A news story I read about tomorrow's planned power blackouts in California said that it might beseveral daysbefore power is restored in many areas, because affected power transmission lines will have to be inspected before they're re-energized again. There will be hell to pay if PG&E et al stick to that protocol.
Power outages and black-outs
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The latest as the apocalyptic wind predictions fail to materialize.Chaos, confusion, anger, and frustrationrain in the golden state.
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PG&E says that the second phase of power outages is now delayed due to weather forecast changes.
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PG&E says that the second phase of power outages is now delayed due to weather forecast changes.
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Theses so called events are all smoking mirrors IMHO! With posible intentional fire starts pushing thefalse narrative with fear.
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Hurricane-force winds slammed parts of New England and New York on Thursday, as the bomb cyclone, we firstreportedonTuesday, knocks out power to hundredsof thousands of people, destroys critical infrastructure, and delays air travel in parts of the Northeast.
The strong overnight storm "is now parked over southern New England with the pressure equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane," meteorologist Dave Hennen toldCNN.
More than half a million customers in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Maine, and Massachusetts are currently without power in the 11 am est. hour.The majority of the outages are in Massachusetts (224,000) and Maine (219,000), according topoweroutage.us.
Throughout Thursday, winds up to 50 mph are expected for New England, while Boston and New York could see winds up to 40 mph.
In Provincetown, Massachusetts, government weather stations recorded wind speeds over 90 mph, which is on the upper end of a Category 1 hurricane, borderline Category 2 wind speed. Boston Logan International Airport recorded 70 mph on Thursday, while winds hit 125 mph at Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
Torrential rains slammed upstate New York, and some areas saw at least 5 inches of rain in hours. For many parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states, 1 to 3 inches were common.
Data fromFlight Aware8点到12点,周四显示243德尔ays and seven cancellations, with the bulk of the delays at LaGuardia and Boston Logan International Airports.
Social media users shared their experiences this morning of the bomb cyclone detonating in the Northeast:
The strong overnight storm "is now parked over southern New England with the pressure equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane," meteorologist Dave Hennen toldCNN.
More than half a million customers in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Maine, and Massachusetts are currently without power in the 11 am est. hour.The majority of the outages are in Massachusetts (224,000) and Maine (219,000), according topoweroutage.us.
Throughout Thursday, winds up to 50 mph are expected for New England, while Boston and New York could see winds up to 40 mph.
In Provincetown, Massachusetts, government weather stations recorded wind speeds over 90 mph, which is on the upper end of a Category 1 hurricane, borderline Category 2 wind speed. Boston Logan International Airport recorded 70 mph on Thursday, while winds hit 125 mph at Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
Torrential rains slammed upstate New York, and some areas saw at least 5 inches of rain in hours. For many parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states, 1 to 3 inches were common.
Data fromFlight Aware8点到12点,周四显示243德尔ays and seven cancellations, with the bulk of the delays at LaGuardia and Boston Logan International Airports.
Social media users shared their experiences this morning of the bomb cyclone detonating in the Northeast:
PG&E Say High Voltage Power Line Wasn't Shut Off Before Kincade Fire Sparked
PG&E officials said they've learned from this week's outage after admitting they only shut off low voltage lines and not high voltage transmission lines prior to the Kincade Fire because winds weren't strong enough. Maria Medina reports. (10-25-2019)
Will There Be A Power Outage Exodus?
As parts of our area brace for possible Public Safety Power Shutoffs because of the fire risk, those outages have an enormous impact on businesses big and small
Yep, that's the way they've doing it for a few years now. Especially in the boonies with lots of trees you have to make sure you don't power a line, cause a short and start a fire.
A lot of the terrain doesn't lend itself very well to easy firefighting: few roads, steep, lots of vegetation.
If there is a wind component, fires travel very fast. In the last couple of years some of the fires in the norther part of the state were so large and ferocious that they were creating their own weather.
Last time we were out for 21 hours, it seems this time it'll probably be at least 32 hours before power comes back on per the current plan for my area.
Man dies and 300,000 in power cut after snow in France
Man dies and 300,000 in power cut after snow in France
www.connexionfrance.comMore than 300,000 homesremain without powerafter the snowfall caused trees to fall and bring down electricity lines in the area, electricity company Enedis said.
A major, 20,000 volt cable fell in Tournon-sur-Rhône (Ardèche); while another came down in the commune of Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban, over 25 houses; requiring the occupants to be evacuated by firefighters.
Enedis said: “Our teams have been deployed, but the situation is still developing.”
Train companySNCF has also confirmedthat trains will be disrupted on several lines to and from Grenoble today, due to heavy snowfall, fallen trees, or trees that appear to be at risk of falling near or on to the tracks.
Airports in the area, includingLyon Saint-Exupéry,also experienced disruption including delays and cancellations.
Airport authorityAéroports de Lyonsaid it had delayed some flights due to the need to “de-snow” planes and runways, and that the snowfall had been “very heavy and sticky”, but said that the situation was becoming “resolved” by the evening. Passengers were advised to check their flights before travelling.
Orange weather warnings for more snow and ice had been in place the the area throughout the day yesterday, also including theLoire, Rhône, Saône-et-Loire- but all alerts across the country have now been lifted.
Mother natureis calling theshots now.
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Thanksgiving Travelgeddon: Power outage at Oakland airport foils some holiday travelers' plans
A power outage at Oakland International Airport is creating delays Tuesday night during one of the busiest travel days of the year.
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California blackouts pull plug on 2 million as heat wave bakes state
California's power systems-- overwhelmed during a heatwave-- experienced "an energy shortfall" Friday forcing officials to take measures that plunged at least 2 million people into darkness, authorities said.
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California's electrical providers, reporting "an energy shortfall" during a prolonged heat wave, imposed rolling blackouts Friday that have impacted at least 2 million people, authorities said.
CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTERS FEAR HEATWAVE, WINDS WILL INTENSIFY MASSIVE LA BLAZE
The California Independent System Operator, which manages the power grid, declared an emergency shortly after 6:30 p.m. and directed utilities around the state to slash their power loads by 1,000 megawatts. The resulting outages affected an estimated 750,000 homes.
Pacific Gas & Electric, the state's largest utility, tweeted that it would turn off power to about 220,000 customers in rotating outages for about an hour at a time. Other utilities were told to do the same.
“Unfortunately, because of the emergency nature of this, we weren’t able to notify customers in advance,” Jeff Smith, a company spokesman, said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg.
The outages occurred for 60 to 90 minutes on a rotating basis through the utility’s northern and central California service territory, he said.
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Power outage in Mexico.
This is a significant power outage. Like the total output of 2 average nuke plants:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_stations
This is a significant power outage. Like the total output of 2 average nuke plants:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_stations
Yesterday there was a bit more information on Twitter about the blackout in Mexico: apparently it isn't affecting everywhere but it is widespread (there's a map claiming to show regions below), one person is claiming it's the 2nd blackout in 3 days, and another person says it was '“Dia de los Inocentes” in Mexico which is like “April Fools”'':