“Essentially we have two connections from the rest of the world: One of from the north and one is to the east. Both connections are severed,” said the SDG&E official.
The FBI and SDG&E officials said the power outage is not related to the terror threat.
The mayor’s office is asking people to stay off roads and do not use land line phones. He will be holding a press conference at 8 p.m. to discuss the situation.
San Diego County spokesman Mike Workman said that his department was unaware to the cause of what was going on and he is “sending a representative to SDG&E right now.”
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Communities-Experience-Blackout-129493378.html
Ma Bell has her own power supply. Phones work off 48 volts DC suppied by batteries and if power fails they have generators to charge the batteries. Better yet if he wants them too stay off land lines then cell lines would apply as well because cells must also use land lines. Cell towers also have their own back up power.
Interesting that they're saying it's not related to the threat, as in the current threat to New York and Washington. They didn't say it's not related to terrorism.