A CRACK IN THE SKY MORE STORMS LIKELY TODAY.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer LANCASTER -- More lightning, rain and wind are expected in parts of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley today. Heavy rain and lightning dropped on Pearblossom and the San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. on Friday, but the storm mostly spared Lancaster, where residents and work crews were still cleaning up from the previous day's powerful storm. ``Things have started to die down up there for the time being. It died off before it tracked over where yesterday's (storm) went,'' National Weather Service meteorologist Jamie Meier said. The weather service said thunderstorms thunderstorms a storm characterized by thunder and lightning caused by strong rising air currents; identified as agents of animal disease because of their involvement causing (1) spasmodic colic; (2) lightning strike; (3) injuries of cattle acquired in stampedes initiated by storms. remain possible today, as well as temperatures up to 113 in parts of the Antelope Valley, with slightly cooler temperatures and more thunderstorms into next week. Thursday's giant storm dumped .44 inches of rain on a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County rain gauge near Division and Avenue K in central Lancaster. Wind knocked down trees, damaged mobile homes and snapped power poles. At one point Thursday, more than 15,000 homes and businesses in the Antelope Valley were without power, and Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. crews and private crews hired by the utility were still working Friday repairing damage. Steve Keller, whose home south of Avenue L and west of 20th Street West had its power knocked out Thursday night, said he was concerned that it took so long for electricity to be restored, and fears what would follow an Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, earthquake or other major disaster. ``For 5 1/2 hours we sweltered. Fortunately, we had candles and such,'' Keller said. At the most Thursday, about half the 130 traffic signals in Lancaster were either flashing red or dark. By Friday morning, about 30 still were flashing and two were still dark. This came about even though Lancaster had installed backup batteries intended to keep signals functioning when power goes out. The backup batteries have worked properly in past electrical outages, but Thursday's storm caused power surges that destroyed signal controllers' computer cards or sent water into the controller cabinets, Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Director Randy Williams For the baseball player, see . Randy Williams (born 23 August,1953) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. He competed for the United States in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the long jump where he won the gold medal. said. In some cases power was out so long the batteries ran down so low they would not recharge automatically, he said. City workers were called in on overtime to try to get the rest of the signals working, Williams said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Lightning strikes over the hills east of Littlerock as a week of monsoon storms cross through the Southern California and Nevada deserts. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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