AREAS STILL WITHOUT POWER : CREWS SCRAMBLE TO RESTORE SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.Byline: Alicia Doyle Daily News Staff Writer 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 continued to work around the clock Monday to restore power to the areas of Ventura County hit by windstorms over the weekend. A powerful bout of Santa Ana winds Santa Ana Winds may refer to: 1. Santa Ana wind, a local Southern California reference to Föhn winds, a meteorological phenomenon occurring as a layer of wind is forced over a mountain range -- drying the air -- which then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope -- caused more than 100,000 Edison customers in Ventura County to go without power from 30 seconds to several hours Saturday and Sunday, said Rudy Gonzales, regional manager of Southern California Edison. More than 55 Edison crews worked Monday to restore power to 400 customers who remained without power in areas including Moorpark and Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . Power in these areas was expected to be up and running by Monday evening, Gonzales said. Believed to be a once-in-20-years storm, wind gusts exceeded 100 mph hour in some areas, affecting electrical service Electrical service, in building wiring, refers to the wiring that connects the electric utility's cables in the street to the building. Specifically, electrical service is the wiring from the street, through the meter and up to the panelboard, but no farther. for more than 400,000 Edison customers throughout the Southland. Hardest hit were sections of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. and Ventura counties, where power lines and poles were downed in thousands of locations. Hardest hit areas in Ventura County were Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , Port Hueneme and Oxnard, Gonzales said. He could not speculate why the winds hit some areas harder than others. ``It's like an earthquake - the path of an earthquake takes some strange turns. That was the same with the wind here.'' Homes and businesses that remained without power Monday were mostly those built before the 1970s, when electric lines were placed above ground, Gonzales explained. ``Newer homes constructed with electrical facilities underground are less susceptible to have problems with wind,'' he said. Across the county, streets were strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. with loose objects - palm fronds whipped off trees, flags snapped off poles, signs broken off buildings and camper shells popped off pickup trucks. However, officials reported no injuries or deaths in the county. National Weather Service forecasters said the winds hit about 50 mph. Gusts of 100 mph were reported from Channel Islands Harbor. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (ran in SIMI and CONEJO--color in SIMI) Crews work amid a maze of wire and poles to repair damaged utility lines in Simi Valley. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News |
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