Durham City Council addressed an emergency power outage affecting thousands of residents while also hearing urgent demands for a ceasefire resolution on the Israel-Palestine conflict and approving major federal grant funding.
Deputy City Manager Bo Ferguson coordinated an immediate response to the Duke Energy outage, activating warming shelters at county libraries (open until 6-8pm), free hot meals through Durham One Call at 919-560-0120, and overnight shelter at the old North Durham High School on Tom Wilkinson Road with capacity for 150 people. Free city transit was made available and volunteer transportation was coordinated. Ferguson cautioned residents against relying on Duke Energy's estimated 6pm restoration time and urged people to make backup plans.
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