Monroe County 911 says a brief power outage this morning was caused by an outside contractor doing some electrical work.
Backup generators quickly took over and 911 operators moved to a backup location and went on taking calls. Surrounding counties’ 911 centers automatically took over calls until the operators were up and running again..
Monroe County Communications did ask people not to call 911 unless they actually had an emergency, but were able to lift that request a short time later.