Posted on 09/08/2011 4:50:52 PM PDT by dragnet2
Edited on 09/08/2011 4:55:11 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A large swath of San Diego County was without power Thursday afternoon as officials investigated the cause of the outage.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
My son called a while ago from Camp Pendleton and told me about it. They don’t know anything but don’t think it’ll be on til tomorrow.
Cindie
...the boy's on the island will be breaking out the NVG's directly...
LOL! Well she did not miss much with his speech!
Yes the News said some parts have been restored, but many areas are still without power, and it’s now getting dark!
selfping
Anything to share? Observations?
This thread reminds me:Warning to all if your energy (electric) bill company sends a letter to sign you up for a 25 dollar savings blah blah blah don’t do it.It gives permission for them to put a lock on your AC/furnace so they can chose when to shut you off to conserve by their definition.Ask any HVAC guy to dismantle it if you do.
Ping to post 102.
It’s always wise to be prepared.
I don't miss the old days. We live Oregon and SE Asia part time now and love air-conditioning.
What the Wind stopped blowing on the High Dessert?
I listen to C2Cam, too.. Very informative on EMP’s.. Steven Quayle is a wealth of information.. http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2011/09/05
“I know, right? I wonder how he would feel about sitting in the dark after hearing about terror threats.”
Yes....my daughter and I have been texting....trying to tell her anything I find out....
Cause of Widespread Outage Under Investigation
APS Works to Restore Service to Customers in Yuma Area
September 8, 2011
PHOENIX – At approximately 3:30 pm today, the North Gila – Hassayampa 500 kV transmission line near Yuma, Ariz., tripped off line resulting in a major power outage across southwest Arizona and into Southern California. Among APS customers, approximately 56,000 lost service throughout Yuma, Somerton, San Luis and Gadsden. APS is in the process of restoring service to customers in these communities.
The outage appears to be related to a procedure an APS employee was carrying out in the North Gila substation, which is located northeast of Yuma. Operating and protection protocols typically would have isolated the resulting outage to the Yuma area. The reason that did not occur in this case will be the focal point of the investigation into the event, which already is under way.
“We are working hard to restore our customers as quickly and safely as possible,” said APS President and Chief Operating Officer Don Robinson. “We take great pride in our hard-earned reputation for safe and reliable service, and we will work hard to identify the cause.”
APS is Arizona’s largest and longest serving electric utility and serves more than 1.1 million customers in 11 of the state’s 15 counties. With headquarters in Phoenix, APS is the principal subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (NYSE: PNW)
http://www.aps.com/main/news/releases/release_673.html
Bingo. Wonder what the Military is up to?
You know its hot when you have to cool off in the boiling cooking oil for fries at Mcdonald’s. =)
Really, you mean all those ugly ass windmills aren’t helping.
Is this causing my GPS to get whacky?
Thoughts, but speculation at this point. Was thinking about that mystery “missile firing” off the SoCal Coast not too long ago.
Speculation here too. Too much unknown.
All right, MestaMachine, there was no missle. The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
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