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Massive power outage - San Diego
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Topic Started: Sep 8 2011, 08:06 PM (249 Views)
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LTC8K6
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Sep 8 2011, 08:06 PM
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Communities across San Diego went dark on Thursday afternoon as a power outage plagued parts of the county. Southern parts of Orange County, Coachella Valley, eastern San Diego and northern Mexico are experiencing outages as well.
More than 1.4 million SDG&E customers are without power, with millions of people affected by the outage. All other service providers have power.
An SDG&E official just stated, "We expect power to be out well into the night and into tomorrow in some areas."
A transmitter line between Arizona and California was severed, causing both major connections to the region to lose service. Major connectors in the region have been severed, causing the outage. The extreme heat in some areas also may have caused some problems with the lines, according to SDG&E.
"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.
California Independent System Operator is helping to bring power back on.
The mayor's office is asking people to stay off roads and do not use land line phones.
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."
San Diego City Hall has been voluntarily evacuated. Some people were trapped in elevators inside, but were later freed by firefighters.
William Burke, with MTS security said they're trying to get buses here as quickly as possible to take passengers to their destinations. They're trying to mobilize the busses as quickly as possible to get passengers "home before dark."
The San Diego border along Mexico is still open, as U.S. Customs and Border Patrol are running on back up power.
The San Diego Airport is still open -- but there are no outbound flights. some inbound flights are being delayed or diverted.
San Diego State University has closed for the day. No injuries from the school has been reported.
Roads are congested throughout the county as traffic lights are out. Motorists are stuck in a gridlock as SDG&E works to fix the problem.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Communities-Experience-Blackout-129493378.html
Edited by LTC8K6, Sep 8 2011, 08:07 PM.
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kbp
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Sep 8 2011, 08:21 PM
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Obama to San Diego: 'We have lots and lots of extra solar panels. Pick one up, plug it in, and we'll help get you through the night. You can pay later. Oh yeah, no warranty is included.'
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Sep 8 2011, 09:07 PM
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Lucky San Diego. They missed the Gas Bags speech!
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Baldo
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Sep 8 2011, 09:09 PM
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Live Coverage
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LTC8K6
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Sep 8 2011, 10:52 PM
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Apparently two reactors at San Onofre did auto shutdowns.
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