A power outage stretching from near Colonial Drive to Lake Underhill Road caused chaotic driving and sadness from hungry students Sunday afternoon.
Numerous businesses and restaurants were forced to close because of the outage. Both sides of Waterford Lakes were affected and fire alarms went off in response to the outage.
Traffic lights were out of order, which caused a stir of angry drivers and blaring horns.
Orange County Fire officials said the outage could last for two hours.
Lots of hungry students and residents of the area tried to get something to eat at the local favorite Chipotle. They were all shocked and disappointed when they saw it was closed.
UCF student Jennifer Carvel was hoping to get some Chipotle and was upset when the restaurant was closed. She and her two friends said they had to battle their way through the disorderly traffic to get to the restaurant.
Power was back on in the Waterford Lakes area at 6:15 p.m. Sunday night. Fire officials didn’t immediately respond to the reasoning behind the power outage.
