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San Diego Power Outage Update

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/08/2011 21:29 -0400

No, it's not some zombie Enron coming back from the graveyard behind Chapter 7 court. Nor is it the terrorizers. It is just some downed powerlines. However for anyone dumb enough to wish to take advantage of the chaos and immigrate: sorry, the border is running on backup generators.

View more videos at: http://nbcsandiego.com.

From NBC San Diego:

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 in the region, 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.

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."

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.

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Thu, 09/08/2011 - 22:42 | 1649398 GrinandBearit

San Onofre... big concrete boobs with red light nipples.

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 22:45 | 1649403 erkme73

NRC regs mandate that a nuclear plant have an external power source - so when the rest of the grid went down, the nukes had to shut down.

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 00:18 | 1649582 slewie the pi-rat

well, if ther's any problems with the back-up generators to run the cooling pumps~~~nah! couldn't happen! even if a coupla switcheZ burned out from power surges. less than a 1% chance, i'm sure...

...something you wouldn't accept for birth control, but for nukuler power~~~no problemo!

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 22:50 | 1649415 LongBallsShortBrains

Las Vegas ?

Ever heard of Hoover dam?

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 22:49 | 1649412 WoodMizer

Damn my power just went out and I live in VA.
For a second there, I thought this could be something bigger.

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 22:57 | 1649427 Mitch Comestein

This event is somehow bullish for SD real estate prices.

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 23:15 | 1649464 slavador

I hear the power is on in Sioux Falls. Perhaps having the power off in places like California and Mexico might help South Dakota real estate values ever so slightly.

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 22:58 | 1649431 SIOP

I just read this on the "Ramona Sentinal" web site, a little town outside San Diego where I used to live.

"Jacob advises people to shut off their air conditioners. Do not turn them on until the lights come on, says SDGE."

Dang he's brilliant!

From here:

http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/09/08/major-power-outage-hits-regions-stay-home-says-sdge/

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 23:00 | 1649438 Mitch Comestein

Night lighting should be provided by torching empty fannie mae houses.

Krugman stylel bitchez.

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 23:10 | 1649454 New Survivalist

Bullish.

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 23:20 | 1649475 AGuy

"take advantage of the chaos and immigrate: sorry, the border is running on backup generators..."

Damn, I was planning to use the opportunity to leave the United States!

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 23:45 | 1649526 Temporalist

San Diego doesn't need power; they have sunsets and happy thoughts.

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 23:55 | 1649541 Perpetual Burn

I was working out when this shit shit happened.

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 23:57 | 1649544 Space Potato

WOW! Can you say solar flare bitchezzz! Does anyone look up anymore, really?

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 00:08 | 1649563 Space Potato

Oh yeah, gotta name the source, this is a good one for all the plebs.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 00:19 | 1649575 tip e. canoe

2 of them right on schedule straight to the kisser or was it the 3rd one shot off today ya think?

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 00:38 | 1649608 Space Potato

Hard to tell, depending on the intensity, they could take a day or two to get here. But the sun is going off like a firecracker.

http://www.solarcycle24.com/index2.htm

This is a real time solar wind approximation, but not that familiar with this site to know for sure

http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/index.html

X-class flares are a biatch!

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 00:49 | 1649629 tip e. canoe

that's a wicked cool link mr. potatohead, thanks. would be fun to see an animation of the intervals.

yes, the electro-magnetic radiation takes a day or two to get here. but is there some other radiation that gets here faster?

"Regular light is electric light or electro–magnetic radiation. There is parity or symmetry the Universe, everything has an equal and opposite mirror–image counterpart, the Ying and the Yang, right and left, matter and anti matter, the electron and the positron. Why not light?"

you might like this link:

http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/new/milewski.htm

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 00:16 | 1649577 Sequitur

Everything is out in Southern California. No gas, no power.

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 00:17 | 1649580 seek

Mystery solved: http://www.parkerliveonline.com/2011/09/08/aps-employee-triggers-power-o...

Short version: APS employee working on something on the AZ side did a bad, bad thing and that resulted in the massive outage.

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 00:24 | 1649592 Money Squid

and all this time I thought Homer Simpson was just a cartoon character.

