Businesses and residents are continuing to report phone outages in Centralia, a problem CenturyLink officials said is affecting 1,172 customers.
The outage began Tuesday afternoon when a construction crew inadvertently bored through some CenturyLink wires, including fiber optic lines. Brian Dalessi, of CenturyLink, said workers are at the site to repair the issue, although there is no estimate of when the problem will be resolved.
“It’s quite involved, the damage that was done, but they are trying to repair it as quickly as possible and restore service to the affected customers,” he said.
Dalessi said the issue was a “top priority.”
The Centralia School District is one of those affected by the problems as all phone lines into and out of the district are not in service.
“We do not have any specific information on to when the problem will be resolved, and have been told that it will likely be several days,” a press release stated.
If there is an urgent matter and you need to contact the school, use one of the following email addresses:
Centralia High School - jlee@centralia.wednet.edu
Futurus High School alindgren@centralia.wednet.edu
Centralia Middle School - drueda@centralia.wednet.edu
Washington Elementary School - cleduc@centralia.wednet.edu
Oakview Elementary School - hpalmason@centralia.wednet.edu
Edison Elementary School - khorwath@centralia.wednet.edu
Fords Prairie Elementary School - jiverson@centralia.wednet.edu
Jefferson Lincoln Elementary School - ltaylor@centralia.wednet.edu
The school district encourages everyone to wait until next week to contact the schools, if at all possible. For matters related to attendance, transportation and appointments, the district asks parents and guardians to send a note with the child to school.
One cellphone is currently being housed at the Centralia District Office for emergencies only. The number is (360) 269-7599.
As a reminder, there is no school Friday or Monday.
Other businesses, such as McDonald’s in Centralia, are asking customers to bring cash if they plan to eat at the establishments. Although the business has a backup system they are currently using for card purchases during the outage, it is unknown whether it will remain online long enough for the problem to be fixed.
