{
  "id": "2025-12-02-lone-star-college-tomball-power-outage-delay",
  "slug": "lone-star-college-tomball-power-outage-delay-2025-12-02",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Lone Star College",
    "shortName": "LSC",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "LoneStarCollegeAlert / official X",
    "enrollment": 90000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-12-02",
    "type": "power-outage",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Tomball campuses delayed to 11 a.m. after power outage",
    "headlinePublic": "Tomball campuses delayed to 11 a.m. after power outage",
    "summary": "On December 2, 2025, [Lone Star College delayed classes and operations at LSC-Tomball, LSC-Creekside Center, and LSC-Tomball Health Science Building until 11 a.m.](https://www.lonestar.edu/emergency) due to a power outage. Power was restored and normal operations resumed at 11 a.m.",
    "outcome": "Power restored; normal operations resumed 11 a.m. Dec 2 at the three Tomball-area facilities.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-12-02T08:00:00-06:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Houston, TX, [Dec. 2, 2025], [8 a.m.] - Due to a power outage, the start time for classes and operations at Lone Star College-Tomball, LSC-Creekside Center and LSC-Tomball Health Science Building is delayed until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2.\n\nCenterPoint estimates that repairs will be completed by 10:15 a.m. We will notify you once full power has been restored and the campuses are open for normal operations. All updates will be posted on:\n\nLoneStar.edu\nLoneStar.edu/Emergency\nFacebook.com/LoneStarCollege\nTwitter.com/LoneStarCollege",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.lonestar.edu/emergency",
      "sourceDescription": "Lone Star College System Emergency page — Dec 2 2025 8 a.m. delay",
      "annotations": [
        "Full delay notice from lonestar.edu/emergency including CenterPoint ETA and update channels."
      ],
      "characterCount": 535
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2025-12-02T11:00:00-06:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE: [Dec. 2, 2025 at 11 a.m.] Power has been restored at LSC-Tomball, LSC-Creekside Center & LSC-Tomball Health Science Building. Normal operations will resume at 11 a.m. on Tues. Dec. 2.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.lonestar.edu/emergency",
      "sourceDescription": "Lone Star College System Emergency page — Dec 2 2025 11 a.m. restored",
      "annotations": [
        "Restoration update from same emergency page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 191
    }
  ],
  "context": "Lone Star posts operational emergency updates on lonestar.edu/emergency for multi-campus power and weather events.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Three Tomball-area facilities delayed together.",
    "CenterPoint repair ETA named.",
    "Restoration update at 11 a.m."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Lone Star College System Emergency",
      "url": "https://www.lonestar.edu/emergency",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "lone-star-college",
    "power-outage",
    "community-college",
    "tomball"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-27",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-27",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}