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 01:42 | 1649671 blunderdog

So THAT'S what happens when you reverse the polarity!

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 06:31 | 1649885 krispkritter

"Hey, wonder what this thingy does? Oops..."

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 01:06 | 1649643 Shineola

Candles, Bitchez!

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 01:43 | 1649674 silverisgold

"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.

Just tell me how "...both connections are severed." Could it possibly be a EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) caused by a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)?

According to the:

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA

SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY BULLETIN #11- 3
2011 September 06 at 05:44 p.m. MDT (2011 September 06 2344 UTC)

**** STRONG RADIO BLACKOUT EVENT ****

NOAA Region 1283 produced and R3 (Strong) Radio Blackout event on September 6 at 2220 UTC (6:20 p.m. EDT). The event may include an earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection, but at this early point in the eruption it is too soon to be more specific. Additional information will be posted on the SWPC web site at swpc.noaa.gov. Watch the Top News of the Day for updates. <--- End advisory bulletin

Note: It usually takes 1-2 days for the CME to reach the earth. Maybe they don't want us to understand it this way.

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 06:41 | 1649903 Prometheus418

I'm not an expert, but I don't think so.

There are pictures and news coming out of the affected area- if it was an EMP effect, it would have shut off all the various gadgets that make this possible.

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 02:10 | 1649699 netpounder

Events like these may force the populace to buy solar panels in order to rescue the renewable energy (photovoltaic in particular) industry.

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 02:39 | 1649721 Lady Heather...UNCLE

WORLD CUP TONIGHT...here in Auckland New Zealand, the whole city is going off its tits. GO THE MIGHTY ALL BLACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 02:41 | 1649723 mt paul

planet wide

black out

coming soon ..

afraid of the dark

bytches

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 04:17 | 1649772 mfoste1

krugman is salivating

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 04:22 | 1649775 zebrasquid

Lights back on here in No.County S.Diego.

Hey, I'd rather live here without power than anywhere else in the country.... we cry for the rest of the country who doesn't live with year round 70 degree daytime temps and year round

flowers and beach walks...

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 04:26 | 1649778 zebrasquid

The solar panels that would save us from blackouts(according to the knee-jerk greenies), in fact, only feed electricity back into the grid (and earn a credit from the power company).

They don't keep power on during blackouts.

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 04:33 | 1649784 iNull

Can't wait to hear Jim Puplava, San Diegan, on this one.

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 06:14 | 1649851 dellbalboa

You stay classy, San Diego.

I'm Ron Burgendy?

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 09:17 | 1650282 Temporalist

"They named it San Diaago...which of course in German means a whale's vagina."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H38LiqJdzvI

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 06:16 | 1649852 dellbalboa

Time to upgrade the US infrastructure,

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 06:38 | 1649896 krispkritter

Pamela Anderson's getting new tits?

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 06:54 | 1649926 dellbalboa

They also need an "upgrade" urgently. xD

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 07:59 | 1650071 krispkritter

She can model them after the San Onofre Nuke station. Complete with red lights on the nipples... http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sanonofre3785803sa0.jpg After sex you can plug your Volt into her ass and recharge it...

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 07:15 | 1649981 Yen Cross

Our power is back on in the coastal areas. Can someone give me an Obama speach ( replay link)? I t/p on my shorts but was blacked out for the specch Thanks Much...

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 07:28 | 1650010 krispkritter

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/09/08/president-obama-presents-american-jobs-act-enhanced-version Have the barf bag handy...

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 07:41 | 1650036 Yen Cross

Thank You...

Tue, 06/05/2012 - 04:09 | 2112106 Marta45

The town of San Paul can be found on deeply canyons and hillsides removing its mesas, developing little openings of normal parkland existing throughout the town and providing it a hilly location. Typically, San Diegans have designed their residences and companies on the mesas, while making the canyons relatively outrageous.

Wed, 05/30/2012 - 01:47 | 2260976 Marta45

People were so assured the exchange would happen that new clothing were designed. Even the football card companies were confused. About half of the Padres' gamer credit charge playing cards produced by Topps that period shown "Washington Nationwide League" as the group name.

San Diego Power Outage Update

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