
The useful preparation is modest: charged lights, a thermometer in the refrigerator and freezer, a cooler, shelf-stable food, drinking water and a way to receive utility updates. The post's count may describe a localized event, but the household lesson is broad—grid interruptions do not need to last for days before they start affecting dinner, medicine and sleep.