HUGE power outage in Socal/SD area...

mole'
mole' Posts: 3,160
edited September 2011 in The Clubhouse
i have been hearing from my buddies that the power is out all over in San Diego......heard even in parts of Az Yuma area too....
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited September 2011
    just found this

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44446563/ns/us_news-life/t/san-diego-hit-major-power-outage/?gt1=43001


    heard the big BOOBIES Nuclear power plant off of the 5 on the way to SD is down right now too
    mole'
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,273
    edited September 2011
    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/california-power-out-till-friday.html
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited September 2011
    No power loss behind the Orange Curtain.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited September 2011
    Insert eerie music here. Our power went out yesterday for a couple of hours. Continue with eerie music.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited September 2011
    Maybe John finally plugged in those monster tube amps he's workin' on.
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited September 2011
    stop lights are out, most of the gas stations are without power and cars are running out of gas.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited September 2011
    Welcome to the new norm. Nobody is building new plants.
    And the new market rules mean it's more in their interest
    to have shortages, which drives up the prices of electricity.
    Funny how laws meant to LOWER prices aren't working that way.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2011
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Welcome to the new norm. Nobody is building new plants.
    And the new market rules mean it's more in their interest
    to have shortages, which drives up the prices of electricity.
    Funny how laws meant to LOWER prices aren't working that way.

    Forget it man, it's Chinatown.



    As someone cleverer than me said on Twitter : "so the entire US/Mexican border between San Diego and Yuma is without power and lights? What could go wrong?"
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited September 2011
    Whats weird is our power went out for an hour at around 12:45AM CST this morning. There was a strong surge before it. Some people tell me as they come into the office this morning that some of their electronics wont turn on... I haven't gotten around to checking mine. But I do know that everything minus my AVR and TV restarted when the power came back up.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited September 2011
    I'm 'back on-line' this morning.

    Power went out about 3:30pm yesterday - I was in downtown San Diego on jury duty and was waiting for the Express bus back to my neighborhood.

    It was a mess getting out of downtown with all the traffic lights out- major conjestion.

    And since everyone was told to or decided to go home at the same time alot of the surface streets were clogged and the freeways as well.

    Which was a dumb idea if you didn't have a full tank of gas as the gas stations were down too - no electricity means no pumps and so...no gas.

    I saw a number of cars pulled off to the side of the road and drivers walking - probably because they ran out of gas.

    Power came on...oddly....for us....about 3:30am. Still assessing the food in the fridge and freezer. And since all the grocery stores were affected too - not sure how long we may have to wait for them to get fresh stock in for stuff like milk, eggs, etc

    I knew our in-laws up the coast were not affected so we had an 'out' if it lasted longer, but it was a bit sobering to know just what the long term effects would be for prolonged outages.

    I did unplug all my gear - so I've a couple a things to get back on line.

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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited September 2011
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    I'm 'back on-line' this morning.

    Power went out about 3:30pm yesterday - I was in downtown San Diego on jury duty and was waiting for the Express bus back to my neighborhood.

    It was a mess getting out of downtown with all the traffic lights out- major conjestion.

    And since everyone was told to or decided to go home at the same time alot of the surface streets were clogged and the freeways as well.

    Which was a dumb idea if you didn't have a full tank of gas as the gas stations were down too - no electricity means no pumps and so...no gas.

    I saw a number of cars pulled off to the side of the road and drivers walking - probably because they ran out of gas.

    Power came on...oddly....for us....about 3:30am. Still assessing the food in the fridge and freezer. And since all the grocery stores were affected too - not sure how long we may have to wait for them to get fresh stock in for stuff like milk, eggs, etc

    I knew our in-laws up the coast were not affected so we had an 'out' if it lasted longer, but it was a bit sobering to know just what the long term effects would be for prolonged outages.

    I did unplug all my gear - so I've a couple a things to get back on line.

    i got 2 text at 340ish from my buddies saying the power finally came back on.....
    mole'
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited September 2011
    Zombie apocolypse?
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